1. Vocaptionary Don’t Google it; you won’t find it. I made it up.

2. Vocaptionaries must Be a combination of compound and complex sentences Offer sufficient context clues

3. Subordinating Conjunctions Join Events in TimeCauses with Effects Contrasting IdeasConditions & Events Events and Places AfterBecauseAlthoughProvided thatWhere As soon asIn order thatEven ifUnlessWherever BeforeSinceThoughEven if OnceSo thatWhereasIn Case SinceWhileAs long as UntilIf WhenWhether/or While

4. Need proof? (Hee hee. I can pick on Becca because she isn’t here today!) While Becca prefers using a knife to cut and chop Hunter fancies using the food processor. Never mind! I don’t wanna try this recipe!

5. Here’s proof. While Becca prefers using a What’s in Don’t knife to cut and chop, Hunter the salad? ask. fancies using the food processor.

6. Punctuating complex sentences 101 Independent clause dependent clause. Nathan fell because Seth tripped him. Dependent clause, independent clause. Because Seth tripped him, Nathan fell. How come? When the subordinating conjunction is separating the clauses in the middle, it signals a transition to a new idea; no comma is needed. When the clauses aren’t separated by a sub. conj., the comma signals the transition.

7. Context Clues Similarity – Lou went to the haberdashery to find a new suit. Contrast – Lou needed to go to the haberdashery, even though he had a closet full of clothes. Inference – The haberdashery was Lou’s favorite place. He loved to shop for classic styles of clothing.

8. Example for disdain I planned an afternoon of surf, sun, and fun for Lord Tennyson, but the ungrateful wretch’s howls and hisses revealed his unfathomable disdain.

9. Rubric 20- Correct use of word 20- Sufficient context clues 20- Compound or complex sentence 20- Conventions 20- Style/creative effort