1. You will need a writing utensil, a piece of paper, and yesterday’s worksheets. 1-27-16 Wednesday

2. 5 minutes on…. Think of the ideal job for you when you grow up. Now think of reasons why this would be a good job for you. Write an essay to explain why this is your ideal job.

3. Today’s objectives Grade simple sentence worksheets. Overview of STAAR Expository Rubric The complex sentence AKA fudge striped cookie

4. Simple sentence worksheets 1 point per x, multiple x’s per question. Add x’s both sides and subtract from 100. Pass it up.

5. A disclaimer The rubrics we use are slightly different than that of a STAAR grader. We include information that is assumed for the 7 th grade level as well as that which will impact the legibility (Zero criteria). Also, the language is focused on what you have done not what they see. All in all though, it is very very close.

6. Areas for rating Ideas and Content Organization Voice Sentence Fluency Word Choice Conventions Presentation

7. A broad overview Essays are scored 0-4 by two graders, zero being the lowest score. Those are added together to get your expository composition score. It is HOLISTIC which means if your paper has more areas that FEEL like a 2, then a 3 in organization will not bump you up. The rubric is more of guidelines, not a set rule.

8. Ideas and Content Creativity Risks Universal Theme Main Idea Supporting Details

9. Organization About one topic Paragraphing Plot Transition

10. Voice Personality Flavor Style Tone Interesting

11. Sentence Fluency Varied sentence structure Different “cookies” Dialogue

12. Word Choice Vocabulary Diction Imagery Sensory details Figurative language

13. Conventions Grammar Punctuation Usage

14. Presentation (not listed on STAAR) Handwriting Spacing Neatness Readability

15. Rate yourself Each criteria Overall

16. Cookie Grammar A Delectable Language Lesson Review and part 2

17. What’s an independent clause? A complete simple sentence ONE whole cookie

18. What’s a complete simple sentence? Oh… just some words thrown together that have a subject and a predicate.

19. What’s a subject? The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about. The subject is what is doing the action in the sentence. Cookie Monster loves to eat cookies.

20. Okay, so what’s a PREDICATE? The predicate tells something about the subject. Cookie Monster loves to eat cookies.

21. Put the subject and the predicate together and they make an independent clause or a simple sentence. Subject+ Predicate = Complete Simple Sentence/ Independent Clause Subject + Predicate = A match made in heaven

22. So, What About All That Loose Fudge You Were Playing With? Glad you asked. We can’t just leave that stuff laying around. It can get pretty messy.

23. This loose fudge brings us to the Complex Sentence Or, the Fudge-Striped Cookie! OH YEAH!

24. So, as you may have guessed… The fudge-striped cookie is just like a complex sentence. Sugar Cookie + Loose Fudge = Fudge-Striped Cookie Independent Clause + Dependent Clause = Complex Sentence Thus, = complex sentence

25. This delectable complex sentence is easy to find when all the cookies are mixed in the same jar. Complex sentences have subordinating conjunctions as the main ingredient in their special loose fudge. Subordinating conjunctions (many are prepositions) are used to join independent clauses to make complex sentences. A preposition that is not part of the main clause will create loose fudge. Look for these tasty morsels at the start of what would be an independent clause without it: after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, if only, rather than, since, that, though, unless, until, when, where, whereas, wherever, whether, which, and while Let’s look at the difference a subordinating conjunction makes: I eat cookies. After I eat cookies. After I eat cookies, I can sleep soundly. I can sleep soundly after I eat cookies.

26. Hey Teach, you lost me! Look at the following two sentences. How many cookies do you have in each? What types of cookies are these? 1. Keebler elves work hard to stir in all of the ingredients in their cookie batter. 2. Because Keebler elves work hard to stir in all of the ingredients in their cookie batter. See how one drop of that fudgalicious ‘because’ leaves the sentence wanting more? The simple presence of a subordinate conjunction makes these two otherwise independent clauses a delicious combination of loose fudge and just one whole sugar cookie. Because Keebler elves work hard to stir in all of the ingredients in their cookie batter, I can sleep soundly at night. I can sleep soundly at night because Keebler elves word hard to stir in all of the ingredients in their cookie batter.

27. Still Not Convinced One (and only one) independent cookie. Delicious dependent layer because of that subordinating conjunction (If you took all the chocolate off of one cookie, it wouldn't be enough for a snack.

28. Let’s bake some Fudge-Striped Cookies! Are you ready?

29. WAIT! There’s one thing I forgot: If you don’t follow the recipe, the cookie won’t turn out good.

30. There are TWO recipes; Give both a try! One needs a comma and the other doesn’t. 1. Sub. Conj. Dependent Clause + COMMA + Independent Clause = Complete Fudge-Striped Cookie Think of it this way: if your put your loose fudge in your hand first, you will need your tongue to lick up some of the mess before you put your cookie in your hand. Your tongue is the comma! When you add nuts to your cookies, you can add some extra crunch to your night. 2. Independent Clause + Sub. Conj. Dependent Clause = Complete Fudge-Striped Cookie You can add some extra crunch to your night when you add nuts to your cookies. It all depends on which ingredient you want to mix in first.

31. Mix an independent clause with a dependent clause to make a Fudge-Striped Cookie LOOSE FUDGE Because cookies have no calories whatsoever When the cookie crumbles Made of caramel, chocolate, and coconut SUGAR COOKIES I am able to sample every type the bakery has to offer It is often hard to pick up the pieces of your life A macaroon is a delicious cookie

32. DC+,+IC= FSC IC+DC=FSC Because cookies have no calories whatsoever, I am able to sample every type the bakery has to offer. When the cookie crumbles, it is hard to pick up the pieces of your life. Made of caramel, chocolate, and coconut, a macaroon is a delicious cookie. I am able to sample every type the bakery has to offer because cookies have no calories whatsoever. It is hard to pick up the pieces of your life when the cookie crumbles. A macaroon is a delicious cookie made of caramel, chocolate, and coconut.

33. Worksheets Must do extension activities on the bottom