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TEKS ELA Standard: 6.10.D.vi
subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor
Fixing Shakespearean Run-Ons
Can your students help The Bard? We’ll fix five Shakespearean run-ons in three different ways.
What’s In My Brain – Independent vs Dependent
These clauses are sorted into two groups. What’s the rule? No definitions given — just examples.
Complex or Compound – What’s In My Brain
Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?
Ways to Start a Sentence – Part 3
Your students’ sentences all start the same way. Here are three techniques that fix that overnight.
Ways to Start a Sentence – Level 2
We’ll show students how to add more variety to their writing by starting sentences with a reason, a prepositional phrase, and a simile.