Grammar
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Daily Grammar Practice Book .pdf by MacMillan McGraw-Hill
Lie/ Lay/ Lain – to recline or to rest
Lay/ Laid/ Laid – to put something down
First decide if the sentence is describing someone reclining or putting something down. Then determine in what tense the sentence is written.
Writing
Transition Words
Graphic Organizer for Narrative Writing
Writing Convention 1.1 (Key Standard)
Use simple, compound, compound-complex sentences; use effective coordination and subordination of ideas to express complete thoughts.
Simple sentences have 1 independent clasuse and no subordinate (dependent) clauses.
Example: Dragonflies lay their eggs in water.
Compound sentences have 2 or more independent clauses, but no subordinate clauses.
Example: Dragonflies lay their eggs in water, and the eggs hatch there.
Compound-Complex sentences have 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more subordinate clauses.
Example: After dragon flies lay their eggs in water, the eggs hatch there, and the dragonflies go through a nymph stage.
Subordinating Conjunctions:
after
although
as
as if
as long as
before
even
even if
if
in order to
since
though
until
when
where
while
unless
whenever
whereever
Fun Websites:
I have other links located under the heading titled “ELA (Grammar).” Just look to your right. =)
ELA Links from Portaportal.com: This site has various links to games.