A great worksheet to support your students create compound sentences. Students first identify compound sentences from simple sentences. Then, they complete compound sentences based off the provided independent clauses. Lastly, students create their own compound sentence and illustrate this.
Understand that connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with 2 or more independent clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction
Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction
Would like to use but where are the coordinating conjunctions the students are meant to circle?
Students should be using a coordinating conjunction when they complete the sentences. They can then circle that coordinating conjunction that they included in each of the sentences.