https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx All you need to know to make compound and complex sentences en-us 2019-04-07 22:35:30 UTC 2023-04-30 21:10:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349341642 The pitcher threw the ball, and Mike Trout it a home run.]]> 2019-04-08 02:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349341642 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349341977 - image of Mike Trout used with permission of Discovery Education
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]]> 2019-04-08 02:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349341977 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349342382 When the baseball was hurling towards me, I froze in place with fear.]]> 2019-04-08 02:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349342382 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349342806 FANBOYS is an acronym to help you remember the coordinating conjunctions.  They are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.]]> 2019-04-08 02:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349342806 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349343379 Along with a comma, they join together two complete thoughts.]]> 2019-04-08 02:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349343379 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349343936 SWABIs is another acronym to help you remember some of the subordinating conjunctions.  They are since, when, after, because, and if]]> 2019-04-08 02:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349343936 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349344426 THAMOs is yet another acronym to help you remember some of the most common conjunctive adverbs.  They are therefore, however, as a matter of fact, meanwhile, and otherwise]]> 2019-04-08 02:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349344426 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349344873 These words are great for joining incomplete thoughts with complete thoughts to make complex sentences. Just like the little baby is connected to his mother by the wrap, SWABIs connect dependent clauses to independent clauses.]]> 2019-04-08 02:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349344873 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349346235 These words are adverbs that connect dependent clauses to the main independent clause.  These words help build more descriptive sentences by linking similar ideas. It is sometimes necessary to use a semicolon (;) to connect the ideas.]]> 2019-04-08 02:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349346235 jeffreymbaughman https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349348046 Chris Davis hit a home run for the Orioles; therefore, his teammates gave him high fives.]]> 2019-04-08 03:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jeffreymbaughman/qsnq49qnajvx/wish/349348046