Lesson 34 Compound-Complex Sentences

•Compound-Complex = 2 ½ ideas

•Example: Back in the 70’s, it was legal to spank students, and I got spanked twice!

Today we will learn how to write the grand-daddy of all sentences, the compound-complex. It is the best kind of sentence you can write, and will score major points in paragraphs and essays---BIG TIME.

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Compound-Complex Sentences

• Contains 2 ½ ideas! Two complete ideas, plus one fragment.

• For example: When I finish the laundry, I’ll go to the market, but I’ll be back soon.

• When Caesar ruled Athens, it was a great city-state, but women had no part in it.

Compound-Complexes • LeBron Legless, who got cut from

the team, was not a fast runner, but he later signed with the El Paso Poodles.

• Robert E. Lee, who commanded the Confederate army, was a West Point graduate, and he also served in the Mexican War.

These are the most advanced sentences, and they are worth the most points.

Now try compound-complexes• Write 5 compound – complex sentences about

your neighbors. Remember to include 2 independent clauses + 1 dependent clause.

• Example: My neighbor Leo always lets his dogs in our yard, and he never picks up after them, which is rude.

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Classwork =

•Handout worksheet “What are Compound Sentences?”

Tonight’s Homework:

• Workbook pages 83-84

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Copy down this grade scale:

• A = Amazing, you either have a natural talent, or you worked your butt off.

• B = Very Good! Really great work.

• C = Normal, good. You understand how to write basic sentences

• D = You cannot write basic sentences correctly.

• F = The essay’s English is so poor, it is not understandable