Teaching grammar through student writing

Sentence Structure

1.      Highlight the simple sentences in your memoir.  If you have too many simple sentences, revise for compound or complex.

2.      Identify at least 3 simple, 3 compound, and 3 complex sentences from your memoir in the chart below.

3.      You must label the simple and compound sentences with the S(subject), V(verb), and (,conj) conjunction.

4.      You must label the complex sentences with SUB (subordinate clause), put a box around the word that begins the subordinate clause, and circle the comma (,) that comes after the subordinate clause.

SIMPLE	COMPOUND	COMPLEX