Warm-Up• A semicolon joins together two independent clauses.

• Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

A. Liam Neesan needs the Albanian translated; when he arrives in Paris.

B. I have watched two Liam Neesan movies this weekend; he is awesome.

C. The girls should have told their parents where they were really going; or stayed home.

D. Before this movie; the actress was on Lost.

Sentence Types: Take notes!

Review

Simple Sentence

• One independent clause

Ex: I had never felt so utterly on my own.

Compound Sentence

• Two or more independent clauses

• Ex: Mrs. Everhard, my new homeroom teacher, made an introduction of sorts, and every student turned around to study me.

Complex Sentence

• One independent and at least one dependent clause

• I was neither blessed nor cursed, depending on how you looked at it, with skin milky enough to classify me as white or swarthy enough to render me black.

Compound-Complex Sentence

• Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

• When Harry doesn’t get enough sleep, he gets cranky, and then he’s not very nice.

Write an example of each sentence type.

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2.7 Author’s Stylebook:

Syntactical VarietyLanguage and Writer’s Craft

Varying Sentence BeginningsSentence Beginning Example Your turn!

Beginning with a word Stunned, Gretchen burst into tears.

Beginning with a phrase Unable to believe her eyes, Gretchen burst into tears.

Beginning with a clause Because she was not expecting a surprise party, Gretchen burst into tears.

Unit One Exam Part TwoLook over what you missed.

Questions?

Embedded Assessment 2

Write an Argument

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Unpack Embedded Assessment Two

• Read the assignment. Read the rubric.

•Make a poster, detailing the requirements of Embedded Assessment #2.

• Brainstorm issues around the perimeter of your poster.

• Your poster should be creative. Each person needs to participate.

Gallery WalkWhat are some issues that you could write an

argument about?