Mrs. Ranney's students have learned that one clever way to add class to your writing is to use a
variety of sentence types!
variety of sentence types!
One type that we have learned to write is a sentence that starts with a dependent clause.
Dependent clauses start with special words:
After, Before, Since, While, When, If, During.
A dependent clause ends with a comma and cannot stand alone as a sentence. It must be followed by an
independent clause,
which is a sentence that can stand alone!
which is a sentence that can stand alone!
We used the story events from our story of the week,"Dogzilla" by Dav Pilkey,
to get ideas for our own sentences
with dependent clauses.
We hope you enjoy reading them!
Because Dogzilla breathed out horrible doggy-breath, the mice scampered away quickly!
Since it was the first annual
cook-off, mice from all over the city of Mousopolis came to compete.
Brooke and Lia
While the ancient crater was
shaking, the irresistible scent of barbecue sauce flew over the city, and the
mice of Mousopolis heard a mysterious sound, “Sniff…sniff…sniff!”
Maya and Charlotte
Before Dogzilla came out of
the enormous volcano, it began to tremble!
A.
J. and Tyler
Because Dogzilla breathed out horrible doggy-breath, the mice scampered away quickly!
Alexandra and Cinthia
During all the rampage, the
Big Cheese and his troops organized an emergency meeting with the smartest
rodent in town, Professor Scarlet O’Hairy!
Noel and Aidan F.
Since Dogzilla was destroying
the town, nobody felt safe!
Jules and Cate
Because this monster, Dogzilla,
came from prehistoric times, she was monstrous!
Matthew, Jackson, and Aiden
R.
After the brave mice gave a
Dogzilla a bath, she went back into the ancient volcano!
Alex and Shai
After the second annual
cook-off, the mice were sure that they would never find Dogzilla again.
Anjolee and Rain
When puppies came out of the
volcano, the Big Cheese and his troops felt so scared!
Christopher and Zachary
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How did you like our classy clauses!
If you have a sentence with a dependent clause
If you have a sentence with a dependent clause
that you'd like to share, we'd love to read it! (Hey, that was a dependent clause sentence!)
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly my favorite dependent clause was my group's.
Here is one that I made up. Since my teacher has a blog, I like to post comments on it.
My favorite dependent clause that I did not help make is Alex's and Shai's.
Sincerely,
Jackson
Dear Jackson,
DeleteI loved your comment. I especially enjoyed that you liked the comment that Shai and I wrote the best.
Here is one clause I made up.
Since I've known Bennett for a long time,he is my best friend.
My favorite clause is Noel and Aidan. F's because it was very entertaining.
Cheers,
Alex
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite dependent clause sentence was Noel's and Aiden F's. I liked our dependent clause sentence but I liked theirs better. Since you posted this blog, I am posting a comment.
Does anyone know a dependent clause sentence that does not start with: "After, Before, Since, While, When, If, During"?
Sincerely,
♔Rain♔ and ♥Eilat♥ (Rain's mom)
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteI loved everyone's dependent clause! I made up one! Because I like Christmas so much, I am extra decorating my room! I love clauses! They're simple and FUN! I am going to start writing paragraphs with dependent clauses in them!
The word clause reminds me of Santa Claus!
Does the word clause remind you of Santa Claus?
Your dependent clause- loving student,
Jules
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed our lesson today, because I got to work with a partner. After the lesson, I felt really proud of myself. Because today I learned about dependent clauses, I used it in my blog comment.
From,
Zachary
Dear Mrs. Ranney and class,
ReplyDeleteWhile I didn't know what to expect when reading your dependent and independent clauses, I was pleasantly surprised by your excellent sentences. If I were to have seen these written in one of my classes, I would have been proud of my students.
With a great deal of thought, I was able to write a dependent clause not starting with "After, Before, Since, While, When, If, During" as suggested by Rain's mum. When I was your age, I also learned about clauses. After all these years, dependent clauses are still a part of my writing.
Within my long comment, did I manage to write any dependent clauses?
@RossMannell
Teacher (retired), N.S.W., Australia
Dear Mr. Mannnell,
DeleteIt's great that you can do wonderful comments. All your sentences are dependent clauses.
After I am finished writing a blog comment to you, I will read my silent reading book,. When I am done reading, my mom will set the timer for my practice multiplacation facts test.
During my blog comment, did I write any bolded verbs or dependent clauses?
Sincerely
Jackson
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite clause is the one that Noel and I wrote. Brooke and Lia's clause is also very good.Sincethey were all very well written, it was extremely hard to pick. Making the dependent clause with Noel was truly fun.
Aidan