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!)
