Voice Thread 

Here is the link to the Voice Thread project: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs 

Examples:

Being and Helping Verbs

Be, being, been, am, is, are, were,

Have, has, had,

Do, does, did,

Can, could,

Shall, should,

Will, would,

May, might must

Sentences or Fragments

On a piece of notebook paper, write S if the group of words is a sentence.  If the group of words is a fragment, add words to turn the group of words into a sentence.

1. The bee flew into the dog's mouth.

2. The large red balloon floated above the rooftops.

3. Was wearing his shirt inside out.

4. The boxes under the sink were empty.

5. The boy with the confused expression.

6. A sixteen-year-old girl from New York.

7. All of the witnesses of the accident wrote reports for the police.

8. Her friends helped her with the science project.

9. The kite fluttered to the ground.

10. Made a basket for the opposing team.

Conjunctions

Common conjuctions used to combine two sentences (indepdendent clauses) to create a compound sentence are:

and, but, for, nor, or so, yet

Examples:

• Bob didn't fix the broken chair, so I did it it myself.
• We were happy to win the prize, yet we were surprised that the eighth grade team didn't win anything.

 Dependent Marker Words

Dependent or subordinate marker words are used to connect two complete ideas by making one of the ideas dependent on the the other.  To be dependent or subordinate means "to place below another in importance."  The dependent marker word always comes immediately before the dependent idea.

Some common dependent markers are:

after, although, as, as if, as long as, as soon as, as though, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order that, in order to, since, so that, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, where, whether, while

Examples:

• I go to museums whenever I get a chance.

• As soon as we turned our backs, the cat jumped up onto the table.

 Transition or Independent Marker Words

When the independent marker or transition words are used to set up a relationship between two sentences (independent clauses), a semicolon is used to join the sentences.  The semicolon goes in front of the transition word.  You usually put a comma after the transition word.

Some common transition or independent marker words are:

also, as a result, at this time, consequently, finally, first, for example, or instance, futhermore, however, indeed, in fact, moreover, nevertheless, on the other hand, otherwise, then, therefore, thus

Examples: 

• Stocks were soaring to an all-time high in August, 1929; consequently, people were buying more stocks.
• The museum was quite a distance away; however, we felt that it was worth the long trip.
• Cynthia got an A+ on the project; moreover, she was the only person in class to get an A.