Semicolons vs Colons
What links two independent clauses together?
Is this a complete thought?
Constantly chatting students
No
What type of sentence is this?
We can go now, or we can go later.
Compound
What is the difference between an independent and dependent clause?
An independent clause has a complete thought and a dependent clause does not have a complete thought.
What color and brand is my water bottle?
A blue Stanley
How many rules did we go over for colons?
Four
What are all the coordinating conjunctions?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What type of sentence is this?
When I grow up, I’ll use complete sentences.
Complex sentence
Identify the subject, simple predicate, and complete predicate in this simple sentence.
The coffee shop next door is always packed.
Subject = The coffee shop
Simple predicate = is
Complete predicate = is always packed
What two additional activities am I involved in at school?
Credit recovery and Link Crew
What is this colon doing?
There were two places she was going on spring break: Tampa and Orlando.
Emphasizing a noun or noun phrase
Can a dependent clause go after the independent clause in a complex sentence?
What are the two differences between compound and complex sentences?
1. A compound has a coordinating conjunction
2. A complex has a dependent clause + independent clause instead of two independents
What is a subject?
What is a simple predicate?
What is a complete predicate?
The person, place, or thing that's performing the action in the sentence
The verb that the subject is doing
The verb that the subject is doing + all the words attached to the verb (ex: She stood tall and proud = "stood tall and proud")
What specific injury did I have earlier this year?
I fractured my femur
What is this colon doing?
Sara studied hard for one purpose: to succeed in her college courses
Introduce an explanation or restate a complete thought
What should be added to this sentence to make it correct? Give me two different options.
The pancakes weren't delicious they were too fluffy.
Semicolon
The pancakes weren't delicious; they were too fluffy.
Coordinating conjunction
The pancakes weren't delicious, and they were too fluffy.
Create a simple sentence, compound sentence, and compound-complex sentence all about the same thing.
Ex:
The dog was tired
The dog was tired, and his human was exhausted.
The dog was tired and his human was exhausted, since they hiked for ages.
Identify all the clauses in this sentence:
When we won the state championship, the team captain jumped for joy, and the fans cheered.
When we won the state championship = dependent
The team captain jumped for joy = independent
the fans cheered = independent
Where am I attending grad school?
Concordia University - St. Paul
List four reasons you can use a colon.
Introduce a list
Introduce a quote
Introduce an explanation or restate a complete thought
Emphasize a noun or noun phrase
Make this into a complete sentence with a colon.
Red, orange, yellow warm colors these are.
These are warm colors: red, orange, and yellow.
What type of sentence is this?
Identify all the clauses, the subject(s),and complete predicate(s).
Since the team was falling behind, the coach substituted the starters with the bench players, and they managed to score the winning goal.
Compound-complex
Since the team was falling behind = dependent
The coach substituted the starters with the bench players = independent
they managed to score the winning goal = independent
Subjects = team, coach, they
Complete predicates = was falling behind, substituted the starters with the bench players, managed to score the winning goal
What's the difference between a clause and a phrase?
A clause must have a subject and predicate and a phrase doesn't
How many years have I taught at WHS?
Which two other schools have I taught at in the district?
3
ERHS and WMS