This Grammar Girl episode wasn't about grammar at all; it was about writing interesting, creative and evocative sentences. Classic writers like Jacob London play with words as if they are music, leaving the reader to marvel not only at the descriptive images but also at the arrangement and choice of words. From now on, I will try to play closer attention to the sentence structure when I read literature, and maybe I, too, will become a more engaging writer.
I learned that the Declarative Sentence is the building block of writing. A Declarative sentence consists of a subject, a predicate, and a direct object. Also, two Declarative Sentences can be combined to form a Compound Sentence. I learned that a Complex Sentence is made up of a dependent and main clause. A Complex Sentence can be used to make the sentence more interesting and descriptive.
Examples:
1. I completed my homework, and played Basketball. (Compound Sentence)
2. I played Basketball, after I completed my homework. (Complex Sentence)
In this grammar girl i learned about complex sentence. complex sentences are sentences that are straightforward and has a clause and a dependent clause. I also learned that people who use complex sentences in their writing offers more details to the sentence.
for example Marvin bleed from his face after he got shot in the face with Daniels BB gun or I hid from embarrassment Henrik cleaned his from my girlfriend after a bird pooped in my head.
Navpreet did a good job on describing what he learned from declarative sentences. He gave some very good examples
Jacob said that this episode wasn't about grammar and i have to disagree with him because in a way this episode was about grammar and it included how to write complex sentences. he gave no examples from what he learned and i thought he should of put more attention toward this episode.
This grammar girl was on different types of sentences. The simplest type is a declarative sentence which can be equated in logic as a proposition or statement. It is expressing one idea and consists of a subject, predicate, and object. In the sentence John eat candy, John is the subject, eat is the predicate, and candy is the object. In my opinion, the passive voice reverses the subject and object to place emphasis on what would normally be the object. For example. To say that "the candy was eat by John" switches the object and subject. They trade places. Now, the candy is the subject, eat is still the predicate, and John is the object. This passive voice sets up candy to be of more significance or focus than John. Back to Grammer Girl. A complex sentence is equal to a compound proposition in logic in which compenents are the two ideas that make up the compound proposition. An example of a compound proposition would be, " either you're a fool or you're just slow." The two components making up this compound proposition are, "you're a fool" and "you're slow." Because there is an either or instance in this statement it is an alternative compound proposition. If, then statements are usually hypothetical compound propositions. I say all this to make the point that there is an intimate correlation between words and thoughts. Between English and Logic. The complex question is like a compound proposition. It is one statement or sentence in this case but it expresses two or more ideas. The two ideas expressed aren't stated in two seperate sentences but are sepearted by a comma or semicolon or a punctuation mark of some sort that isn't a period. An example of this compound sentence is, "Mark kissed Jane, and he jumped the fence." These are two ideas being expressed and they don't depend on eachother like the complex sentence. A complex sentence is one in which two ideas are said and one is dependednt on the other. For example, "Mark kissed Jane because he loved her." The two ideas expressed are "Mark kissed Jane" and "he loved her." The idea that is being depended on is called the main clause ("Mark kissed Jane"). The idea that is depending on the other for its clarity is called the dependent clause ("because he loved her"). Without knowing that Mark kissed Jane, "because he loved her" wouldn't make any sense. We wouldn't understand it. The most sophisticated sentence mentioned is the complex-compound sentence which is an amalgamation of both the compound sentece and the complex sentence. An example would be I'll spend some time there; It's very relaxing and the architecture is beautiful.
Jacob was enaged into this topic because it was being compared to music and it was a good metaphor to illustrate the importance of these sentences. It is very true. They will make you a better writer. Whenever you learn a new word, there is a shortcut to an idea or a new idea in your brain. Thus, making you smarter.
The Grammar Girl episode was about Complex and Compound sentences. Also about Declorative sentences. I learned that if you make to many declorative sentences your reader will get tired and not want to read anymore. Also that a complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a dependant clause. The main clause can be by its-self but the dependant clause needs the main clause so that it is not a sentence fragment. The blog was interesting and I learned how to make my essays and papers much better. Examples: 1. Marsha washed her car and she danced to her favorite song.(compound sentence)
2.Sydney went to work after, she watched her cousin until her auint got off work.(complex senctence)
IN GRAMMER GIRL #136 IT TALKS ABOUT DECLARATIVE SENTENCES BEING THE BUILDING BLOCK OF WRITING.IT NEEDS A SUBJECT,PREDICATE AND A DIRECT OBJECT. FOR EXAMPLE "I FED THE DOG" THE LETTER "I" IS THE SUBJECT,"FED" IS THE PREDICATE" AND "DOG" IS THE DIRECT OBJECT.
YOU CAN ALSO COMBINE TWO DECLARATIVE SENTENCES TO CREATE A COMPOUND SENTENCE. FOR EXAMPLE "I FED THE DOG, AND I WENT FOR A JOG" THESE TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES ARE JOINED TOGETHER BY THE WORD AND.
RESPONSES::: I THINK THAT JACOB SORT OF UNDERSTOOD GRAMMER GIRL BUT HE NEEDED TO PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES. I ALSO THINK THAT "FIREBITER" UNDERSTOOD THE GRAMMER GIRL AND HE GAVE GOOD EXAMPLES.
This Grammar Girl episode was about complex-compound sentences. I learned that the declarative sentence is short and to the point. It contains a subject, a predicate, and a direct object. A compound sentence could combine two declarative sentences.
Ex. John walked to school. He was late to class.
Here are two declarative sentences. We can combine these sentences to make a compound sentence.
Ex. John walked to school, but he was late to class. OR John walked to school, and he was late to class.
I am not sure if I can use a "but" as another conjunction.
I learned that a complex sentence is more detailed than a declarative sentence. The complex sentence consists of a main clause, and a dependent clause.
Ex. John played videogames after he got home from school.
"John played videogames", is the main clause and "after he got home from school", is the dependent clause.
Responses
* I liked gregory's response. He was very descriptive and he used many examples to explain what he had learned. I liked how he described the complex sentence with his examples of Mark and Jane. He also wrote a lot explaining about declarative sentences.
* I also liked Joel's response. I think he understood this podcast because he analyzed each sentence with many examples. He showed an example for a declarative sentence, compound sentence, and a comlex sentence.
Grammar Girl#10 was about different types writing styles. That gave different types and example of what these elements of writing can be use for, in the field of writing.
Ex:Daniel clean his room, while listing to his favorite band. -complex Sentence
ex2:Last night Jimmy played football and made it time for dinner party.
1. I thought that Megan Dozier's examples were good, yet there was an error. In her second example, "Sydney went to work after, she watched her cousin until her aunt got off work.(complex senctence)"the comma is supposed to go before "after."
2. I thought that Natalie Ruiz's examples were good and show that she had a clear understanding of the Grammar Girl Episode.
This podcast was on the complexity if sentences. it talked about declarative sentences,compound sentences, complex sentances, and complex compound sentences.
A declarative sentence is made up of one subject and one predicate which ussualy has one direct object. ex: Manny ran a mile.
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses. ex: Manny ran the mile and still ran to play basketball.
In the podcast i learned to understand how a complex compound sentence works.
responces:: i think Natalie understood the podcast very well. I also think that Navpreet oput alot of thopught into his responces :]
Well this grammar girl was about different type of sentences. A declarative sentence is short and to the point sentence.A compound sentence is a short sentence with the nessesary information to be by itself, and if you are writing an essay, too many compound sentences may bore the reader.
For example; "Jake went to the store." "Jake bought a cake for his sister." You could fix this by saying, "Jake went to the store and bought a cake for his sister."
A complex sentence is made of a main clause and a dependent clause, dependent clauses always need a main clause to avoid being a sentence fragment.
I think Nathalie gave a good example and really understands what complex sentences are.
Grammar Girl #136 was about Complex Compound sentences. She explains how to use Declarative sentences which has one subject, one predicate, and has one direct object. Declarative is a more simple way of writing a sentence. I learned how to write a compound sentence which is combining declarative sentences to create variety for the reader by including the word "and" and two independent clauses. A complex sentence is a sentence that gets straight to the point with a main clause and a dependent clause.
Example #1: Declarative sentence: David plays the piano.
Example #2: Compound sentence:Joe waited for the train, but the train was late.
Example #3: Complex Sentence:Because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, I did not see them at the station.
Response #1: I always love Navpreet's examples she really knows her stuff.
Response #2: I think gregori has the grammar girl down packed but i don't think it was really necessary to write that much. keep it short but still informative.
Grammar Girl #136 I learned about how to write simple and complex setences. I learned that declarative sentences contain a sunject, a predicate, and a direct object. To make a compound sentence you have to combine two declarative sentences. Complex sentences have dependent and main clauses in them, which make the sentence more interesting.
Ex.Larry took a shower and brushed his teeth.(complex sentence)
ex.Larry kissed Ashika.(declarative sentence)
Response #1 I like Navpreet Singh post because I felt she grasped the concept of the grammar girl.
Response # 2 I though gegori understood the grammar girl by the essay he wrote about it, but he didnt have to eloborate that much.
i learned how a DECLARATIVE SENTENCES BEING THE BUILDING BLOCK OF WRITING. learned that if you make to many declorative sentences your reader will get tired and not want to read anymore. Also that a complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a dependant clause. I learned that the declarative sentence is short and to the point
ex. Courtnei took the boy back. (declarative) ex. Courtnei took the boy back and gave him a big hug. (comnpound)
I think Ashika's was very formal and descriptive.
i think jacobs was really straight fowrad. I knew he understood his mistakes about writing but i didnt know if he understood the grammar girl. Next time Jocab be more descriptive and not so wordy about another subject.
This grammar girl podcast is about sentence structure. We are first introduced to declarative sentences which consists of one subject one predicate and one object.
Example: Maria walked the dog.
Grammar girl also addressed compound sentences. You can combine to declarative sentences so your reader isn't bored out of his.her mind.
Example: Mariana played volleyball and she was apart of the dance team.
Now for complex sentences, which are straight forward, has a dependent clause, and a main clause. However, a dependent clause cannot stand without a main clause.
Example: Paul cleaned his shorts after Tariah kicked him in the butt.
Here goes the tongue twister, complex-compound sentences.Which is merely a combination of compound and complex sentences. They have a minimum of two main clauses and one dependent clause. In these sentences semicolons and dashes are acceptable.
Example: Kristina shouldn't have lingered around Courtnei when she found out she was sick; she had no choice because they had a project due at the end of the week.
Gegori's post was extremely thoughtful and he showed an understanding of this podcast. I also like his comment towards Grammar girl's statement about the correlation between music and writing. His examples were good.
I could tell Damon m got the basic idea of the podcast but he needed more examples and he should have wrote a little more about what he came away with from this grammar girl.
(Juhyun Kim, period3) This Grammar Girl episode was about complex-compound sentences. To know what complex-compound sentences are, it's important to know what complex sentence and compound sentence are. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses, and they're joined by the conjuction such as "and" and "but". A complex sentence is consist of a main clause and a dependent clause. Complex-compound sentences are a combination of compound sentences and complex sentences. They have at least two main clauses and one dependent clause, and sometimes others.
*Examples of complex-compound sentences 1. David was enchanted by the new girl, who had a nice smile; he tried to talk to her, but she was always surrounded by boys.
2. I woke up after I heard something from downstairs; I sneaked out of my room with a bat, and I found my brother eating cold pizza.
*Responses 1. It was hard for me to find someone who wrote an example of complex-compound sentences. Selisha did the rare job. Her complex-compound sentence contains two main clauses and two dependent clauses. Good job~ 2. I like Ali's comment. She explained declarative sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences with good examples.
The grammar girl episode was about the sentences that make a reader bored of reading. With this sentences that if you keep writing on them and making them long, they are the declorative sentence. This episode made sense because it was about writng in a creative way instead of a boring way.
IN Grammar Girl #10 we laerned about declaritive and complex sentences. Declaritive sentences are the simplest of sentences because the are mor of statements. if a paper has to many declaritive statements than the reader will get tired of reading because there is no interest in the paper. complex sentences are more straightforward and carry alot of details compared to those of declaritive sentences.
ex)Peter got emberrased by courtnei after Courtnei made a statement about his forehead.
Ex)Selisha was late to practice.she was benced for the next game.
Jacob did a good job comparing the type of sentences to real life people.that was very creative.
Gregory did a good job explaning the grammar girl but he did not show many examples. also i like how he really go into the grammar girl.
Grammar girl #136 I learned about delclarative, complex, and compound sentences.A declarative sentence is one subject and one predicate which ussualy has one direct object.A complex sentence is made of a main clause and a dependant clause.A compound sentence contains two independent clauses. This will hopefully improve my writing skills
Declarative EX: I play football.
Compound EX: I feed my dog, and then play football.
Responses: Gregori's was good and long and well thought out. He gave good examples that will help everyone.
Joel M was good to it helped me alot and its examples were great.
Podcast #134 is about different types of sentences. Declaratives is a simple sentence with one subject, one predicate, and usually one direct object. Compound sentences two declarative sentences combined by adding a comma and conjunction. You can combine complex sentences with a compound sentence creating a compound-complex sentence.
Example #1: Jack ate the taco for lunch. Jack ate the burrito for dinner. Jack ate the btaco for lunch, and the burrito for dinner.
Example #2: Susan bought two shirts. Susan bought three pairs of pants.
Susan bought two shirts, and three pairs of pants.
Response #1: Peter's examples are nice and short and easy to follow.
Response #2: Evita understood the grammar girl and knew that it was used to make your sentences more interesting.
In this grammar girl I have learned about complex sentences. And complex sentences are straight forward and has clause in it. And i learned that if people use complex sentences in there writing it adds more detail to it.
example 1: i was bleeding because my brother cut me with the knife he had in his hand. example 2: when i was playing basketball a bird pooped on my head.
response 1: i like navpreet singh example and he understood it really well.
response 2: jacob gave a good example and he understood it really well.
Podcast #136 talks about Declarative, compound, and Complex Sentences. Declarative sentences are the building block of writing. It consists of a subject, predicate, and direct object. Eventhough declarative sentences are short and to the point, you can sometimes use too many. Which will eventually bore your reader. I also learned that two declarative sentences make up a compound sentence. A complex sentence can be used to make the sentence more interesting. It's made up of a dependent and main clause.
Responses: Gregori you had great details. You could tell you really comprehended the grammar girl. However I think it was perhaps "too much" information. A short and simple response would have been just as good.
Great examples jazzy! Reading your response was not at all boring. It got straight to the point, Just how I like it.
25 comments:
This Grammar Girl episode wasn't about grammar at all; it was about writing interesting, creative and evocative sentences. Classic writers like Jacob London play with words as if they are music, leaving the reader to marvel not only at the descriptive images but also at the arrangement and choice of words. From now on, I will try to play closer attention to the sentence structure when I read literature, and maybe I, too, will become a more engaging writer.
Jacob Artson, Period 6
I learned that the Declarative Sentence is the building block of writing. A Declarative sentence consists of a subject, a predicate, and a direct object. Also, two Declarative Sentences can be combined to form a Compound Sentence. I learned that a Complex Sentence is made up of a dependent and main clause. A Complex Sentence can be used to make the sentence more interesting and descriptive.
Examples:
1. I completed my homework, and played Basketball. (Compound Sentence)
2. I played Basketball, after I completed my homework. (Complex Sentence)
Navpreet Singh
Period 6
In this grammar girl i learned about complex sentence. complex sentences are sentences that are straightforward and has a clause and a dependent clause. I also learned that people who use complex sentences in their writing offers more details to the sentence.
for example
Marvin bleed from his face after he got shot in the face with Daniels BB gun
or
I hid from embarrassment
Henrik cleaned his from my girlfriend after a bird pooped in my head.
Navpreet did a good job on describing what he learned from declarative sentences. He gave some very good examples
Jacob said that this episode wasn't about grammar and i have to disagree with him because in a way this episode was about grammar and it included how to write complex sentences. he gave no examples from what he learned and i thought he should of put more attention toward this episode.
This grammar girl was on different types of sentences. The simplest type is a declarative sentence which can be equated in logic as a proposition or statement. It is expressing one idea and consists of a subject, predicate, and object. In the sentence John eat candy, John is the subject, eat is the predicate, and candy is the object. In my opinion, the passive voice reverses the subject and object to place emphasis on what would normally be the object. For example. To say that "the candy was eat by John" switches the object and subject. They trade places. Now, the candy is the subject, eat is still the predicate, and John is the object. This passive voice sets up candy to be of more significance or focus than John. Back to Grammer Girl. A complex sentence is equal to a compound proposition in logic in which compenents are the two ideas that make up the compound proposition. An example of a compound proposition would be, "
either you're a fool or you're just slow." The two components making up this compound proposition are, "you're a fool" and "you're slow." Because there is an either or instance in this statement it is an alternative compound proposition. If, then statements are usually hypothetical compound propositions. I say all this to make the point that there is an intimate correlation between words and thoughts. Between English and Logic. The complex question is like a compound proposition. It is one statement or sentence in this case but it expresses two or more ideas. The two ideas expressed aren't stated in two seperate sentences but are sepearted by a comma or semicolon or a punctuation mark of some sort that isn't a period. An example of this compound sentence is, "Mark kissed Jane, and he jumped the fence." These are two ideas being expressed and they don't depend on eachother like the complex sentence. A complex sentence is one in which two ideas are said and one is dependednt on the other. For example, "Mark kissed Jane because he loved her." The two ideas expressed are "Mark kissed Jane" and "he loved her." The idea that is being depended on is called the main clause ("Mark kissed Jane"). The idea that is depending on the other for its clarity is called the dependent clause ("because he loved her"). Without knowing that Mark kissed Jane, "because he loved her" wouldn't make any sense. We wouldn't understand it. The most sophisticated sentence mentioned is the complex-compound sentence which is an amalgamation of both the compound sentece and the complex sentence. An example would be I'll spend some time there; It's very relaxing and the architecture is beautiful.
Jacob was enaged into this topic because it was being compared to music and it was a good metaphor to illustrate the importance of these sentences. It is very true. They will make you a better writer. Whenever you learn a new word, there is a shortcut to an idea or a new idea in your brain. Thus, making you smarter.
-Gregory Holmes, 3rd period
The Grammar Girl episode was about Complex and Compound sentences. Also about Declorative sentences. I learned that if you make to many declorative sentences your reader will get tired and not want to read anymore. Also that a complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a dependant clause. The main clause can be by its-self but the dependant clause needs the main clause so that it is not a sentence fragment. The blog was interesting and I learned how to make my essays and papers much better.
Examples:
1. Marsha washed her car and she danced to her favorite song.(compound sentence)
2.Sydney went to work after, she watched her cousin until her auint got off work.(complex senctence)
Megan Dozier
per. 5
IN GRAMMER GIRL #136 IT TALKS ABOUT DECLARATIVE SENTENCES BEING THE BUILDING BLOCK OF WRITING.IT NEEDS A SUBJECT,PREDICATE AND A DIRECT OBJECT.
FOR EXAMPLE "I FED THE DOG" THE LETTER "I" IS THE SUBJECT,"FED" IS THE PREDICATE" AND "DOG" IS THE DIRECT OBJECT.
YOU CAN ALSO COMBINE TWO DECLARATIVE SENTENCES TO CREATE A COMPOUND SENTENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE "I FED THE DOG, AND I WENT FOR A JOG" THESE TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES ARE JOINED TOGETHER BY THE WORD AND.
RESPONSES:::
I THINK THAT JACOB SORT OF UNDERSTOOD GRAMMER GIRL BUT HE NEEDED TO PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES.
I ALSO THINK THAT "FIREBITER" UNDERSTOOD THE GRAMMER GIRL AND HE GAVE GOOD EXAMPLES.
In Episode #136 of grammar girl we learned about delclarative, complex, and compound sentences.
A declarative sentence is one subject and one predicate which ussualy has one direct object.
ex: Shaq played basketball.
A complex sentence is made of a main clause and a dependant clause, dependant clauses need main clauses so that it doesn't become a sentence fragment.
ex: Shaq scored after he was fouled.
A compound sentence is basically two declarative sentences that are related and combined.
ex: Alex ate food, but became very thirsty.
Response 1
Megan gave a really good example for compound sentences.
Response 2
Natalie really understood this grammar girl.
Joel Martinez
p.6
This Grammar Girl episode was about complex-compound sentences. I learned that the declarative sentence is short and to the point. It contains a subject, a predicate, and a direct object. A compound sentence could combine two declarative sentences.
Ex. John walked to school. He was late to class.
Here are two declarative sentences. We can combine these sentences to make a compound sentence.
Ex. John walked to school, but he was late to class.
OR
John walked to school, and he was late to class.
I am not sure if I can use a "but" as another conjunction.
I learned that a complex sentence is more detailed than a declarative sentence. The complex sentence consists of a main clause, and a dependent clause.
Ex. John played videogames after he got home from school.
"John played videogames", is the main clause and "after he got home from school", is the dependent clause.
Responses
* I liked gregory's response. He was very descriptive and he used many examples to explain what he had learned. I liked how he described the complex sentence with his examples of Mark and Jane. He also wrote a lot explaining about declarative sentences.
* I also liked Joel's response. I think he understood this podcast because he analyzed each sentence with many examples. He showed an example for a declarative sentence, compound sentence, and a comlex sentence.
This grammer girl was writing interesting,creative and evocative sentences. They use words as if they were music lirics.
Ex. I enjoy going to the beach and I also enjoy going to the movies too.
Grammar Girl#10 was about different types writing styles. That gave different types and example of what these elements of writing can be use for, in the field of writing.
Ex:Daniel clean his room, while listing to his favorite band. -complex Sentence
ex2:Last night Jimmy played football and made it time for dinner party.
per. 5
Djon Prude
Responses:
1. I thought that Megan Dozier's examples were good, yet there was an error. In her second example, "Sydney went to work after, she watched her cousin until her aunt got off work.(complex senctence)"the comma is supposed to go before "after."
2. I thought that Natalie Ruiz's examples were good and show that she had a clear understanding of the Grammar Girl Episode.
Navpreet Singh
Period 6
This podcast was on the complexity if sentences. it talked about declarative sentences,compound sentences, complex sentances, and complex compound sentences.
A declarative sentence is made up of one subject and one predicate which ussualy has one direct object.
ex: Manny ran a mile.
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.
ex: Manny ran the mile and still ran to play basketball.
In the podcast i learned to understand how a complex compound sentence works.
responces::
i think Natalie understood the podcast very well.
I also think that Navpreet oput alot of thopught into his responces :]
-ELSYYYY
Well this grammar girl was about different type of sentences. A declarative sentence is short and to the point sentence.A compound sentence is a short sentence with the nessesary information to be by itself, and if you are writing an essay, too many compound sentences may bore the reader.
For example; "Jake went to the store." "Jake bought a cake for his sister." You could fix this by saying, "Jake went to the store and bought a cake for his sister."
A complex sentence is made of a main clause and a dependent clause, dependent clauses always need a main clause to avoid being a sentence fragment.
I think Nathalie gave a good example and really understands what complex sentences are.
I also liked the examples Navspreet gave.
-Guillermo Galindo
-Per 5
Grammar Girl #136 was about Complex Compound sentences. She explains how to use Declarative sentences which has one subject, one predicate, and has one direct object. Declarative is a more simple way of writing a sentence. I learned how to write a compound sentence which is combining declarative sentences to create variety for the reader by including the word "and" and two independent clauses. A complex sentence is a sentence that gets straight to the point with a main clause and a dependent clause.
Example #1: Declarative sentence: David plays the piano.
Example #2: Compound sentence:Joe waited for the train, but the train was late.
Example #3: Complex Sentence:Because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, I did not see them at the station.
Response #1: I always love Navpreet's examples she really knows her stuff.
Response #2: I think gregori has the grammar girl down packed but i don't think it was really necessary to write that much. keep it short but still informative.
- Jazmine Preacely, Per.3
Grammar Girl #136 I learned about how to write simple and complex setences. I learned that declarative sentences contain a sunject, a predicate, and a direct object. To make a compound sentence you have to combine two declarative sentences. Complex sentences have dependent and main clauses in them, which make the sentence more interesting.
Ex.Larry took a shower and brushed his teeth.(complex sentence)
ex.Larry kissed Ashika.(declarative sentence)
Response #1
I like Navpreet Singh post because I felt she grasped the concept of the grammar girl.
Response # 2
I though gegori understood the grammar girl by the essay he wrote about it, but he didnt have to eloborate that much.
i learned how a DECLARATIVE SENTENCES BEING THE BUILDING BLOCK OF WRITING. learned that if you make to many declorative sentences your reader will get tired and not want to read anymore. Also that a complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a dependant clause. I learned that the declarative sentence is short and to the point
ex. Courtnei took the boy back.
(declarative)
ex. Courtnei took the boy back and gave him a big hug.
(comnpound)
I think Ashika's was very formal and descriptive.
i think jacobs was really straight fowrad. I knew he understood his mistakes about writing but i didnt know if he understood the grammar girl. Next time Jocab be more descriptive and not so wordy about another subject.
Courtnei Johnson
per 3
This grammar girl podcast is about sentence structure. We are first introduced to declarative sentences which consists of one subject one predicate and one object.
Example:
Maria walked the dog.
Grammar girl also addressed compound sentences. You can combine to declarative sentences so your reader isn't bored out of his.her mind.
Example:
Mariana played volleyball and she was apart of the dance team.
Now for complex sentences, which are straight forward, has a dependent clause, and a main clause. However, a dependent clause cannot stand without a main clause.
Example:
Paul cleaned his shorts after Tariah kicked him in the butt.
Here goes the tongue twister, complex-compound sentences.Which is merely a combination of compound and complex sentences. They have a minimum of two main clauses and one dependent clause. In these sentences semicolons and dashes are acceptable.
Example:
Kristina shouldn't have lingered around Courtnei when she found out she was sick; she had no choice because they had a project due at the end of the week.
Gegori's post was extremely thoughtful and he showed an understanding of this podcast. I also like his comment towards Grammar girl's statement about the correlation between music and writing. His examples were good.
I could tell Damon m got the basic idea of the podcast but he needed more examples and he should have wrote a little more about what he came away with from this grammar girl.
Selisha Naidoo. Period 3
(Juhyun Kim, period3)
This Grammar Girl episode was about complex-compound sentences.
To know what complex-compound sentences are, it's important to know what complex sentence and compound sentence are.
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses, and they're joined by the conjuction such as "and" and "but".
A complex sentence is consist of a main clause and a dependent clause.
Complex-compound sentences are a combination of compound sentences and complex sentences. They have at least two main clauses and one dependent clause, and sometimes others.
*Examples of complex-compound sentences
1. David was enchanted by the new girl, who had a nice smile; he tried to talk to her, but she was always surrounded by boys.
2. I woke up after I heard something from downstairs; I sneaked out of my room with a bat, and I found my brother eating cold pizza.
*Responses
1. It was hard for me to find someone who wrote an example of complex-compound sentences. Selisha did the rare job. Her complex-compound sentence contains two main clauses and two dependent clauses. Good job~
2. I like Ali's comment. She explained declarative sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences with good examples.
The grammar girl episode was about the sentences that make a reader bored of reading. With this sentences that if you keep writing on them and making them long, they are the declorative sentence. This episode made sense because it was about writng in a creative way instead of a boring way.
IN Grammar Girl #10 we laerned about declaritive and complex sentences. Declaritive sentences are the simplest of sentences because the are mor of statements. if a paper has to many declaritive statements than the reader will get tired of reading because there is no interest in the paper. complex sentences are more straightforward and carry alot of details compared to those of declaritive sentences.
ex)Peter got emberrased by courtnei after Courtnei made a statement about his forehead.
Ex)Selisha was late to practice.she was benced for the next game.
Jacob did a good job comparing the type of sentences to real life people.that was very creative.
Gregory did a good job explaning the grammar girl but he did not show many examples. also i like how he really go into the grammar girl.
Peter Bowie Per.3
Grammar girl #136 I learned about delclarative, complex, and compound sentences.A declarative sentence is one subject and one predicate which ussualy has one direct object.A complex sentence is made of a main clause and a dependant clause.A compound sentence contains two independent clauses. This will hopefully improve my writing skills
Declarative EX: I play football.
Compound EX: I feed my dog, and then play football.
Responses: Gregori's was good and long and well thought out. He gave good examples that will help everyone.
Joel M was good to it helped me alot and its examples were great.
Podcast #134 is about different types of sentences. Declaratives is a simple sentence with one subject, one predicate, and usually one direct object. Compound sentences two declarative sentences combined by adding a comma and conjunction. You can combine complex sentences with a compound sentence creating a compound-complex sentence.
Example #1:
Jack ate the taco for lunch. Jack ate the burrito for dinner.
Jack ate the btaco for lunch, and the burrito for dinner.
Example #2:
Susan bought two shirts.
Susan bought three pairs of pants.
Susan bought two shirts, and three pairs of pants.
Response #1:
Peter's examples are nice and short and easy to follow.
Response #2:
Evita understood the grammar girl and knew that it was used to make your sentences more interesting.
Courtne Dotson, period 3
In this grammar girl I have learned about complex sentences. And complex sentences are straight forward and has clause in it. And i learned that if people use complex sentences in there writing it adds more detail to it.
example 1:
i was bleeding because my brother cut me with the knife he had in his hand.
example 2:
when i was playing basketball a bird pooped on my head.
response 1:
i like navpreet singh example and he understood it really well.
response 2:
jacob gave a good example and he understood it really well.
Podcast #136 talks about Declarative, compound, and Complex Sentences. Declarative sentences are the building block of writing. It consists of a subject, predicate, and direct object. Eventhough declarative sentences are short and to the point, you can sometimes use too many. Which will eventually bore your reader. I also learned that two declarative sentences make up a compound sentence. A complex sentence can be used to make the sentence more interesting. It's made up of a dependent and main clause.
Responses:
Gregori you had great details. You could tell you really comprehended the grammar girl. However I think it was perhaps "too much" information. A short and simple response would have been just as good.
Great examples jazzy! Reading your response was not at all boring. It got straight to the point, Just how I like it.
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