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Horned Toad Prince (Students)

Here are some tips for writing compound sentences: - Use coordinating conjunctions like and, but, or, so, yet between the two simple sentences. - Make sure each part can stand alone as a simple sentence. - Place a comma before the conjunction joining the two sentences. - The subject and verb should not be repeated between the two clauses. - Check that the ideas expressed in each clause are closely related and make sense together.

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Horned Toad Prince (Students)

Here are some tips for writing compound sentences: - Use coordinating conjunctions like and, but, or, so, yet between the two simple sentences. - Make sure each part can stand alone as a simple sentence. - Place a comma before the conjunction joining the two sentences. - The subject and verb should not be repeated between the two clauses. - Check that the ideas expressed in each clause are closely related and make sense together.

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Big Question:

What is unique
about the
landscape of the
Southwest?
Author:
Jackie Mims
Hopkins
Genre:
Modern Fairy
Tale
REVIEW GAMES
Story Sort
Vocabulary Words:
⦿ Arcade Games
⦿ Study Stack
⦿ Spelling City: Vocabulary
⦿ Spelling City: Spelling Words
SPELLING
WORDS
Long e
⦿ prairie ⦿ breezy
⦿ calorie ⦿ jury
⦿ honey ⦿ balcony
⦿ valley ⦿ steady
⦿ money ⦿ alley
⦿ finally ⦿ trolley
⦿ movie ⦿ misty
⦿ country ⦿ frequency
⦿ empty ⦿ parsley
⦿ city ⦿ journey
⦿ rookie ⦿ chimney
⦿ hockey ⦿ attorney
⦿ collie
VOCABULARY WORDS

Vocabulary Words More Words to Know

⦿ bargain ⦿ sassy
⦿ favor ⦿ suspiciously
⦿ lassoed ⦿ twang
⦿ offended ⦿ corral
⦿ prairie ⦿ frontier
⦿ riverbed
⦿ rodeo
⦿ shrieked
CONCEPT VOCABULARY
⦿ corral – pen for horses and
cattle
⦿ frontier – the farthest part of a
settled country, where the wilds
begin
⦿ rodeo – a contest or exhibition
of skill in roping cattle and riding
horses and bulls
⦿ Next Slide
CORRAL
FRONTIER
RODEO
VOCABULARY
WORDS
VOCABULARY WORDS
⦿ bargain – an agreement to
trade or exchange; deal
⦿ favor – act of kindness

⦿ lassoed – roped; caught with a


long rope with a loop on the
end
⦿ offended – hurt the feelings
of someone; made angry
VOCABULARY WORDS
⦿ prairie – large area of level or
rolling land with grass but few
or no trees
⦿ riverbed – channel in which a
river flows or used to flow
⦿ shrieked – made a loud, sharp,
shrill sound
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
⦿ sassy – rude; lively; spirited
⦿ suspiciously – without trust;
doubtfully
⦿ twang – to make a sharp,
ringing sound
⦿ (Next Slide)
LASSOED
PRAIRIE
RIVERBED
Grammar
Compound Sentences
COMPOUND SENTENCES
⦿ Reba Jo made a promise, but she tried
to break it.
⦿ This is a compound sentence. When
two simple sentences are joined by
a comma and a connecting word
such as and, but, or or, or when
they are connected with a
semicolon and no connecting words,
they make a compound sentence.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
⦿ A compound sentence is made up
of two simple sentences joined by
a comma and a connecting word
such as and, but, or or.
⦿ The two sentences in a compound
sentence must have ideas that
make sense together.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
⦿ Simple Sentences: The horned
toad looks like a toad. It is really
a lizard.
⦿ Compound Sentence: The horned
toad looks like a toad, but it is
really a lizard.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
IS THE SENTENCE A SIMPLE OR COMPOUND SENTENCE?

⦿ Reba Jo loved to ride and play


her guitar.
⦿ simple sentence

⦿ The wind blew her hat away,


and she rode after it.
⦿ compound sentence
COMPOUND SENTENCES
IS THE SENTENCE A SIMPLE OR COMPOUND SENTENCE?

⦿ Reba Jo wanted her hat, but


she was frightened.
⦿ compound sentence

⦿ The horned toad spoke to her


and found her hat.
⦿ simple sentence
COMPOUND SENTENCES
IS THE SENTENCE A SIMPLE OR COMPOUND SENTENCE?

⦿ Give me some chili, or I will


tell your father.
⦿ compound sentence
COMPOUND SENTENCES
JOIN EACH PAIR OF SIMPLE SENTENCES TO MAKE A
COMPOUND SENTENCE. USE THE WORD AND, BUT, OR OR.

⦿ The horned toad knocked on the


door. Reba Jo’s father let him in.
⦿ The horned toad knocked on the
door, and Reba Jo’s father let him
in.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
JOIN EACH PAIR OF SIMPLE SENTENCES TO MAKE A
COMPOUND SENTENCE. USE THE WORD AND, BUT, OR OR.

⦿ Reba Jo had made a promise. She


did not want to keep it.
⦿ Reba Jo had made a promise, but
she did not want to keep it.
⦿ She gave the horned toad some
chili. He gobbled it up.
⦿ She gave the horned toad some
chili, and he gobbled it up.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
JOIN EACH PAIR OF SIMPLE SENTENCES TO MAKE A
COMPOUND SENTENCE. USE THE WORD AND, BUT, OR OR.

⦿ The toad asked Reba Jo to kiss


him. At first she refused.
⦿ The toad asked Reba Jo to kiss
him, but at first she refused.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
JOIN EACH PAIR OF SIMPLE SENTENCES TO MAKE A
COMPOUND SENTENCE. USE THE WORD AND, BUT, OR OR.

⦿ A cowgirl had to kiss the horned


toad. He would never become a
prince.
⦿ A cowgirl had to kiss the horned
toad, or he would never become a
prince.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
⦿ Test Tip: The comma connecting
two simple sentences in a
compound sentence goes before
the connecting word, not after it.
⦿ No: I have heard of a horned toad
but, I have never seen one.
⦿ Yes: I have heard of a horned
toad, but I have never seen one.

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