English 12 Lesson Activities
Analyzing Sentence Structures The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will apply creativity and innovation, use critical thinking and problem solving skills, communicate effectively, and assess and validate information.
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Self-Checked Activities
Read the instructions for the following activities and type in your responses. Click the link to the Student Answer Sheet at the end of the lesson. Use the answers or sample responses to evaluate your own work.
1. Using Phrases in Sentences Write a sentence with an example of each type of phrase listed in the table.
Type your response in the table:
Type of Phrase Sentence noun verb prepositional verbal appositive
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Nailed It!—I included all of the same ideas as the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
Halfway There—I included most of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
Not Great—I did not include any of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
2. Sentences with Clauses Write a sentence with an example of each type of clause listed in the table. Identify the subject and predicate in each sentence.
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Type of Clause Subject Predicate Sentence independent multiple dependent
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Nailed It!—I included all of the same ideas as the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
Halfway There—I included most of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
Not Great—I did not include any of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
3. Building Sentence Structures Write a simple sentence. Then rework it, making it into a compound sentence. Next, go back to the simple sentence and rework it to make it part of a complex sentence. Finally, rework your compound sentence into a compound-complex sentence.
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Type of Sentence Sentence simple compound complex compound-complex
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Nailed It!—I included all of the same ideas as the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
Halfway There—I included most of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
Not Great—I did not include any of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.
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