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Classifying Sentences In The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas

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Objective: At the end of this lesson, students will be able to classify sentences according to their type of sentence structure.
1. Introduce the topic
Today, we are going to learn how to analyze sentences and classify them according to their sentence structure using the book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. First, we will be looking at the different type of sentences that the writer uses in her writing. Then, we will use some of these sentences to learn how to classify a sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
2. Share Examples
Let’s take a look at these four sentences that I encountered in this book (write them on the board):
These four sentences show the four different type of sentence structures that you will be able to classify after working with the different types of sentences.
3. Provide Information
Now, I am going to show you how I can classify a sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Remember to pay close attention because you are going to be looking for these types of sentences after I finish explaining the four types of sentence structures. I …show more content…

• Compound sentence: has two or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses.
• Complex sentence: has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
• Compound-complex sentence: has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent classes.
You are all probably wondering what an independent clause and a dependent clause are. Well, a clause contains a subject and a predicate. There are two types of clauses: an independent clause and a dependent clause. An independent clause is a complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause is an incomplete thought that is not able to stand alone as a sentence. Note: An anchor chart with these terms, definitions, and examples are important for the students to have to be able to refer back to them.
4. Supervise

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