CONJUNCTIONS - LANGUAGE ARTS STRAND: Grammar & Conventions

 FOCUS QUESTION

What was Jamaica's Road to independence?

SPECIFIC OBJ.

Apply the functions of parts of speech: conjunctions, nouns, prepositions

CONTENT SUMMARY

Conjunctions are words that join or link phrases or clauses together.

ENGAGE

Students, let us quickly recap the past lesson on clauses. Remember you were asked to join the two clauses with either the words 'and' or 'but'? Let us quickly complete the first five again.

Well can anyone tell what the words "and" and "but" actually do in the sentences. What is the role of those two words?

Can anyone tell what part of speech are those two words?

Well if you said 'conjunction' you would be so correct.

Let us read together what conjunctions are.

EXPLORE

Now there are different types of conjunctions. Do you know of any type ?

Watch the video clip below to glean information on the different types of conjunctions. Be sure to get your notebooks ready for note taking. You should be able to name them afterwards and provide examples of each.

Video clip: Types of conjunctions.

Let us do this activity together.

EXPLAIN

What is a conjunction?

What are the different types of conjunctions?

Provide examples of the different types of conjunctions.

EXTEND/ELABORATE

Complete the activity sheets below.

Activity sheet

EVALUATION

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

Open the link below and complete the task.

Subordinating conjunction exercise.

Task 4

Read the sentences below. Examine the underlined conjunctions, then choose the type they represent.

1. William the second was not only the German Emperor but also the King of Persia. 

 (a) subordinating     (b) correlative   (c) coordinating

2. They eventually bought the gift, although it was expensive.

 (a) subordinating   (b) coordinating    (c) correlative

3. Though the words were very bad, yet he managed to reach the city before midnight.

 (a) subordinating   (b) correlative  (c) coordinating

4.. Either brass or copper will do.

  (a) subordinating    (b) coordinating      (c) correlative

5. We were hungry, for  we hadn't eaten in five hours. 

  (a) correlative    (b) coordinating     (c) subordinating