Writer's Choice Grade 6

Unit 20: Sentence Combining

Unit Activity Lesson Plan

Introduction
In this unit, students have studied sentence combining. In this lesson, they will practice identifying simple and compound sentences.

Lesson Description
Students will determine which of eight sentences are simple and which sentences are compound.

Instructional Objectives
  1. Students will be able to recognize simple and compound sentences.
  2. Students will be able to recall concepts and terms from the unit.

Student Web Activity Answers
Simple: Apes, monkeys, and humans are primates.
Simple: A large brain and opposable thumbs are two common primate traits.
Compound: However, apes are larger than monkeys, and apes don't have tails.
Simple: Gibbons, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas make up the ape family.
Compound: Apes are big and powerful, but they can also be gentle.
Simple: A gorilla at an Illinois zoo once picked up and carried a young boy to safety after the boy fell into the gorilla's habitat.
Compound: There are about 130 species of monkeys, and scientists divide them into two main groups.
Simple: The pygmy marmoset lives in South American rain forests and spends its time in trees.

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