Performance Task # 1
5 simple sentences
1) He fell off the cliff.
2) They ran into a tree.
3) She tripped over the curb.
4) They fought over dinner.
5) He started the fire.
5 compound sentences
1) He ran down the street but he tripped over a rock. (but)
2) She tripped over a dog and she yelled in surprise. (and)
3) He started the fire so he ran away. (so)
4) They crashed the truck but they were glad. (but)
5) He fell of the horse and he yelled in pain. (and)
5 complex sentences
1) He threw up because he ate too much. (because)
2) Since I like to be lazy, I don’t want to do this. (since)
3) I became bored while I wrote down complex sentences. (while)
4) After he threw the ball, he hit the kid. (after)
5) Although he ran away, he was attacked by a dog. (although)
5 compound-complex sentences
1) He fell off the cliff and he cried for help as he fell to his death. (as)
2) While he was in the hospital, he thought about his fall off the cliff and he was glad he survived. (while)
3) They crashed the truck but they were glad until they got caught. (until)
4) After he tried to catch the ball, he was hit and he cried out in pain. (after)
5) Since I’m tired, I want to go to sleep but I’m stuck at school. (since)
Performance task #2
Why is it beneficial for writers to be able to identify different sentence structures, understand the differences between sentence structures and be able to use different sentence structures?
1) It is beneficial for writers to know how to do all these different sentence structures because it’s important to make sentences interesting. If the sentences are too simple or to complicated it’s uninteresting but with a good mix of simple and complex sentences it is interesting.