Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have read about sentence combining. In this lesson, they will combine two or more sentences into one simple or compound sentence using an adverb clause, an adjective clause, or a noun clause.

Lesson Description
Students will combine ten sentence pairs using an adverb clause, an adjective clause, or a noun clause.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will be able to combine sentences using adverb, adjective, or noun clauses.
2. Students will be able to write clearly and concisely.

Student Web Activity Answers

1. Although scientists once thought the dawn redwood was extinct, several specimens were found in China.
2. Ellen, whose cat just had eight kittens, wants to be a veterinarian.
3. I'm not surprised that Josephine's mother is the best cook in Minneapolis.
4. Spotted Tail, who supported peaceful relations between the Sioux and the settlers, was a nineteenth-century leader of the Sioux.
5. When the present-day Sioux in South Dakota named their community college after Spotted Tail, they used his Sioux name, Sinte Gleska.
6. Whoever chose Stuttgart as the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, did the entire region a favor.
7. The New Palace, which served as a residence for several dukes and kings of Württemberg, is built in the baroque and rococo styles.
8. I don't know why Paulo is late.
9. All I know is that William is fine.
10. Since you're already up, please bring me a cold drink.

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