The Clause Joiner

Summary
This is an Introductory or review lesson about subordinating conjunctions and how to use them.

Objectives
• to introduce or review the concept of subordinating conjunctions;

• to define and explain the function of subordinating conjunctions;

• to test students? knowledge and understanding through appropriate activities.

Suggested Grades
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade

Excerpt
Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses together in a sentence. Some common conjunctions are and, but, and or. There are three types of conjunctions:

1. Coordinating conjunctions. This type of conjunction joins equal parts together: words with words, phrases with phrases, and clauses with clauses.

2. Subordinating conjunctions. This type of conjunctions is used to join a dependent clause to an independent clause. It joins unequal parts. Some common subordinating conjunctions are: after, as, before, for, if, than, until, when, where, whether, while.

3. Correlative conjunctions. This type of conjunction is used in a pair. An example of this might be a pair like either?or.

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