Video: To explore conjunctions

﻿Hello, and welcome to lesson three of our unit on "The Day the Crayons Quit Persuasive Writing". My name is Ms. Bourke and I am a teacher with the Oak Academy. Today, we are going to be exploring conjunctions. Specifically, we are going to be looking at coordinating conjunctions that we would use to create a compound sentence. Okay, let's go. Okay, now let's look at some compound sentences. Before we start, what is a compound sentence? Maybe you already know if you don't that's okay. If you do, or you'd like to have to think about it. Pause the video now, have a think, tell me aloud. What is a compound sentence? A compound sentence is... Okay, good job. A complete sentence is made up of two main clauses. And a clause is a group of words that contain a verb. Because they're made up of two main clauses, both parts of my sentence, make sense on their own. Both of my clauses make sense on their own. A compound sentence has two main clauses. There is Mr. Main, Mr. Main, two main clauses, and these are joined with a coordinating conjunction. My coordinating conjunctions are... or the coordinating conjunction are, but, or, and. And we can remember this as a BOA. And there is a picture of a snake, which is a type. A Boa is a type of snake, a Boa constrictor. So they are, but, or, and, those are my coordinating conjunctions, and I use those in compound sentences between my two main clauses. A main clause makes sense on its own. You can see here that this sentence has the coordinating conjunction, and. I like pizza and I like sushi. My first clause is, I like pizza. That makes sense on its own. And my second clause is, I like sushi. That makes sense on its own. We have one main clause, I like pizza and another main clause, I like sushi. They both make sense on their own. And we joined them together with the coordinating conjunction, and. Each clause in a compound sentence contains a verb. The verb in these clauses are, like. I like pizza and I like sushi. Every clause needs to contain a verb. Can you identify the coordinating conjunction in my sentence below? Let's read it now. Ms. Bourke went to a cafe for lunch and she visited a museum. What is my coordinating conjunction. Pause the video and point to it. Well done, my coordinating conjunction was, and. Remember our coordinating conjunctions, but, or, and. Okay, so now that we know what my coordinating conjunction is, can you identify the main clauses in my compound sentence below? Remember a compound sentence has two clauses. Can you point to each clause? Pause the video and do that now. Good job, my clause has come on either side of my coordinating conjunction. So my first clause is Ms. Bourke went to a cafe for lunch. That makes sense on its own. Then we have my coordinating conjunction, and. And then my second main clause, she visited a museum. That also makes sense on its own. Those were my two main clauses. Well done if you found them. Okay, now remember, each main course contains a verb. Can you find the verb in each main clause? Remember those are being or are doing words. Pause the video and point to the verb in each clause. Good job, let's see my verb and my first clause was, went. Ms. Bourke went to a cafe for lunch and my second verb was, visited. She visited a museum. Good job, if you found both of those verbs, well done. Okay, here's a new sentence. Can you identify the coordinating conjunction in this sentence below? We are going to the park, but we can't stay for long. There's my picture of my snake, my BOA, at the bottom to help you remember what my coordinating conjunctions are. Pause the video and point to the coordinating conjunction, now. Well done, I'm sure you did a really good job of finding it. My coordinating conjunction in this sentence is the word, but. Okay, can you identify each main clause in the compound sentence below? We are going to the park, but we can't stay for long. Remembering, my main clause is going either side of my coordinating conjunction. I would like you to point to and read aloud each main clause in this sentence now. Well done, my first main clause was, we are going to the park and then my second main clause was, we can't stay for long. Those both make sense on their own. They're my main clauses Can you identify the verb in each of these main clauses? Pause the video and point to the verb in each clause below. Excellent work, let's look at them together. In my first main clause, the verb is, going. We are going to the park. And in my second clause, the verb is, stay. We can't stay for long. Really good job, if you manage to find these, great work. Okay, one more sentence. Can you identify the coordinating conjunction in the sentence below? We could go swimming or we could go to the library. There's my picture of the snake with BOA written above to help you remember what my coordinating conjunctions are. Pause the video and point to the coordinating conjunction in this sentence. Good job, let's have a look at what it is. It's the word, or. We could go swimming or we could go to the library. The coordinating conjunction or, is joining my two main clauses. So if we know that or, is joining the two main clauses, can you identify each main clause in the sentence below? I would like you to point to them and read them aloud. Pause the video and find each main clause now. Really well done, let's go through them together. My first main clause was, we could go swimming. And the second main clause was, we could go to the library. Those two clauses joined with the coordinating conjunction, or. Well done if you found them. Okay, now it's time to identify the verb in each clause. Can you find the verb in each of of my clauses. Let's have a look. The verb in my first clause was, go. We could go swimming. And in my second clause, it was also, go. Or we could go to the library. Really good job, if you found those verbs in this compound sentence. Let's have a closer look at the coordinating conjunctions, but, or, and. What is different about but, or, and. I have three compound sentences below each using a different coordinating conjunction. I'd like you to think about what is different about these sentences. Let's read through them together first. We're going to the park, but we'd rather go swimming. We're going to the park and we're going swimming. We're going to the park, or we're going swimming . Pause the video and think, what is the difference between these sentences? Good job, okay. Let's have a look. What is the difference? Okay, let's have a look at the coordinating conjunction, but. First, we're going to the park, but we'd rather go swimming. But joins two contrasting clauses. For example, it was sunny, but the breeze was cold. So it has one positive and one negative. In our sentence, We're going to the park. That seems really good, but we'd rather go swimming. We'd rather be doing something else. That's when we use it, but. Okay, our next sentence had the coordinating conjunction, and. we're going to the park and we're going swimming. What does that mean then? In this sentence, it means that they are going to do both. They're going to the park and they are going to go swimming. They're going to do both of those things. And joins a clause that follows on from another. So I sat down and I read my book. They read their book after they sat down. It can also be used when one idea is the result of another. It rained and I got wet. In this sentence, We're going to the park and we're going swimming, the use of and implies, one, that they're doing both of those things, and two, that first they are going to the park and then they'll be going swimming after that. One follows on from the other. Okay, and then in my last sentence, we had the coordinating conjunction, or. We're going to the park, or we're going swimming. What does or, do to this sentence? Or, shows when there is a choice. They're doing one of these things and when only one option can be realised, so they're not going to do both. They're not going to go to the park and go swimming, they need to choose. They're either going to the park or they're going swimming. For example, you can have chicken for dinner, or you can have fish, you can't have both of them for dinner. You can read a book or you can colour in, you have to choose one of those options. I wonder if you managed to spot the difference between but, or, and, and how these coordinating conjunctions can change the meaning of a sentence. Well done, if you did. Okay, now it's time for our task. I would like you to make these simple sentences, compound sentences by adding a coordinating conjunction and another main clause. So far, these sentences are just one main clause. So you need to choose or, but, and. And then add another clause to expand the ideas in my sentence. My sentences are, I don't like coffee. Would you like to go to the park? I want to go swimming. You can have an ice lolly. What coordinating conjunction could you use in each of these sentences? And how could you create different meaning with these different conjunctions? For example, you could say, I don't like coffee, but I do like tea. Or I don't like coffee and I don't like tea. You have four simple sentences there for each one you need to choose a coordinating conjunction and write another main clause. Pause the video and do that now. Okay, really well done. I'd like you to edit your work today. I'd like you to make sure you have got a capital letter at the start of your sentence. I would like you to make sure you've got a full stop at the end of your sentence. Pause the video and make sure each sentence has a capital letter and a full stop now. Well done, Okay. The next thing I would like you to do, is tick where you have used your coordinating conjunction. It should be between your two main clauses. Main clause, but, or, and, main clause. Give yourself a tick, if you have used your coordinating conjunction in the middle of your two clauses. Okay, well done. The final thing I would like you to do is to circle the verb in each clause. Now remember, a clause has to have verb. You have two main clauses in each of your compound sentences. You need to circle the verb in each one. So in our simple sentence, I don't like coffee, like is my verb. What verb did you choose for your second main clause? Okay, do that in each of your compound sentences. Pause the video now. Great job, once you have circled your verb, I would then like you to give your verbs a tick. So you should have two verbs in each compound sentence in each clause. Once you have circled them, please tick them. Excellent work, you have done brilliantly today. Well done, you have completed your warmup. We have looked at some compound sentences. We have looked at the differences between but, or, and, and how they can change the meaning of the sentence. And we have completed our task. Congratulations, you have completed your lesson. If you would like to please share your work with a parents or carer. Great job today.

Lesson summary: To explore conjunctions

In this lesson, children will explore joining or coordinating conjunctions used in compound sentences. They will identify the two main clauses, the verbs and the coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences. They will look at the difference between 'but' 'and' and 'or' and discover when it is appropriate to use each one. Finally, they will write some compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions.

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