Fun with Compound Sentences!

We have been studying how to identify and how to make compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.  First, we practiced making the different types of sentences by dancing around the room in different dance styles.  Students were given a card that told them what part of the sentence they were (the independent, dependent, or punctuation part).  They had just a few minutes to dance around and match up with other cards to form the three different kinds of sentences.  This was a fun and crazy way to practice the sentence structures.  Naturally 5th period insisted on having a dance off to see who was the best performer.  The winners were Cooper, Alema, Haley, and Marissa.  You can see their great dance skills in the following clips along with my other classes. 

Hawaii 5-0

Chariots of Fire

I like to Move It 1

I Like to Move It 2

Stayin' Alive

Complex Sentence Example

Compound Complex Sentence Example

Dance Off Videos

Stayin' Alive Dance Off

Chariots of Fire Dance Off

Hawaii 5-0 Dance Off