Sentence Structure

What do you notice?

Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and

he knew what to do with them.

- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998)

 Compound Sentence =

for
Sentence , and sentence .
nor
but
or
yet
so
 Compound Sentence Test

 Are there two complete

sentences, with subjects and verbs on
each side of the FANBOYS?
 Are a comma and one of the
FANBOYS joining the two complete
sentences?
 Does the sentence meet all the criteria?
 What do you notice?

I think about going in my room

now, but it smells like the inside
of an old lunch bag in there.
- Gennifer Choldenko, A Capone Does My Shirts (2004)
 What do you notice?

I could remember every detail of

the whole night, but it had the
unreal quality of a dream.
- S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1997)
 What do you notice?

The dark scares us, for we don’t

know what is waiting in the dark.
- Alvin Schwartz, Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (2001)
 FANBOYS

Cause-effect
relationships

Cartoons by
Andrew Schroeder
 FANBOYS

Equal
relationships

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Andrew Schroeder
 FANBOYS

Negative
choice

Cartoons by
Andrew Schroeder
 FANBOYS

Contrasting
relationships

Cartoons by
Andrew Schroeder
 FANBOYS

Choice

Cartoons by
Andrew Schroeder
 FANBOYS

Contrasting
relationships

Cartoons by
Andrew Schroeder
 FANBOYS

Cause-effect
relationships

Cartoons by
Andrew Schroeder
 Compound Sentence Test

 Are there two complete sentences,

with subjects and verbs on each side of
the FANBOYS?
 Are a comma and one of the
FANBOYS joining the two complete
sentences?
 Does the sentence meet all the criteria?
 What do you notice?

I sat near the back with Stephen, and he

kept pestering me.
Stephen is my best friend, but I’m not sure
he’d admit it.
There was only about a block to go before
our bus stop, but I couldn’t stand
Stephen’s whining another second.
- Andrew Clements, The Report Card (2004)
 What do you notice?

I love to eat cheese, and fish.

 What do you notice?

He yelped in pain, and she grabbed

his wrists and pinned his arms to
the floor.
- Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)
 What do you notice?

But usually, the game we played in gym was

kickball. I liked kickball, mostly because
nobody had to take off his shirt to play it.
There were about a dozen boys on each
team, and the fielders would scatter across the
big gym. Little guys like me would try to hit
dribblers past the infield and scoot to first
base before the ball got there. Big guys could
bang the ball as far as they could and bounce
it off the far wall.
- Dan Gutman, “Let’s Go to the Videotape,”
Guys Write for Guys Read (2005)
 True or False?

 If it has one of the FANBOYS, it must

be a compound sentence.
 If it has a comma, it must be a
compound sentence.
 Compound sentence can only contain
two simple sentences.
 What do you notice?

It’s Friday night, and Mom is

yelling at me because I won’t eat
the chicken she cooked for dinner.
- Sarah Littman, Confessions of a Closet Catholic (2005)
 Combining Sentences

A nervous chuckle rose up in me.

I refused to let it out.

- Nancy Osa, Cuba 15 (2003)

 Combining Sentences

I tried calling her as soon as I got

home from school.
Her line was busy.

- Nancy Osa, Cuba 15 (2003)

Compound Sentence =

Sentence ; sentence .