Front branching sentences have a dependent clause at the beginning of a complete sentence...NOT all dependent clauses start with AAAWWUBBIS! Thus, not all front branching sentences have to start with them either. Discuss the mentor sentences with your group and come up with a few observations and rules we can apply to writing front branching sentences. Write one example and your rules below your mentor sentences. Mentor Sentences: 1. Tired, we collapsed as soon as we arrived home. 2. Laughing hard, tears ran down our faces. 3. Without giving it a second thought, we helped the victims.
Discuss the mentor sentences with your group and come up with a few observations and rules we can apply to writing front branching sentences. Write one example and your rules below your mentor sentences.
Mentor Sentences:
1. Tired, we collapsed as soon as we arrived home.
2. Laughing hard, tears ran down our faces.
3. Without giving it a second thought, we helped the victims.