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Hello.

Welcome back to unit number 24.

Lesson number six, 'Independent Clauses,' with me, Mr. Halpin.

Are you ready? Good.

Just a quick equipment check before we begin.

Have you got a pen, some paper and your brain engaged? Please make sure you have pause the video, if you need to collect any of this equipment now.

Resume when you are ready.

This is what today's lesson is going to look like.

We're going to recap some previously taught ideas, we're going to look at punctuating when it happened, we're going to look at independent clauses, create another fantastic piece of writing and score really high marks on your quiz.

Fabulous.

Let's begin.

Which of these is a fragment? Pause your video and read the options to yourself, or listen to me, read them out.

Option number one, she called yesterday.

Option number two, because the weather is bad.

Option number three, we won or option number four, I am feeling a bit down.

On the count of 3, point your screen or scream out loud one, two, three.

Option number two.

Well done, because the weather is bad is a fragment.

Remember a complete sentence must include a subject, a verb, and express an idea in full, if it doesn't, it is a fragment and we should avoid using fragments.

Let's look at this example of a fragment.

Fatima a delicious chocolate cake.

What's missing there? A verb.

You're right.

Fatima baked a delicious chocolate cake.

This sentence in now complete.

It is no longer a fragment.

Which of these punctuates the speech correctly? Can you remember all of the rules for punctuating speech? Pause your video to read the options to yourself, or listen to me, read them aloud.

Option number one, she said, "I have an idea." Option number two, she said, "I have an idea." Option number three, she said, "I have an idea," and option number four, she said, "I have an idea." on the count of three, point your screen, or shout out loud, which option is correct.

One, two, three.

Well done, if you selected option four.

Option four is correct because it follows all of those rules for punctuating speech.

She said, "introduce the speaker," comma.

Follow the introduction of the speaker with the comma.

Open inverted comments, capital letter for the first word of speech.

All right.

I have an idea.

Punctuate the speech for stop close inverted commas.

Option number four was the correct answer.

Well done.

If you've got that right.

Remember when we punctuate speech, we introduce the speaker, we follow that with a comma, we open the inverted commas, we capitalise the first word of the speech, we write the speech, we punctuate the speech, we close the inverted commas.

Let's have a look at this example.

Let's go back to Fatima and her chocolate cake.

Fatima said this cake is delicious.

This sentence doesn't have any punctuation.

Let's fix it.

Fatima said, introduce the speaker.

Comma.

Open inverted commas, capital T, this cake is delicious.

Full stop, close inverted commas.

Well done, if you remembered all of those rules for punctuating speech.

Punctuating when it happened.

Have a rule for you here.

When you start a sentence, with the part that tells when it happened, you put a comma right after the part that tells when it happened.

You're going to learn how to punctuate when it happened in a sentence.

Here's an example.

The whole family went for a meal after we had been to mosque.

Can you spot the part that tells when it happened? After we had been to mosque.

Not that.

If we move after we had been to mosque, so it's the start of the sentence, we need to change a couple of things means you put a capital a on the word after, because it is now the beginning of our sentence, we need to get rid of our full stop, and change it to a comma, because the sentence now begins with a part that tells when it happened.

And if you start a sentence with the part that tells when it happened, you must follow it with the comma.

We then need to get rid of that capital letter on 'the' We then need to get rid of the capital letter on the word 'The,' and we need to put a full stop at the end of our sentence.

This sentence now correctly punctuates the part that tells when it happened.

Your turn now.

Do you think you could punctuate when it happened? I want you to pause your video and rewrite these sentences, so they begin with the part that tells what happened.

Resume your video when you are ready.

All done? Wonderful.

Let's have a look at your answers.

Do they look like mine? Fabulous work If they did.

Do all of your sentences begin with the part tells when it happened? Do you have a comma after the part that tells when it happened? Incredible work, well done.

Moving on now, independent clauses.

To be complete, a sentence must either be, an independent clause or contain an independent clause.

Independent clauses, aren't new to you.

You've just known them as complete sentences.

An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete idea.

You've done lots of work on these, already.

Brilliant.

Remember to be complete, a sentence must either be an independent clause, or contain an independent clause.

Otherwise, is a fragment and you should avoid writing fragments.

Here's an example; the lonely boy stumbled into the dingy room.

Let's have a look at this example.

The lonely boy stumbled into the dingy room.

Our subject, the lonely boy.

Our verb, stumbled into the dingy room.

The lonely boy stumbled into the dingy room.

It expresses an idea in full.

Subject, verb expresses an idea in full independent clause.

Your turn now, following that rule, subject, verb, expresses an idea in full.

Can you figure out if the sentences in this table are independent clauses or fragments? Pause the video to complete your table, resume your video when you're ready.

All done? Fabulous.

Let's have a look at your answers.

Did they look like mine? Brilliant.

The guard laughed loudly.

Isn't an independent clause.

Despite his many flaws, is a fragment.

Jeremy dodged the ball.

It's an independent clause.

Well done.

If you've got those right.

Can you remember what the correct definition of an independent clause is? Pause your video, read the options or listen to me, read them aloud.

A group of words that has a main verb and a subject.

A group of words that does not have a main verb and a subject, a group of words that has a main verb, but no subject.

One, two, three.

A group of words that has a main verb and the subject.

Well done if you remembered that.

Brilliant work.

You're trying to do some writing now, remember in this unit, you're writing stories based on a sequence of pictures and whilst you're writing, you need to be aiming for your writing checks.

Here where you're writing checks for today.

Check number one.

I have used capital letters correctly.

Check number two, I have used 'and' to write about two things are subject did in a sentence.

Check number three, I have not started any of my sentences with the word 'and.

' Remember you writing needs to be realistic and believable and one of the ways you can achieve this, is by telling what you know happened.

Writing into past tense.

Here is your first image for today.

Pause your video, and have a good look.

Think about who, and what, you would write about.

Subjects? Percy in the bird.

Verbs like, looked or flew might be handy to think about.

Picture number two, pause the video, think about who and what.

Percy and the bird, verb I tried, leapt, or ducked.

Find part of your story, pause the video, think about who and what.

Percy and the bird are subjects, their choices flew, landed, escaped maybe.

Here's your sequence in full.

Pause your video, and spend some time planning your writing.

Resume the video when you're ready to do so.

I'd like to pause your video now, to complete your writing task.

Resume the video when you're writing is complete.

All done? I bet your writing is fantastic.

So you'll have a look at mine.

Percy sat on the wall.

He looked up and saw a bird.

The bird flew just above him.

Percy wanted to catch the bird.

He leapt into the air and tried to pounce on the bird.

The bird ducked out of the way.

Percy missed it.

He landed on the floor with a thud.

Does my writing meet all of these checks? Should we have a look check number one? I've used capital letters correctly.

Have I? Yes, I have.

Have you? Superb.

Check number two.

I've used the word 'and' to write up two things are subjected in a sentence.

I have, he looked up and saw the bird.

He leapt into the air and tried to pounce on the bird.

Did your writing meet check number two? Fabulous.

Check number three.

I haven't started any sentences with the word 'and.

' did you? Good.

Well done if your writing met all of these checks.

Superb.

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That's the end of today's lesson.

Thank you for your time.

See you next time.