Time conjunctions

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TIME CONJUNCTIONS

• 7th grade class prepared by
• Prof. Dalia I. Walker

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LESSON OUTLINE

• 1. Discuss the objective of the lesson
• 2. Class explanation with examples
• 3. Examples of how to combine sentences.
• 4. Assignment 1 F1 You will combine sentences
  that you will be sharing with whole class.
• 5.. Assignment 2 F2 You will work independently
  on Quill.org.

• Instructions
• Go to Quill.org
• Log in to Ms. Dalia 7th grade new class 2020.
• Do the assignment and then submit it.

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Class explanation

• Here are some common words that writers can use
  to unite sentences.
• Let's read the following words together.

• Time order conjunctions
• After
• Before
• As soon as
• Until
• When
• Whenever
• While

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You actually use those terms when you speak, so
today we're going to focus on how to use them
correctly when you are writing.
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Examples

• The earthquake of 1906 shook California.
• San Francisco burned down for three days.

• After the earthquake in California in 1906, San
  Francisco burned down for three days.
• San Francisco burned down for three days after
  the earthquake in California in 1906.

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Why should we use these conjunctions?

• They develop the order of events clear to
  everybody.
• They permit writing flow and sound less jerky.
• They give writing sound additional elegance.

• 4. They offer you another form of sentence to
  put in your writing, and employing a style of
  sentence structures that will work as an
  attention grabber for the readers.
• 5. They produce style and tone.

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Example

• This morning the alarm went off. I jumped out of
  bed. I quickly brushed my teeth. I had a sandwich
  for breakfast. I hopped on the bus. I took off to
  my college.
• After using the connector
• When the alarm went off, I got out of bed. After
  I brushed my teeth, I had breakfast. I hopped on
  the bus, and I took off to my college.

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Assignment 1

• After and Before
• Join sentences with after and before to show the
  order of events. Use a comma when they begin the
  sentence.

• Put after right in front of the thing that
  happened first.
• The game ended.
• We went home.
• After the game ended, we went home.
• We went home after the game ended.

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Before 

• Put before right in front of the thing that
  happened second.

• I left the house.
• I ate breakfast
• Before I left the house, I ate breakfast.
• I ate breakfast before I left the house.

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When

• I looked outside.
• I saw it was snowing.
• When I looked outside, I saw it was snowing.
• I saw it was snowing when I looked outside.

• Use when to show that something happened at a
  certain moment.

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Whenever

• Use whenever to show something always happens.

• I go to the mall.
• I get a cinnamon roll.
• Whenever I go to the mall, I get a cinnamon roll.
• I get a cinnamon roll whenever I go to the mall.

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While

• Use while for two things that happen at the same
  time.

• I was walking to school.
• I stepped in gum.
• While I was walking to school, I stepped in gum.
• I stepped in gum while I was walking to school.

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As soon as

• Combine sentences with joining words that show
  the timing or order of events.
• Review
• 1. Begin a sentence with the joining word. Put a
  comma between the sentences.
• 2. Put the joining word in the middle of the
  sentence. Don't use a comma.

• 1. The song ended.
• Everyone cheered loudly
• As soon as the song ended, everyone cheered
  loudly.
• 2. The song ended.
• Everyone cheered loudly.
• Everyone cheered loudly as soon as the song
  ended.

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Until

• Begin the sentence with until. Put a comma
  between the sentences.
• Until' shows uncertainty about WHEN a certain
  thing will happen.
• Until you ask, I will not tell means' I will tell
  only when you ask.

• My father stirred the fire 
• The flames leaped high and the sparks flew out
  the grill.
• Until my father stirred the fire, the flame
  leaped high and the sparks flew out the grill.

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Assignment2INDEPENDENT WORK TIME

• Now it is time to go to Quill. Org
• Sing in
• Go to Ms. Dalia 7grade new class 2020
• Do the activity Time conjunctions F2