Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 43 · Part 1: Part I: The elementary course
44. The conjunction
Goal: Your child knows that a conjunction joins words, phrases and clauses, and can find conjunctions.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 43 is an oral lesson on "Ellen and Mary study botany," defines the conjunction, and gives a model and sentences for pointing out conjunctions.
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask your child to fix "I found a coin walking home in my pocket."
Joining words
SayEllen and Mary study botany. Ask what "and" does. Then: Ellen will study botany, if Mary studies algebra. Ask how many clauses there are and what joins them.
The definition
Read:
A Conjunction is a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and members.
The book adds that conjunctions only connect; they don't show relations, as prepositions do.
Use the model
The model sentence is:
Eli and Silas will improve, if they study.
Your child names each conjunction and what it joins.
Find the conjunctions
Use the sentences on the page and in today's reading. Say what each one joins.
Oral practice
Join pairs of short sentences aloud with and, but, or, if, because.
Use it today
Count the "and"s in one paragraph of today's reading.
Answers to the book's problems
In the model: and joins Eli and Silas; if joins the clause "they study" to the rest. Other sentences: see the page; check that each conjunction found really joins two parts.
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