Clauses
A clause has its own subject and predicate. An independent clause is a whole sentence; a dependent clause needs to lean on one.
Preview how it deepens, Grades 5 through 8.
Build one yourself.
Pick one chip at each station and snap them together. The Mayor inspects the finished sentence, a quick taste of how the parts combine.
1 · the independent clause (stands alone)
2 · the dependent clause (leans on it)
A change order drops: make it plural, give it an adverb, swap in a pronoun. Re-tool the sentence and roll it back onto the line.
Play Sentence Surgeon →Slang builds a sentence that follows every rule of grammar and still means nonsense. Catch which rule he really broke, and let the Mayor judge.
Play Garbage Sentences →A dependent clause cannot stand alone.
This clause has a subject and a predicate, but because makes it lean on another clause. Alone, it leaves you waiting for the rest.
Attach the boxed dependent clause to an independent clause and the thought finishes.
The characters host. The sentence is the star.
The same concept, deeper every grade.
Clauses runs the length of the Factory, Grades 5 through 8. The lesson meets the standard at each grade, across all four frameworks.