Connecting sentences Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Wat is FANBOYS?

1. een boyband
2. een ezelsbruggetje
3. een serie
4. een schrijftechniek

Writing

Conjunctions  - 

voegwoorden

Read the following text: 

Fans love to watch Ang. He dances beautifully. Ang appears on stage with a giant fan. People are captivated by his creative and magical performance. He doesn't dance in the traditional way. He doesn't want to. His technique is very precise. The effect is breezy. He can relax an audience with the easy flow of his movement. He can shock them with a vibrant color change of his fan and costume. Other dancers try to imitate his style. They have not succeeded. He is imaginative and talented. He will attract fans for many years to come.

Now read the following text: 

Fans love to watch Ang, for he dances beautifully. Ang performs with a giant fan, and people are captivated by his creative and magical performance. He doesn't dance in the traditional way, nor does he want to. His technique is very precise, but the effect is breezy. He can relax an audience with the easy flow of his movement, or he can shock them with a vibrant color change of his fan and costume. Other dancers try to imitate his style, yet they have not succeeded. He is imaginative and talented, so he will attract fans for many years to come.

Welke voegwoorden heb je net gelezen in de tekst?

Now read the following text: 

Fans love to watch Ang, for he dances beautifully. Ang performs with a giant fan, and people are captivated by his creative and magical performance. He doesn't dance in the traditional way, nor does he want to. His technique is very precise, but the effect is breezy. He can relax an audience with the easy flow of his movement, or he can shock them with a vibrant color change of his fan and costume. Other dancers try to imitate his style, yet they have not succeeded. He is imaginative and talented, so he will attract fans for many years to come.

 Waarom Voegwoorden  = Conjunctions?

• Ze laten een tekst beter lopen. Maw ze geven relaties aan tussen de verschillende tekst onderdelen. 
• Deze voegwoorden zijn coordinating conjunctions - woorden die we gebruiken tussen twee hoofdzinnen (twee op zichzelf staande zinnen)

Coordinating Conjunctions

For	omdat	reden
And	en	opsomming +
Nor	noch	opsomming -
But	maar	tegenstelling
Or	of	keuze
Yet	maar / toch	tegenstelling
So	dus	gevolg

Toepassing

- Fanboys starten NOOIT een zin.

- Je gebruikt voor FANBOYS een komma MAAR NIET als je or of  gebruikt in een opsomming of als incomplete hoofdzin (elipsis).  

Voorbeelden: 

a. She didn't speak to anyone, and noone spoke to her. 

b. Ernest Hemingway is a nobel prize winner and one of       

    America's greatest writers. 

a: een complete zin  - ond - gez - etc. 

b: incomplete hoofdzin (nl.  and he is mist in de zin)

bij twee complete delen --> comma 

Voorbeelden: 

a. I will go shopping, or I will go camping 

b. Ask Harry if he wants tea or coffee. 

a: twee complete delen

b: twee deel is incompleet (nl. or if he wants coffee)

We can go for dinner now ...... later.

1. but
2. or
3. yet

John can't speak Japanese, .... he can speak Spanish

1. but
2. nor
3. so

I was late, ..... I decided to take a taxi to work.

1. for
2. so
3. yet

My classmate didn't study for the test, ..... she still passed.

1. nor
2. or
3. yet

En nu?  

- Leer de tabel, vooral de functie van de woorden (welke relatie geven ze aan?) 

- Kijk je brieven eens na, waar kan je deze woorden invoegen? 

Wil je extra oefenen met coordinating conjunctions? 

Klik hier voor extra oefening.