Compose complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions (when, because, although, since, after, before, while, until, if)
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~4 min eng.g3.f.ex_16

Subordinator Revise In Draft

Prompt

Open your narrative draft. Pick ONE sentence (or two short sentences). Use a time-subordinator (BEFORE / AFTER / WHILE / UNTIL) to layer in a TIME RELATIONSHIP that wasn't there before. Annotate 'COMBINE WITH SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION' in green pencil margin.

M-3-F-EX-16 Illustration
Reference image showing a sentence before and after the COMBINE move applied, with green-pencil annotation and arrow poi

Reference image showing a sentence before and after the COMBINE move applied, with green-pencil annotation and arrow pointing at the subordinating conjunction. Print-ready 8.5x11.

How it's presented
mode revision on handwriting
Answer criteria
type rubric
criteria
  1. Time-subordinator used correctly
  2. Comma rule applied
  3. Margin annotation reads 'COMBINE WITH SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION' or shorthand
  4. The revision actually changes the sentence (not a cosmetic re-write)
Hints
  1. Don't add a subordinator to every sentence; just one or two.
  2. If two sentences are already short and punchy, leave them — they may be doing pacing work.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Adds a subordinator that doesn't fit the meaning.
  • Forgets the margin annotation.
Used in lessons