Subordinating conjunctions: European hamster
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Copy and complete the first sentence.
Challenge 2
Add a subordinate clause to the beginning of the second sentence, having chosen a subordinating conjunction from the Word Wall.
Challenge 3
Write your own awesome (complex) sentence about the hamsters featured in the film clip. Start your sentence with one of the subordinating conjunctions from the Word Wall and some of the descriptive words provided.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) As the triumphant female returned to her burrow, the male hamster …
2) _____________________________ , the black-bellied male stuffed his cheeks with candle wax.
Word Wall
after
before
as soon as
while
when
as
until
because
since
if
provided that
as long as
unless
although
European hamster
ravenous rodent
graveyard feast
cheek pouches
oily candlewax
comical
furtive
sneaky
stumbling
grave-robbing