Coordination

O: Jordan while teaching a college class had her students read The Color Purple, but the students reaction was nothing like she expected.

R: In Jordan’s college class she had been teaching her students The Color Purple, and the reaction from the students was anything but what she expected.

This is an example of a compound sentence because individually each side of the comma is a independent thought and equally important. It is also an example of coordination because they are connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

O: Delpit on her own described throughout her article problems with Gee’s article, one specifically being that Gee said that an individual born into a discourse will have trouble trying to get another discourse.

R: Throughout Delpit’s article she describes her problems with some of Gee’s ideas in his paper, and one specific instance is when Gee stated that an individual born into a discourse will have trouble trying to get another Discourse.

Although these thoughts are very much together, separately they can still be independent of each other. This makes them a compound sentence, and the use of the word “and” connects them with coordination.

O: For years of schooling these students have had it drilled into their head that if they don’t use the dominant Discourse of Standard English then they will never succeed, which in turn made these students feel like their Primary Discourse was wrong.

R: For years of schooling these students have had it drilled into their head that if they don’t use the dominant Discourse of Standard English then they will never succeed, and in turn made these students feel like their Primary Discourse was wrong.

The sentence connects what causes the students to feel that their Primary Discourse is incorrect and why, making it a compound sentence. The coordination in the thoughts is due to the coordinating conjunction “and.”

Subordination

O: As Gee says these mainstream Discourses require conflict with one’s home life, but then he adds the part about women and minorities.

R: As Gee says theses mainstream Discourses may cause extreme conflict with one’s home life, as he then decides to add that it is mostly minorities and women who have this trouble.

Both thoughts connected with what Gee exactly says in his article, but the second thought is more of an addition to the first than its own thought. So still a compound sentence, and an explanation of subordination because the connection is done with the conjunction “as.”

O: You cannot change where you are born, or who you are born to, but this statement alone leaves the thought that instead of just being stuck there now you can’t even change your Discourse.

R: You cannot change where or who you are born to, though this statement alone leaves the thought that instead of just being stuck there now you can’t even change your Discourse.

Both sentences can be used as independent thoughts, but together they further one another. The connection between the two with the use of the conjunction “though” makes it a compound sentence and a good use of subordination in order to show that the second sentence is an addition to the first, not equally important.