Third Graders' Writing
(from State Standards)
Types and Location 
of Adjectival, Adverbial, & Interjectional Clauses
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Figures equal percentages of the total number of subordinate clauses.

 Adjectival Adverbial Interj
Rec No % LF % LR % MF % MR % RF % RR % LF % LR % MF % MR % RF % RR % L % M % R
Avg 13       23   13       3        
1          17   33        17        
2 67            33                
3         100                    
4                              
5                              

      Note that the 67 % for Adjectival  Full Left Branching clauses in Sample # 2 both come from the same sentence -- " . . .some times [LAJFwhen shes a sleep] and [LAJFI'm petting her] she has a bad dream. "Sometimes when . . ." is a comination that young children probably hear frequently often and is thus probably formulaic, i.e., not reflective of mastery of subordinate clauses.