Jessica ate the cookies that her daughter baked for her.

In one to two sentences, identify the bold words as an independent clause, dependent clause, or phrase, and explain their functions within the sentence.

"Jessica ate the cookies" is an independent clause because it can stand alone as a complete sentence. "That her daughter baked for her" is a dependent clause because it cannot stand alone and provides additional information about the cookies that Jessica ate.

Can you make this better wording and 8th grade level please.

Jessica ate the cookies her daughter baked for her. "Jessica ate the cookies" is like a full sentence. "That her daughter baked for her" tells us which cookies Jessica ate.