Copy everything in red into your grammar section (pages 4 -8) of your
Readers/Writers Notebook. DO NOT SKIP LINES!Choose your answer. (2 min. )
Identify the underlined portion. 10-3-17
The teacher took attendance while the students completed their bell work.
A. Dependent Clause
B. Subordinate Clause
C. Main Clause
D. Phrase
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Answer and Explanation(2 min)
C. Main Clause
Explanation: “The teacher took attendance” has a subject (teacher) and a predicate/verb (took), and it makes sense as a sentence all by itself.
D.E.A.R. (10 minutes) [AR Reading]
Read your library book and complete a DEAR chart.
Homework Agenda Book, page 34
•NH
Objective & Essential Question
• SWBAT identify and create various clauses and sentence structures.
• EQ: What is the importance of making independent and dependent clauses? (page 100, prepare for Cornell Notes)
• An independent/main clause is like a simple sentence with a subject, verb, and a complete thought.
subject verb
Example: The students worked hard.
• A dependent/subordinate clause has an AAAWWWUUBBIS word/subordinate conjunction or a relative pronoun at the beginning, but it is not a complete sentence by itself.
AAAWWWUUBBIS subject verb
Example: Because the students worked hard.
RP Sub Vb
Example: No one knew that the students worked hard.
AAAWWWUUBBIS = after, although, as, when, where, while, unless, until, before, because, if, since
Relative Pronouns = that, which, who, whom,whose
Practice: Identifying Phrases vs. Clauses
• http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/phrase_or_clause/quiz2825.html
Notes Continued…How to Join Clauses• Simple sentence = 1 independent clause
• Compound sentence = 1 independent clause + 1 independent clauseExample: The students wrote notes today, but they also used paddles for
practice.
• Complex sentence = 1 independent clause + 1 dependent clauseExample: The teacher typed notes while the students copied them into
their journals.
Regular English - Station LearningYou will Need 2 Sheets of Paper
• Station 1 - Completing Cornell Notes for Sentence Structure (Highlight, 5 Questions, Summary)
• Station 2 –Forming Compound and Complex Sentences
• Station 3 – Identifying Independent Clauses vs. Dependent Clauses Part 1 (1-15)
• Station 4 –Identifying Independent Clauses vs. Dependent Clauses Part 2 (16-39)
• Station 5 – Reviewing How to Deconstruct a Prompt
• Station 6 – Introduction to Theme (write in your composition book, novel notes section)
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Regular English - Station Learning (17 minutes each)You will Need 2 Sheets of Paper (You will need paper for stations 2,3,4,5,7)
• Station 1 - Complete Cornell Notes for Sentence Structure (Highlight very important notes in your journal
from yesterday, create 5 Questions to go along with the highlights, and complete the summary)
• Station 2 –Create 10 Compound and 10 Complex Sentences (Write on your own paper. Use the examples for
help.)
• Station 3 – Identify the clauses as Independent or Dependent Part 1 (#’s 1-15) [Copy all and label. Circle the
subordinate conjunction if the sentence has one.]
• Station 4 –Identify the clauses as Independent or Dependent Part 2 (#’s 16-31) [Copy all and label. Follow the
specific directions for 28-31.]
• Station 5 – Reviewing How to Deconstruct a Prompt (Go to the computers. The assignment is on the screen.)
• Station 6 – Introduction to Theme (write in your composition book, novel notes section)
When the timer alarms, go in order to the next station number.
Pre-AP English - Station Learning (17 minutes each)You will Need 2 Sheets of Paper (You will need paper for stations 2,3,4,5,7)
• Station 1 - Complete Cornell Notes for Sentence Structure (Highlight very important notes in your journal
from yesterday, create 5 Questions to go along with the highlights, and complete the summary)
• Station 2 –Create 10 Compound and 10 Complex Sentences (Write on your own paper. Use the examples for
help.)
• Station 3 – Identify the clauses as Independent or Dependent Part 1 (#’s 1-15) [Copy all and label. Circle the
subordinate conjunction if the sentence has one.]
• Station 4 –Identify the clauses as Independent or Dependent Part 2 (#’s 16-31) [Copy all and label. Follow the
specific directions for 28-31.]
• Station 5 – Reviewing How to Deconstruct a Prompt (Go to the computers. The assignment is on the screen.)
• Station 6 – Introduction to Theme (write in your composition book, novel notes section)
• Station 7 – Applying Theme with the Story “Thank You M’am” (Read the story in the textbook on pages 68-72.
Copy and answer question #8 on page 73)
When the timer alarms, go in order to the next station number. Station 7 will go to station 1.
