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September 24, 2024 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Day: September 24, 2024

Tuesday, 9/24, Gramma, Clauses, Vocab, Outsiders

“GRAMMA, 9/24.” Do on a new sheet in you notebook.
COPY the following sentence and then above each word, label it as a Noun, Verb, ADJective, ADVerb, or PROnoun.
You do not need to label the word FOR. This is your cheat sheet for Friday.

My llama very thoughtfully gave his mom a nice present for her birthday.

CLAUSES.  COPY into notebook:

A CLAUSE is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE can stand alone as a sentence.
A DEPENDENT (AKA SUBORDINATE) CLAUSE cannot stand alone. 

“Clauses, 9/24.” Identify the bold-faced, underlined clause as INDendent or DEPendent.   EXAMPLE: Please bring your camera when you visit.  DEP.

  1. The llamas won the match because they practiced harder.
  2. Jennifer bought that llama when it was just a puppy.
  3. If you need more llamas, I can loan you some.
  4. The llama passed his test although he didn’t really study.
  5. When the llama lands, please stay in your seats.
  6. The instrument that you heard is a llamaphone.
  7. Things have changed since the llama saw you last.
    What kinds of words are associated with DEPENDENT CLAUSES?       (because, if, when, although, since…)
  8. Add a DEPENDENT CLAUSE to the following independent one:  The llama was annoyed.

“Vocab, 9/24.”
around     
barrage, circumvent, reminisce, sullen, siege, defunct, exploit, delirious, dispel, pensive

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. At the family reunion, we sat around ___(ing) about the last reunion.
  7. The world traveler’s many _____(s) made for an exciting book.  (Not reminisce.)
  8. The quarterback ____(ed) every weakness in the defense and threw for 5 touchdowns.
  9. I was worried about the plan, but his clear explanation ____(ed) any doubts I had.
  10. This adjective from this week is similar in meaning to the word contemplative from last week. ____
  11. I was _____ and bored when Mom made me go to my sister’s ballet recital.
  12. The reporters unleashed a _____ of questions at Ponyboy…
  13. …and he felt like he was under _____ until Darry made them stop.

Outsiders Chapter 7–>8.

A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.