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Wednesday, 1/17: Clauses, 120 Seconds, Vladek – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Wednesday, 1/17: Clauses, 120 Seconds, Vladek

Checking Pink Sheet p148.

“Warm Up, 1/17.”(Collaborative. Use your pink sheet.)

  1. (2) A clause is a group of words that contains a _____ and a _____.
  2. A(n) _____ clause can stand alone as a sentence.
  3. A(n) _____ clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
  4. True/False   Dependent clauses usually begin with words like and, but, or.

Examples:

  • Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family.
    (Independent clause. Could be a sentence on its own.
  • Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family.
    (Dependent clause. Cannot stand alone as a sentence.)
  • Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family. (NOT A CLAUSE! No subject/verb! This is a phrase!)

Correct Pink Sheet p148.
Bonus: When you use a dependent clause as a “sentence,” that mistake is called a ________ .

 

“Clause Practice, 1/17. ” Write the ANSWER.

  1. After I ate a doughnut, I felt rapturous.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  2. We climbed slowly up the very steep hilla) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  3. Jimmy ate a doughnut; he got sick.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  4. There are some things in life that we’ll never know a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  5. You must say, “Sir,” when you say, “Mr. Coward.” a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  6. I ate a second doughnut, and I still felt good.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  7. Maybe the mall where the store was charged a high rent.  a) independent  b) dependent c) not a clause
  8. Joe ran to the store with his llamaa) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  9. When he started his company, he had nothing.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause

 

“Maus, 1/17.”

  1. p48, panel 2, the one on the left.
  2. What saves Vladek from a beating by the German soldier when he is captured?
  3. How does the German officer at the POW camp know that Vladek is not used to physical labor? (p53)
  4. Which quote explains why Vladek volunteered for the work camp?  a) “I’ll be clean, and I’ll feel warm by comparison.”  b) “I want to be treated like a human being.”  c) “My commander made me…”  d) “If we have to die here, let’s die here.”  e) NOTA
  5. What kind of work does Vladek do for the Germans in the work camp?
  6. p59, panel 3, the large character.
  7. p59, panel 6, the one on the left.
  8. How often does “Parshas Truma” occur?

 

Vladek’s voice!

vladekolder

vladekanjarichieu

artiecig

 

120 Seconds.