Tuesday, 1/21: S-CD-CX, 600 Words, Vladek

Welcome to the Second Semester!

Copy homework into planner.

Clauses.

  • Read the top of the pink sheet, p148.
  • With your group, answer questions 1-4.
  • Do the exercise on 148 tonight.

“Warm Up, 1/21.”(Collaborative.)

  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.
  5. Bonus: When you use a dependent clause as a “sentence,” that mistake is called a ________ .

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.
    (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!)

“Clauses, 1/21.”

  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 hill. a) 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
  8. Joe ran to the store with his llama. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  9. When he started his company, he had nothing.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause

 

Checking 600 words. Valid dates: 1/14 – 1/21.

Date
10/28
10/30
11/03
11/04		 Word Count:
145
250
250
160
Total: 805

Make your chart somewhere in your folder with DATES and WORD COUNTS!

Credit Chart:
300 = 20/40
400 = 30/40
500 = 35/40
600 = 40/40
750 = 42/40
900 = 44/40
1000+ = 45/40

While you’re waiting for me, write (or don’t) on some of these topics:

  1. Reviews: best/worst burger, sandwich, cd, movie, book, class, teacher, commercials????
  2. Is there life on other planets? What makes you think so? What might it be like? Have “aliens” visited us?
  3. Explain how to tie your shoe, eat cereal, etc. Try to make it funny.
  4. What new inventions/ideas/etc. will appear during your lifetime? What things will be obsolete?
  5. Is there too much violence on TV? In the movies? What makes you think so? If so, what effects might that have on kids?
  6. For a good time you should…
  7. What are the essentials of life? (poem?)
  8. Top ten most boring things (with comments).  Top ten most interesting/exciting things (with comments).
  9. Invent a new kind of furniture. Show how would be used.
  10. What are the top ten scariest things? Why?
  11. “There ought to be a law…”

 

 

Vladek.