Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Hello.  I hope you enjoyed your long weekend.
 
Homework:

- pp. 136-137 Math
- for stragglers (only 3):  History jot notes based on images

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Independent and Dependent Clause worksheet.  The students have to identify if the clauses are either independent or dependent.  Then they must select 4 of the dependent clauses and create complex sentences out of them.  Here is an example I did, using #4.

I indicated it was a dependent clause, by writing in d, and then added an independent clause (simple sentence) to turn it into a complex sentence.

We spent a good portion of the afternoon looking at different samples of sentences.  The purpose of this is to build up to a point where the students will be able to write a paragraph, or series of sentences, about a specific topic.  Here are some of the samples we looked at:

Bishop actually recorded his voice (but I am not sure how to upload it yet) to demonstrate that this complex sentence can also be read as:  "When I am fifteen, I am allowed to go to the disco."

Independent clause is first followed by the dependent clause.

Flipped around:  Dependent clause first followed by the independent clause

Compound sentence with the coordinate conjunction "but" separating two independent clauses.