Welcome Back Warm-Up

You know the drill… Fill out your agenda Complete the Warm-up in your composition book WARM-UP: In 3-5 sentences tell me about your winter break.

Warm-up Cont.… Share with the people in your row the details of your winter break. Determine the student who had the most exciting winter break. Share with the class!

Grammar Mini Lesson

Prepare for Grammar notes… Take out a writing utensil Take notes using the CLOZE notes worksheet on clauses as we go through the power point.

Clauses A CLAUSE is a group of related words that has a subject AND a verb. While a PHRASE has ONLY a subject OR a verb… OR neither.

Guided Practice Nice Job!! Label the following as a phrase or a clause. 1.At the store 2.She ran away 3.Although I like cake 4.Quickly running 5.The bright smile 6.On the roof of the house 7.Over the top 8.Because I said so Phrase Clause Phrase Clause

Independent Clauses Main Clause Can stand alone as a sentence Can be joined to another clause Example: Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder.

Dependent Clauses (Subordinate clause) Cannot stand alone as a sentence Often use subordinate conjunctions Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers.

Subordinate Conjunctions After, although, as, because, before, directly, if, like, once, since, till, unless, until, when, whenever, where, while, which

Guided Practice You’re the Best!! Label the following clauses as independent or dependent. 1.I really love grammar 2.Since I ran 5 miles 3.Although I go to Perry 4.I am going to the Homecoming dance 5.Henry loves to give hugs 6.Bobby was absent this week 7.Kayla is switching schools 8.Until I know how to swim Independent Dependent

Grammar Writing Activity On a separate sheet of paper write a paragraph explaining your definition of a hero? Underline two independent clauses and circle two dependent clauses. Staple this paper to your notes from today!

Literary Hero Close Read

Get Prepared… Take out 2 highlighters Take out 1 pen Grab a dictionary or have your cell phone handy Listen as I read the text

First… Number the paragraphs Independently skim the text Identify with one highlighter at least 5 words you do not know Remember there may be more, and that’s ok! Define these words

Second… Re-read the text in its entirety With your second highlighter identify & label the most important information (*) in this text. Write a 1-2 sentence summary for each paragraph

Lastly…. Annotate the rest of the article using your annotation book mark. You should have at least 3 TT 3TW 3 TS 3 ? And 3 Answers Whatever is not finished in class will be homework!