My brother and his friend walked to the movie theater near campus. Bellringer: write the sentence, cross out prep. Phrases, circle simple subject, underline compound predicate My brother and his friend walked to the movie theater near campus.

English 3 : agenda Bellringer Today’s agenda prepositional phrases: a bit more kaboom! Pre-test and notes: Fragments, Run-ons and sentences

Agenda overview Today’s topic: clauses – dependent and independent Assignment: pre-test and notes

kaboom! (15 minutes) Each team will draw a sentence strip out of the bucket. After team discussion, one member will provide team answer Correct: keep the point Incorrect: game continues Draw kaboom? Lose all points!

Pre-test Page 163 of book. #21-30

clauses A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate and functions as part of a sentence or as a whole sentence.

clauses An independent clause has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought. It is the only clause that can stand alone as a sentence

Examples: independent clause Lori walked the dog. Lori took her dog to the store, and she bought him treats.

clauses A dependent clause has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Examples: dependent clause I enjoy a hot bath after I work a full day. Whoever likes baths will enjoy bath salts.

We wondered when the speech would end. Exit ticket: underline independent clause, circle dependent clause, box s. subject/pred. We wondered when the speech would end. While you are at the market, buy some fresh vegetables.

Practice with independent/dependent clauses Page 166: main (independent) clauses and subordinate (dependent) clauses Follow directions as written.