August 14, 2014

 Find and mark 10 errors in the paragraph below. Number each and write only the correction on your BR paper.  When you think of earth quakes in the United States, do you usually think of the western states. That don’t mean earthquakes do not happen in the eastern states. On August , the first major eastern earthquake was recorded it hapened near Charleston, South Carolina. The charleston earthquake was not the first eastern earthquake, but it was the worse. Other earthquakes be recorded in the eastern United States as far back as 1638.

 I can identify sentence types and structures.  I can identify independent and subordinate (dependent) clauses.

 Types: Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, Exclamatory  Structures: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex  Clauses: Independent and Subordinate (dependent)  Complete the exercise at the bottom of the page: identify the sentence type and structure of the 10 sentences, as well as the independent and subordinate clauses in each.

 Using your copy of “Simplicity,” identify the following: ◦ Declarative Sentence, paragraph 9 ◦ Interrogative Sentence, paragraph 8 ◦ Imperative Sentence, paragraph 13 ◦ Exclamatory Sentence, paragraph 4

 Using your copy of “Simplicity,” identify the following: ◦ Simple sentence, paragraph 13 ◦ Compound sentence, paragraph 7 ◦ Complex sentence, paragraph 9 ◦ Compound-Complex sentence, paragraph 7

 Phrase – a group of words that form a meaningful unit within a clause  Clause – a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate; may be part of a sentence (subordinate) or a sentence (independent)

 Identify the following as a phrase or clause:  (1) Write with the door closed.  (2) Simplify your writing.  (3) Complete your homework before going to the park to play baseball.  (4) Don’t forget to study your vocabulary words.  (5) Student athletes who earn good grades find time to study.

 Part 1: ◦ Complete the handout “Phrases and Clauses.”  Part 2: ◦ On a separate sheet of paper (you will turn this in later, so it needs to be a separate sheet other than your BR paper), go back to Wednesday’s BR response. Rewrite the paragraph so that it includes at least one of each sentence type: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

 3-Minute Pause: Answer the following questions:  (1) Summarize what you learned in three sentences.  (2) Identify interesting aspects or what you already knew.  (3) Raise questions about what you find confusing or do not understand.