Wednesday No more food Des Cartes Vocab –Sections 3 & 4 Clauses Vocabulary Lists Lit Circles/Reading Read pgs for tomorrow

Clauses Groups of words with their own subject and verb.

Two Types of Clauses An independent clause is a complete sentence (subject, predicate, complete thought); it can stand alone. A dependent (subordinate) clause is part of a sentence; it cannot stand alone.

Examples of Independent Clauses SubjectPredicate The dooropened. Dancingburns up 200 to 400 calories per hour. Don Larsenpitched the only perfect game in World Series history. Itwas the fifth game of the 1956 Series. Elvis’ twindied at birth.

Independent Clauses An independent clause contain a subject and a predicate. It can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought.

Examples of Independent Clauses Dependent ClauseIndependent Clause Until Captain Cook returned from his voyage to Tahiti, Tattooing was unknown in the Western world. Although they had the worst batting average in baseball, The New York Mets won the World Series in 1969 Because his salary in was $80,000, Babe Ruth was the best- paid athlete in the world at the time.

Dependent Clauses An dependent clause adds additional information to the main clause, but does not necessarily form a complete thought. A dependent clause often starts with a word that makes the clause unable to stand alone. Subordinating conjunctions link an independent clause to a dependent clause.

Each subordinating conjunction express a relationship between the meaning of the dependent clause and the meaning of the independent clause. RelationshipExamples Conditionunless, if, provided that, even if Reasonas, because, as if Choicethan, rather than, whether Contrastthough, although, even though, but. Locationwhere, wherever Result, Effectso, In order that, so that, that Timewhile, once, when, since, whenever, after, before, until, as soon as

Label the clauses! Police in Minneapolis arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two counterfeit $16 bills. Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. If she were life-sized, Barbie’s measurements would be In order to avoid an attack by a vampire, you should eat as much garlic as possible, keep a crucifix close by, and avoid cemeteries. Ice cream will actually make you warmer rather than colder because it contains so many calories.

Even more clause labeling! A man in South Africa shot his friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting cans off each other’s head. A Los Angeles man who later said he was “tired of walking” stole a steamroller and led police on a 5-mph chase until an officer stepped aboard the steamroller and brought the vehicle to a stop.

Catcher Vocab 1 1.hemorrhage 2.gore 3.innumerable 4.falsetto 5.exhibitionist 6.qualms 7.unscrupulous 8.pacifist 9.crude 10.compulsory 11.rostrum 12.unanimous 13.snub 14.conscientious 15.nonchalant Separate Peace Vocab 1 1.impinge 2.prodigious 3.provocation 4.spectral 5.eloquence 6.enmity 7.encumbrance 8.animosity 9.Amiable 10.fratricide 11.eccentric 12.sedate 13.convalescence 14.inanimate 15.inane Lord of the Flies Vocab1 1.Efflorescence 2.Enmity 3.Recrimination 4.Decorous 5.Tumult 6.Tirade 7.Bastion 8.Hiatus 9.Blatant 10.Inscrutable 11.Taboo 12.Sinewy 13.Tacit 14.Ludicrous 15.Clamor

Book Club Daily Two—19 Nov 08 B ook Title: __________________________________________________ Pages Read: Start __21___ Finish __40__ 1.Summarizer: write a summary of your reading for today: 2.Discussion Director: Write two questions for discussion. 3.Illuminator: What passages did you share? 4.Illustrator: Attach your picture 5.Connector: Write two examples of outside connections to the novel.

Book Club Daily Three—20 Nov 08 B ook Title: __________________________________________________ Pages Read: Start __41___ Finish __60__ 1.Connector: Write two examples of outside connections to the novel. 2.Summarizer: write a summary of your reading for today: 3.Discussion Director: Write two questions for discussion. 4.Illuminator: What passages did you share? 5.Illustrator: Attach your picture.