1. Agenda: 9-6-17 Bellringer: Standard / Chomp 7 Word handed back
Phrases and Clauses Notes and Practice
Prepositional Phrases Notes and Practice
You will need:
comp. book, glue stick, pencil, highlighter

2. Bellringer

3. 2nd Block Bellringer
Write directly on your paper. I will take up on Friday for a grade.

4. 2nd Block Comp. Daily Comp.
You will work with your partner to read the text aloud. You will have one
Minute.
Then you will answer the questions yourself about the passage

5. Clauses and Phrases Christmas in September
What do you all Santa’s helpers?
Subordinate clauses

6. Objectives
I can identify clauses and phrases within sentences correctly. ( 6.L.SCE.1d)
So that I can use a variety of sentences correctly in my own writing as well as analyze author’s choices of words and sentence structures. ( 6.W.TPP.5)

7. What is a Clause? A subject and predicate working together I am.
Reading is fun.
I study hard so I get good grades.
Mike went to the park and Shelly cleaned.

8. Clauses
There are two kinds: 1. Dependent- also known as subordinate clauses – they are often introductory and include subordinate conjunctions Although Sarah trained hard, she did not when the race. 2. Independent- also known as sentences- They can stand alone and make since by themselves.

9. Dependent /Subordinate Clauses
Cannot stand by themselves.
Do not express a complete thought.
Sub. conjunction + Subject + Predicate
Examples
Unless you want to go
Because I care
And you lose your cool

10. Subordinate Conjunctions

11. Independent Clause Can stand by itself or with a dependent.
Expresses a complete thought.
Subject + Predicate (no conjunction)
Examples
I ran.
Fractions are fun.
Pizza tastes good.

12. Conjunctions Join words, clauses, and phrases. Examples
Rob and I went to the movies.
She is good at singing and great at dancing.
We ordered pizza but we couldn’t pay for it.

13. Coordinating Conjunctions join independent clauses & phrases
F or
A nd
N or
B ut
O r
Y et
S o

14. Let’s practice!

15. What is a phrase?
A group of words related to the subject or predicate that modify the subject or predicate of a sentence.
Hiding under the table, the dog knew he was bad.
Mickey Mouse, the world’s best animated character, enraged the student.

16. Types of Phrases Noun Phrases Prepositional FOCUS Appositives FOCUS
VERB PHRASES
Gerunds
Infinitives
Participial
Prepositional FOCUS

17. Appositives We will look at these a lot later!
Appositives rename or describes another noun.
Example:
One of eleven brothers and sisters, Harriet was a moody and willful child.
Bob, my best friend, works here.
The boy looked at them, big black ugly insects.

18. Gerund Phrases 8th Grade
Gerund phrases are noun phrases with a gerund (-ing) at the beginning.
Example:
I love baking cakes.

19. Infinitive Phrases 8th Grade
Infinitive phrases use the infinitive form (to ____)
Example:
I love to bake cakes.
Infinitive phrases can also be used as adverbial or adjectival phrase.

20. Participial Phrases 8th Grade
Participial phrases have a participle (a verb acting as an adjective; cascading water, broken table, etc.)
Example:
Crushed to pieces by a sledgehammer, the computer no longer worked.

21. Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional phrases are phrases that contain a preposition at the beginning and must have an object following called the object of the preposition.
Examples:
She sat around the house.
In the dark room, she felt all of her old fears return.

22. Let’s Practice

23. Your Turn!
Are these clauses or phrases? 1-A boy and his dog. 2-Went to the store. 3-I had a soda. 4-The brown fox. 5-The brown fox and quick dog. 6-The boy laughed. 7-Someone stole my purse. 8-Stole my purse.

24. What’s the difference between a phrase and a clause?
What about how they are punctuated?
Commas? Semi-colons?

25. GLUE THIS INTO YOU COMP. BOOK

26. Where can the squirrel go in relation to the tree?
Next to the tree
Inside the tree
Underneath the tree
Up the tree
Behind the tree

27. Media Memory

28. Goal: Memorize at least 50% of the prepositions, so that when you see them you will know they are phrases.
Name 40 prepositions in 10 minutes or less!

29. Resources to help us remember!
YANKEE DOODLE
Bazillions
School House Rocks

30. Objectives
I can identify clauses and phrases within sentences correctly. ( 6.L.SCE.1d)
So that I can use a variety of sentences correctly in my own writing as well as analyze author’s choices of words and sentence structures. ( 6.W.TPP.5)

31. Your turn to practice with prepositions
Your turn to practice with prepositions. Underline each prepositional phrase in the sentences. Some sentences may have more than one. 

32. Do you know the difference between a phrase and a clause?
POSTASSESS
Do you know the difference between a phrase and a clause?
Let’s find out!

33. Can you identify the phrases?

34. Make Independent Clauses
Even if you’ve never been skiing before.
When I got home from school.
While Jan and I went to the park.
How Many Clauses?
Tito sang, and then Jermaine sang, and finally Janet sang.
Cleaning out his book bag, the student noticed an old PB&J sandwich.

35. Counting Clauses A new clause starts when a new subject is introduced.
Watch for conjunctions, but finding subjects and predicates is more reliable.
Example
` Since Doug studied, he did well on the test and was happy.

36. Practice Write each sentence. Underline the subjects.
Circle the predicates.
Draw a line between the clauses.
Write how many clauses there are.

37. 1
I like cookies and cakes but ice-cream is my favorite.

38. 2
Tom, my neighbor’s brother, helped me catch the newspaper boy and scold him.

39. 3
When Janet and I went to the park, it started raining so we went home.

40. 4
Reading is fun but doing math problems is boring so I hate math.

41. 5
Craig, my old friend, did not pick up the phone when I called because he was busy.