1. Whopping Wednesday Choosing Research Topics Prefix vocab time, due tomorrow Summarize yesterday’s discussion with your critical friend Definitions: Right, Equal, Fair Writing task, due tomorrow Writing templates Clauses Homework: Complete a neat draft of your writing task on paper Prefix vocab assignment

2. Writing about the Letter from Birmingham Jail Brainstorm your definition of justice. Summarize King’s definition of justice. Compare and contrast the definitions. Illuminate your analysis with a real world example. Support your analysis of King’s argument with a cited quotation.

3. Clauses Groups of words with their own subject and verb.

4. 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.

5. Independent Clauses An independent clause contain a subject and a predicate. It can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought, called a simple sentence E.g. She laughed. Sam threw a monkey at Rachel. He ran away without explaining himself.

6. Independent Clauses= Subject+Predicate +Modifiers/Complements +COMPLETE THOUGHT Can be joined with another independent clause (or 2 or 3…) to create a compound sentence E.g. She laughed, and Sam threw a monkey at Rachel. The monkey was angry, Rachel was scared, and it was very frightening for everyone involved.

7. 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.

8. Dependent/Subordinate Clauses= Subject+Predicate +Modifiers/Complements -complete thought 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.

9. Joining a dependent clause (or 2 or 3) with an independent clause creates a complex sentence. E.g. Until I met him, I would never have believed Sven Sundgaard is so short. Sven Sungaard, who is from Cottage Grove, works on TV. The monkey that is chewing on the little boy bites everyone.