1. G RADE 7 G RAMMAR Lesson #4: Kinds of Dependent Clauses

2. C OMMON C ORE S TANDARDS CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.A CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.A Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.B CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.B Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.C CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.C Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*

3. O BJECTIVES To recognize and write sentences with different kinds of dependent clauses Practice test preparation To recognize the correct uses of who, whom, and whose

4. T EST P REPARATION I didn’t expect to win the race, but it feels great! How is this sentence best written? A. I didn’t expect to win the race; but it feels great! B. I didn’t expect to win the race, but it feels great! C. I did’nt expect to win the race, But id feels great! As it is.

5. T EACHING P OINT A common punctuation item in error correction questions is the omission of an apostrophe in contraction. An apostrophe shows where letter are omitted in a contraction: didn’t= did not. Answer A can be ruled out because it creates a sentence fragment.

6. R EFRESHER What is a pronoun? What is an adverb?

7. L IVE R EFRESHER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1ciVFbecw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14fXm4FOMP M

8. C ORRECT U SE Who is used as the subject of a verb or as a predicate noun Whom, is used as the object of a verb or preposition Whose is used to show possession or ownership

17. C HECK F OR U NDERSTANDING What assignment are you responsible for completing? When is this due? Tomorrow, Friday, October 16,2014