DOL for all grades: Independent clauses, Subordinate clauses, and phrases in a sentence. What makes a clause a clause? It has a subject and a predicate (verb). A phrase doesn't have these. How can you tell which part of a sentence is the independent clause, and which is the subordinate? Figure out which phrase or clause is modifying, or talking about another one.
Example: While he ate his toast, Tom watched the morning news.
You could say that Tom watching the morning news is the main idea, and that the toast eating is only helping to describe what Tom is doing. We will practice these in GREAT detail in the coming days!
7th Grade:
DOL
Begin Ricky Tikky Tavi in text.
8th Grade:
DOL
-Review characters, characterization. We pretended to be authors today and wrote an introduction to a character who was sitting in a small boat with a huge machine gun mounted on the deck. We first wrote and then shared with the class a direct characterization, then we took the same picture and wrote and shared with the class an indirect characterization.
Homework: Using direct characterization types of words (concrete words like color, size, shape, names, etc.) write about a character using indirect characterization - that is, give us hints about what he/she is going to do without telling us specifically. Make the reader do the mental work. 1/2 page. Due Thursday.
10th Grade:
DOL
Finish Act III in J.C. We will take the Act III test on Monday.
History: 2 video clips about the great need for an educated citizenry, then we continue our notes from yesterday about the development of our country and our constitution.
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