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November 15, 2016

Today – Students will use the data collected on last night’s homework, “Ol’ Man Mallory – Part 3” to answer key questions to show the level of not only completion but also accuracy of understanding.  We will then complete bell Work #27 that is the basis for an upcoming test likely to occur next week but definitely no earlier than Friday.

  • Ol’ Man Mallory Part 3
  • Quiz A, Quiz B, or Quiz C – Your Party!
  • Pink Page #2
  • Bell Work #27
  • Homework – Start Studying the punctuation rules for the four types of sentence combinations – Bell Work #27 work.
Bell Work #27 – 11/15/16- Writing CD and CD-CX Sentences Based on the Formulas.

Write SEVEN Sentences according to the prescribed formulas and model the samples provided.

  • Compound [IC, cc IC.]
  • Complex [DC, IC.]
  • Complex [IC DC.]
  • Compound Complex
    • [IC DC, cc IC.]
    • [IC, cc DC, IC.]
    • [DC, IC, cc IC.]
    • [IC, cc IC DC.]

Compound [IC, cc IC.]
The student attacked the teacher, so he was suspended.
Complex [DC, IC.]
Because the student attacked the teacher, he was suspended.
Complex [IC DC.]
The student was suspended because he attacked the teacher.

November 14, 2016

Today’s Plan
Part 3 Things to notice…
  • that as a subject
  • who as a subject
  • gerund as a subject
  • occurs twice – compound object of the prep
  • clause inside a clause [s [s/v] v.]
  • understood you
  • 22 clauses
  • Remove the comma in the last sentence between “Ol’ Man Mallory” and “would”.

November 11, 2016

Bell Work #26 – 11/11/16- Identifying clauses and determining the type of sentence found.

Copy the following sentences one at a time and answer the questions below after each one. Underline any verbs twice and subjects once, bracket the clause(s), and label each clause as IC or DC. Number 1-6 after each sentence.

1. Because I traveled to Catoosa, my gas expense each month rose.
2. My gas expense rose each month because I traveled to Catoosa, and driving a two-ton truck helps little to none.

  1. How many sets of subjects and verbs?
  2. How many clauses?
  3. How many dependent clauses?
  4. How many independent clauses?
  5. Is there a comma followed by a coord-conj, (,CC), or a semi-colon?
  6. Is it simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?