English IVAugust 14, 2014

Find and mark 10 errors in the paragraph below. Number each and write only the correction on your BR paper.

When you think of earth quakes in the United States, do you usually think of the western states. That don’t mean earthquakes do not happen in the eastern states. On August 31 1886, the first major eastern earthquake was recorded it hapened near Charleston, South Carolina. The charleston earthquake was not the first eastern earthquake, but it was the worse. Other earthquakes be recorded in the eastern United States as far back as 1638.

Bell-Ringer

I can identify sentence types and structures.

I can identify independent and subordinate (dependent) clauses.

Today’s Learning Target

Handout: Sentence Types & Structures; Clauses Types: Declarative, Imperative,

Interrogative, Exclamatory Structures: Simple, Compound,

Complex, Compound-Complex Clauses: Independent and Subordinate

(dependent) Complete the exercise at the bottom of

the page: identify the sentence type and structure of the 10 sentences, as well as the independent and subordinate clauses in each.

Practice Using your copy of “Simplicity,”

identify the following:◦ Declarative Sentence, paragraph 9◦ Interrogative Sentence, paragraph 8◦ Imperative Sentence, paragraph 13◦ Exclamatory Sentence, paragraph 4

Practice Using your copy of “Simplicity,”

identify the following:◦ Simple sentence, paragraph 13◦ Compound sentence, paragraph 7◦ Complex sentence, paragraph 9◦ Compound-Complex sentence, paragraph 7

Phrase vs. Clause Phrase – a group of words that form a

meaningful unit within a clause Clause – a group of words that contains a

subject and a predicate; may be part of a sentence (subordinate) or a sentence (independent)

Practice Identify the following as a phrase or

clause: (1) Write with the door closed. (2) Simplify your writing. (3) Complete your homework before

going to the park to play baseball. (4) Don’t forget to study your

vocabulary words. (5) Student athletes who earn good

grades find time to study.

Homework Part 1:

◦ Complete the handout “Phrases and Clauses.”

Part 2:◦ On a separate sheet of paper (you will turn

this in later, so it needs to be a separate sheet other than your BR paper), go back to Wednesday’s BR response. Rewrite the paragraph so that it includes at least one of each sentence type: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

Exit Slip 3-Minute Pause: Answer the following

questions: (1) Summarize what you learned in

three sentences. (2) Identify interesting aspects or what

you already knew. (3) Raise questions about what you

find confusing or do not understand.