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Friday, October 1, 2010

Change to Thursday H/W

Spend tonight working on some aspect of your script if you can.   Scripts are not due until next Tuesday. You will have another hour in class to work on these Fri and Mon, so don't panic!

For tomorrow, read this article below on phrases and clauses. This will help you prepare for the lesson. Then try the exercise


Start to tackle some of the online sentence fluency exercises for practice for next Thursday's test.  This is not compulsory, but you should try all these exercises before next Friday's  Sentence Fluency Test

http://itech.pjc.edu/writinglab/senpat.htm  compound/complex  practice
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Orange%20Level/Orange_Level_Quiz_4_Clauses_&_Phrases.html  phrases and clauses

This video gives details on clauses - phrases are just without the subject or verb or both

36 comments:

Wyatt N said...

this helps me a lot. thank you.
wyatt

Bekah said...

Mr. buxton after doing this excerise, i don't understand the difference bewtween a clause and a phrase can you explain to me.

Beck said...

so a phrase isn't a sentence, it's just and idea, right?

Beck said...

and it doesn't have a subject also, right

Unknown said...

i am not sure either

adit said...

The one about Helen Keller helped me the most.

adit said...

I think a phrase is an idea.

Bekah said...

Yea i think it may be a idea but it just really confused me!

Unknown said...

phrase - not a complete thought - missing subject or verb or both
eg. In five mins or for breakfast, during the game

clause - a sentence (independent clause) or not a sentence but has both a subject and verb (dependent clause)
when he came, for her party

this help?
we will also review these tomorrow

martha said...

are we aloud to use our notes on the exercise?

martha said...

that exercise helped me a lot. now i understand clauses a lot more!

Breck said...

on the second practice thing on the bottom of the post, number 5 is wrong. the scntence is:

Because it was raining, the baseball game was postponed.

it's a complex sentence not a simple sentence!

am i right?

Gauruv Singh said...

Mr. Buxton, I reviewed the websites you posted on the blog. Here are my examples of phrases and clauses.

Phrases: Mr. Buxton's sentences
my beautiful lamp

Independent Clauses: Mr. Buxton WRITES sentences on the board. (Independent Clause)

Look at that beautiful lamp! (Independent Clause)

Dependent Clauses: Mr. Buxton writes

because my beautiful lamp broke

kennedy said...

kennedy fertitta- if you watch the video at the bottom of todays homework all your questions will be answered. trust me it will.

Wyatt N said...
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kennedy said...

kennedy- your welcome and sorry i didnt put my name on the last comment i made

Gauruv Singh said...

Breck, I had that same problem. I'm pretty sure it's complex.

Anonymous said...

Yes Beck, a phrase doesn't have a subject or a predicate.

Bekah said...

Thanks Mr. Buxton i think i understand now. So a independent clause must have a verb right and a pharase doesn't? Tell me if i am wrong.

Janie said...

does a dependent claus ALWAYS have to begin with because or also a fanboy?!

Gauruv Singh said...

Colin, a phrase has either a missing noun, a missing verb, or it is missing both. It cannot have subject and a verb together, or it will become an independent clause, or a dependent one.

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Matigan said...

Mr. Buxton! I got in! Also I have 1 question, do we have any tests in writing, reading, or social st.?

Sophie Hardy said...

what is the last question on our math hw

Sophie Hardy said...

we do not i think

Matigan said...

Thanks for the answer Shophie. The last question on our math WS is what would be the easyest to collect a million of, a pennie,nickle,dime, or quarter.

Unknown said...

Janie- no fanboys in dependent clauses. and NO. ... why is this?

Gauruv- last dependent clause was wrong! why?

welcome to the virtual learning wolrd Matigan - You already know the answer to your question

Breck - you're right

Takiya - I think you know enough to answer your own question!

Bekah - you're right.

I THINK IT'S STARTING TO CLICK - Now we can really learn something new :-)

Gauruv Singh said...

Takiya, you were right about the phrase part. Also, a phrase sometimes has no noun. A clause is either a complete sentence, or combination of a noun and a verb that can stand alone as a sentence. If it is a dependent clause, then it has a verb and noun combination that conveys an idea but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. Hope this helps and I hope I'm right too!

Sophie Hardy said...

thank you matigan

Sophie Hardy said...

break, how are you?

Gauruv Singh said...

Thank you mr. Buxton . I got confused because of the BECAUSE in the beginning of my sentence. I thought adding this before a sentence would make it dependent.

Thomas Layton said...

Mr. Buxton, I worked so hard but I got in! So a phrase doesn't have subject?

Thomas Layton said...

Since a phrase isn't a sentence do you put a period at the end?

Bekah said...

I watched the video and it really explained A LOT it really makes since now!

Beck said...

Now I get Clauses a lo t more

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