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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
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36 comments:

  1. Wyatt NOctober 1, 2010 at 4:03 AM

    this helps me a lot. thank you.
    wyatt

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  2. Bekah October 1, 2010 at 4:13 AM

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

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  3. BeckOctober 1, 2010 at 4:16 AM

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

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  4. BeckOctober 1, 2010 at 4:21 AM

    and it doesn't have a subject also, right

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  5. UnknownOctober 1, 2010 at 4:28 AM

    i am not sure either

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  6. aditOctober 1, 2010 at 4:37 AM

    The one about Helen Keller helped me the most.

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  7. aditOctober 1, 2010 at 4:38 AM

    I think a phrase is an idea.

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  8. Bekah October 1, 2010 at 5:08 AM

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

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  9. UnknownOctober 1, 2010 at 5:11 AM

    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

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  10. marthaOctober 1, 2010 at 5:25 AM

    are we aloud to use our notes on the exercise?

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  11. marthaOctober 1, 2010 at 5:39 AM

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

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  12. BreckOctober 1, 2010 at 5:59 AM

    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?

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  13. Gauruv SinghOctober 1, 2010 at 6:06 AM

    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

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  14. kennedyOctober 1, 2010 at 6:14 AM

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

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  15. Wyatt NOctober 1, 2010 at 6:16 AM

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  16. kennedyOctober 1, 2010 at 6:16 AM

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  17. kennedyOctober 1, 2010 at 6:17 AM

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

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  18. Gauruv SinghOctober 1, 2010 at 6:19 AM

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

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  19. AnonymousOctober 1, 2010 at 6:35 AM

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

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  20. Bekah October 1, 2010 at 6:42 AM

    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.

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  21. JanieOctober 1, 2010 at 6:52 AM

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

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  22. Gauruv SinghOctober 1, 2010 at 7:00 AM

    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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  23. TakiyaOctober 1, 2010 at 7:03 AM

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  24. MatiganOctober 1, 2010 at 7:16 AM

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

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  25. Sophie HardyOctober 1, 2010 at 7:17 AM

    what is the last question on our math hw

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  26. Sophie HardyOctober 1, 2010 at 7:18 AM

    we do not i think

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  27. MatiganOctober 1, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    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.

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  28. UnknownOctober 1, 2010 at 7:34 AM

    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 :-)

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  29. Gauruv SinghOctober 1, 2010 at 7:35 AM

    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!

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  30. Sophie HardyOctober 1, 2010 at 7:39 AM

    thank you matigan

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  31. Sophie HardyOctober 1, 2010 at 7:40 AM

    break, how are you?

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  32. Gauruv SinghOctober 1, 2010 at 7:45 AM

    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.

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  33. Thomas LaytonOctober 1, 2010 at 8:25 AM

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

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  34. Thomas LaytonOctober 1, 2010 at 8:29 AM

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

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  35. Bekah October 2, 2010 at 9:43 PM

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

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  36. BeckOctober 6, 2010 at 6:19 AM

    Now I get Clauses a lo t more

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