Friday, November 21, 2008

Thank You!

Ladies and Gentleman,

I have enjoyed reading your comments! I'm glad to see that you understand the skills taugh in class, and you enjoy class. After reading your comments, I will work on including more examples and practice of the skill for you in class. My favorite comment came from a fifth grade student, and his example of a subordinate clause..."beacuse I said so!" A parent's favorite subordinate clause!
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

How are sentence fragments and subordinate clauses alike and different?

Both - Cannot stand alone and do not express a complete thought

Sentence Fragment - has either a subject or predicate BUT DOES NOT CONTAIN BOTH

Subordinate Clause - has a subject and predicate and begins with a subordinating conjunctions
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Monday, November 17, 2008

Post Your Comments Here!

Are you looking for Extra Credit? Well read the extra credit guidelines and start posting comments! I look forward to reading your post. Remember the class with 10 or more daily post will receive a prize and it's not LAFFY TAFFY!
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Language Arts Nov.17- Nov. 21

Monday
All grades will be responding to Sentence Structure Journals

Tuesday
All grades will be introduced to Complex Sentence. Students will be given sentence structure notes and begin identifying the difference between an independent and subordinate clause

Wednesday
All grades will continue practing identifying complex sentences and the parts of a complex sentence (independent and subordinate clauses)

Thursday
6th Grade Girls - Field trip
5th Grade - Identify the difference between complex, compound, simple sentence
6th Grade Boys and 7th Grade - Identify the difference between complex, compound, simple sentence and how to write each kind

Friday
6th Grade - Field Trip
5th Grade and 7th Grade - Test on complex, compound, simple sentences and sentence structure definitions

NOTE - Sixth Grade will be tested Tuesday on complex, compund, simple sentences and sentence structure definitions.
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Sentence Structure Unit

Sentence Structure Unit November - December

Our new Language Arts unit is sentence structure. Students will explore the various forms of sentence structure such as simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compund-complex sentences. The unit will begin with understanding subject and predicate and writing simple sentences, then progress to compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.

Our Georgia Standards Focus
5th grade ELA5C1
6th grade ELA6C1
7th grade ELAC1

Sentence Structure Definitions

  • Complex Sentence - is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate(dependent) clauses.
  • Compound Sentence - contains two independent clauses
  • Sentence - word or group of words that have a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought
  • Simple Sentence - contains one independent clause
  • Complete Subject - ALL the words that tell who or what the sentence is about
  • Simple Subject - the main word or words that tell who or what the sentence is about
  • Complete Predicate - the verb and ALL the words that describe the verb and complete the sentence meaning
  • Simple Predicate - the word or words that tell what the subject is doing. The simple predicate is the VERB

Don't be fooled by a Subordinate (dependent clause)

Subordinate (dependent) Clause

A subordinate clause does not express a complete though and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Subordinate clauses DEPEND on an independent clause to make a sentence and express a complete thought.

BE CAREFUL subordinate clauses can contain a subject and predicate.

Parts of Speech Unit

Parts of Speech Unit September - November
Since the beginning of school we have been working on parts of speech. This is a lengthy skill, where each grade level has a different aspect of the eight parts of speech to focus on. The depth and complexity of the skill depends on the grade. Please follow our journey through parts of speech at http://www.georgiastandards.org/ The website will give you a description of the standard and the topics covered. We are are projected to complete parts of speech by November. The unit will end with a parts of speech performance assessment.
Our current Georgia Standard focus
5th grade ELA5C1
6th grade ELA6C1
7th grade ELA7C1
The next unit for all grades will be Sentence Structure

End of Year Project

Students have the option of making a powerpoint of their end of the year project. All powerpoints must be mailed to jada.byron@imagineschools.com

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