8 th Grade English Adjective Clauses

1. 8th Grade EnglishAdjective Clauses March 3, 2014- March 7, 2014

2. Monday, March 3, 2014Snow Day Prior Skills Learning Goals • Fill in the blank with the appropriate WOW. • It is ______________ to tell your parents if your plans change when you are out. • It would ______________ you to stay on task on your digital device. • Coordinating Conjunctions are _____________ to recognize when diagramming. • Word of the Week Exam, Friday March 7, 2014. • To revise and edit informative essay for language, style, and conventions.

3. Assignment- Answer the following questions. Language and Style • Did I use precise words? • Are my words descriptive • Did I use an action verb for at least the first and last sentence of every paragraph? • Did I write in a formal style and not a conversational one with slang? • Are all sentences written in the active voice and not passive? • The candle was lit by Mrs. Caple (passive). Conventions • Does my writing demonstrate proper use of grammar? • Have I corrected all spelling and capitalization errors? • Have I checked my writing for any punctuation errors? • Is the meaning of every sentence crystal clear the first time I read it? • Do I have my Works Cite Page complete? • Have I given credit to all information in my essay by citing the source properly at the end of each sentence or paragraph?

4. Closing • What is a writing skill that you learned from writing an informative essay?

5. Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Practice Prior Skills Learning Goal • Fill in the blank with the appropriate WOW. • It is ______________ to tell your parents if your plans change when you are out. • It would ______________ you to stay on task on your digital device. • Coordinating Conjunctions are _____________ to recognize when diagramming. • Write a complex sentence using an action verb, direct object, indirect object, and a subordinating conjunction. • Write a compound sentence using a linking verb predicate compliment and a coordinating conjunction. • Informative Essay due Sunday at 11:59, March 9th • Word of the Week • Word of the Week and Informative Writing Exam is Monday, March 10, 2014. • Define and recognize clauses and phrases • Define and recognize the difference between independent and dependent clauses. • Define and recognize adjective clauses.

6. Word of theWeek • laud (v) to praise  laudable (adj) praiseworthy. I lauded the students for making "A's" on the exam.Making all "A's" on your report card is more laudable than winning the game.

7. Access Prior Knowledge The key elements of an introductory paragraph are ____________, __________________ and ______________. Three examples of grabbers are _______________, _________________, and __________________. To be effective a thesis statement must contain _______________, ____________, and an __________________. ____________________ is the analogy Mrs. Caple used in class for the thesis statement? The thesis should be located in the ____________________ sentence of the first paragraph and the ______________________ sentence of the last paragraph. A body paragraph must contain a _____________________ sentence and ___________________ details. ______________, ____________________, and an ________________ verb must be included in a topic sentence. The closing paragraph consists of _________________ restated, 2-3 ________________________ sentences, and the _________________________. Three examples of a clincher are ________________________, _____________________, and ___________________________. Informative Writing

8. Access Prior Knowledge Parts of a Sentence • A complete sentence is an _______________ clause. • This means it can stand on its own. • It contains a subject, verb and makes a complete _______________. • Example: • John is in a conundrum about which college to attend.

9. Clauses Clause: Before I eat As soon as we leave Until I arrive home Phrase: After school On the table Between the lines A clause has a subject and a verb and a phrase does not.

10. Clauses An independent clause I swim. I ran home fast. A dependent and a independent clauses Before I eat, I swim. After I brush my teeth, I go to bed. Two independent clauses I swim, and I run. I am an athlete, yet I earn straight “A’s.” It cannot be made up of two dependent clauses. Before I swim before I eat. (Wrong) When I arrive home. Sentences can be made up of the following combination of clauses.

11. Guided Practice When school is out, I am going home. I am late since it was snowing this morning. Everywhere he goes, he brings his iPhone. Label the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentences.

12. Thursday, March 6, 2014 Practice Prior Skills Learning Goals • Label the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentences: • The dog that barked is mine. • Mrs. Caple teaches in the classroom where all of the students are sitting. • Informative Essay due Sunday at 11:59, March 9th • Word of the Week Exam and Informative Writing Exam, tomorrow, March 7, 2014. • Diagram and label adjective clauses.

13. Adjective Clause • Adjective clauses are dependent clauses that act like adjectives; they modify nouns. • The happy woman danced. • Happy is an adjective that describes woman. • Adjective clauses are introduced by a relative pronoun, such as that, whose, who, and which. • The woman who looked happy danced. • Adjective clauses are also introduced by a relative adverb such as where, when, and why. • This is the park where we played.

14. Diagramming Adjective Clauses

15. Assignment

16. Friday, March 7, 2014 Practice Prior Skills Learning Goals • Write a sentence that uses an adjective clause • ______________ means to agree. • ______________ means attentive or concerned. • _______________ means cheerful eagerness. • The _____________ is the first sentence of the introductory paragraph and the _____________ is the last sentence of the closing paragraph. • To assess Words of the Week and elements of informative writing for a Test Grade.

17. Word of the Week Test Assessment • Please take Word of the Week and informative essay Exam on junoed.com.