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Viva New Jersey by Gloria Gonzalez

Viva New Jersey by Gloria Gonzalez. Spelling Words. perhaps ignore concern attorney barge detergent corridor ornament artistic. particle nervous trustworthy versatile particular porcelain carbohydrate. porch servant shore disturb market margin worth purchase kernel.

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Viva New Jersey by Gloria Gonzalez

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  1. Viva New Jerseyby Gloria Gonzalez

  2. Spelling Words • perhaps • ignore • concern • attorney • barge • detergent • corridor • ornament • artistic • particle • nervous • trustworthy • versatile • particular • porcelain • carbohydrate • porch • servant • shore • disturb • market • margin • worth • purchase • kernel

  3. Skill Strategy Compare & Contrast • Tell how two or more things are alike or different • Similes (like, as, than) and metaphors • Uses summarizing skills Summarize • Brief statement of the most important ideas in a selection • Focus on the main ideas rather than the details

  4. Read “This New Town” p. 67 In your Reading notebook, complete the “Write to Read” #1 and #2.

  5. Vocabulary In your Reading Notebook, write the vocabulary words and definitions • mongrel • menacing • groping • pleas • persisted • destination • corridors

  6. Vocabulary Strategy p. 68 Context Clues Words and sentences around an unfamiliar word that help you figure out the meaning of the word. Read “The Traveler,” p. 69. What clues are found in the text that help us understand the new vocabulary terms.

  7. What does it mean to be independent? What does it mean to be dependent?

  8. Independent & Dependent Clauses Independent Clause • has a subject and a verb • can stand alone as a complete sentence Dependent Clause • has a subject and a verb • … but CANNOT stand alone as a complete sentence.

  9. COMPLEX SENTENCEA sentence that includes an Independent Clause and a Dependent Clause

  10. Dependent Clauses • Introduced by a conjunction—a word that is used to join words, phrases, or sentences. • When a dependent clause starts the sentence, a comma separates it from the independent clause.

  11. Conjunctions • after • although • because • before • if • since • though • then • unless • until • when

  12. Write I if the group of words is an independent clause. Write D if it is a dependent clause and circle the conjunction. • Before the U.S. Coast Guard cutter towed them. • The perilous journey lasted two days. • Lucinda’s family moved to West New York, New Jersey. • If the dog has not been found. • Whenever she heard a Spanish song.

  13. Write each sentence. Underline the independent clause once and the dependent clause twice. • When you move, it can be hard to make friends. • The task is harder still if you speak a different language. • Before the first day of school arrived, I worried. • The new home would not feel like home until I made friends. • Although I have many friends now, once I had none.

  14. Grammar textbook p. 62-63 • Complete Part A -- #6-10, and B -- # 6-10 • I will walk around and help you out. • Though we still have several days to talk about and learn this, please let me know if you are having trouble understanding.

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