English III
Review Week: Day 1- Grammar
Leader: Good afternoon, Pumas. Please compose yourselves for prayer by
taking a comfortable position in your chairs.
Leader: Ad Majorem . . . All: Dei Gloriam.
Leader: We study, work and play . . . All: for the greater glory of God.
2-MINUTE REFLECTION
Leader: We close by saying, “Glory to the Father, and to Jesus the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit . . .
All: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen! ”
WELCOME BACK! HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Do-now:
Try this mini quiz (it’s just practice, don’t worry!)
1. The underlined piece of the following sentence is which type
of clause? I had a wonderful Christmas break that allowed me to
get some rest.
a) adjectival b) adverbial c) elliptical
d) not a clause
A) Adjectival– the clause describes “break,” a noun.
2. The following sentence is which type of sentence? All of the
students are so happy to be back in school, and they especially love
seeing their friends.
a) simple b) compound c) complex d) compound-complex
B) Compound– two full sentences are connected by a
conjunction
Announcements/Reminders:
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Bring in Crucible books if you haven’t!
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Come in to make up quizzes you’ve missed!!
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Journals due: *CHANGED: Bring in tomorrow
(Thursday)
Optional Outside reading due: Friday, January 10th
(REMEMBER THAT THIS IS OPTIONAL)
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Prayer:
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Period 6: Anthony W.
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Period 7: Diego
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Thursday: Cedria, Friday: Nelson, Monday after finals: Ms.
Stitt
Thursday: Fatima, Friday: Ms. Stitt, Monday after finals: Dolo
Period 8: Anile
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Thursday: David, Friday: Anahi, Monday after finals: Davonte
SWBAT…
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Review grammar concepts and more specifically…
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Distinguish between adjectival, adverbial, and elliptical clauses.
Distinguish between simple, compound, and complex sentences
Use commas, semicolons, and colons correctly
EXAM TIP(S) OF THE DAY:
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Don’t necessarily start at the beginning of the exam. Start
at a place that you feel comfortable/confident, and then
go back to parts that are more difficult for you.
Along with this, do the questions you KNOW and feel
CONFIDENT about– don’t waste time being “stuck” on a
question. Put a star next to those difficult questions and
do them last.
Adjectival, Adverbial, Elliptical Clauses
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Adjectival Clauses: A clause that describes a noun or
pronoun
 Students who are intelligent tend to read a lot of books.
 My book, which was amazing, was being made into a
movie!
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Adverbial Clauses: A clause that describes a verb,
adjective, or adverb (though usually a verb)
 I stopped believing in Santa Clause when my mother took
me to see him in a department store and his beard fell off.
 I will do my homework whenever I please.
Adjectival, Adverbial, Elliptical Clauses
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Elliptical clauses: When a clause has implied words or
phrases (and is not explicitly stated)
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He likes Marge more than I.
 He likes her more than I (like Marge)
Herman has given his fruit roll up to you rather than her.
 Herman has given his fruit roll up to you rather than
(giving it to) her.
YOUR TURN! Give the practice ones a try.
Sentence Types:
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Simple: An independent clause that has a subject, verb, and
a complete thought.
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Compound: Two independent clauses are joined by a
conjunction (FANBOYS– for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
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The dog ran.
Juan and Alicia play football every afternoon.
I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.
Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
Complex: One dependent clause and one independent
clause that are usually joined by words like since, after,
although, when, that, which, etc.
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When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the
last page.
The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow
Sentence Types:
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YOUR TURN! Try some of the simple, compound,
complex sentence practice.
Comma Rules:
Use a comma to combine two complete sentences
that are connected by a FANBOYS conjunction
1. Example: I went to the store, and I got an awesome
new shirt.
2. Use a comma following introductory statements.
1. Example: Every other day, I go to the store to get
groceries.
3. Use a comma surrounding “interrupter” words or
phrases
1. Example: I went to the store, however, I forgot to
get green peppers for the recipe.
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Semicolon Rules:
Use a semicolon between TWO COMPLETE
SENTENCES (no conjunctions)
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Example: I went to the store to find a new shirt; I found an
awesome one.
Use a semicolon ONLY if the two sentences are
closely related.
2)
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Example: I went to the store to find a new shirt; I found an
awesome one.
NOT CORRECT: I went to the store to find a new shirt; I like
to go sledding.
Colon Rule:
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You MUST have a COMPLETE sentence BEFORE
the colon (otherwise you don’t need one)
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Example: I went to the store to buy three things: apples,
bananas, and lettuce.
NOT CORRECT: I went to the store to buy: apples, bananas,
and lettuce.
YOUR TURN: TRY SOME!!
White Boards:
Tell whether each of the following sentences is simple,
compound, or complex:
 I had to complete the assignment by Friday or I would have
failed the course.
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I finished reading The Nation and went to bed.
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complex
The heat turned off because I could not pay my bill.
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simple
Since I could not pay my bill, the heat turned off.
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compound
complex
The sun was out, and it was a beautiful day.
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compound.
White Boards:
Tell whether the underlined clause is adjectival, adverbial, or
elliptical.
 The day that was -20 was miserable!
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Tim always went to the store when Mandy was working.
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adverbial
Barack Obama, who is our first black president, has made
history.
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adverbial
Whenever it rains, I always look for a rainbow afterward.
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adjectival
adjectival
I wanted to know if he was hungrier than I.
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elliptical
White Boards for Practice:
You will be given a sentence that needs some sort of
punctuation.You must add in the correct punctuation.You only
need to write the two words that surround the punctuation
needed.
For example:
Sample sentence: The obstacles are not insurmountable but
they are real and formidable.
You would write: insurmountable, but
*Some may be correct.
White Boards:
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Riding a bicycle is excellent exercise I ride mine every
day.
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I am not interested in a trip to Asia this year however, I
would like to go to Europe.
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year, however
Not all highly educated people enjoy traveling, but many
world travelers are particularly well educated.
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exercise; I
correct
Katherine has given up smoking about five times but
cannot seem to break the habit.
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correct
White Boards:
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His work may be almost totally forgotten but he would
certainly be surprised to see how much current
scholarship simply echoes his ideas.
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Our dog seems to have a built-in alarm clock he wakes us
up at exactly the same time every morning.
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clock; he
I realized at once that something was wrong I was not,
however, the only person who was concerned.
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forgotten, but
wrong; I
Tim went to the candy store quite often the clerk even
knew his name.
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often; the
HW:
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FLASHCARDS: Write twenty five of the vocab words that
you struggle with on flashcards tonight. Write short
definitions for each on the back of each flashcard.
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PLEASE PLEASE do this– you will not be able to study
tomorrow during class without these finished.
JOURNALS
Exit:
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On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being not confident at all and
10 being extremely confident, how do you feel about the
grammar portion of the test? Briefly explain.
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. I realized at once that something was wrong I was not, however, the only
person who was concerned.
32. I had to complete the assignment by Friday otherwise, I would have
failed the course.
33. Ralph decided to be a chemist but he changed his mind after taking
Chem. 121.
34. I finished reading The Nation and then I went to bed.
35. We always go to the mountains in the fall they are at their prettiest at
that time of year.
36. Tim went to the candy store quite often the clerk even knew his name.
37. Criticism of capitalist expansionism does not surface in most
discussions of the worldwide ecological crisis indeed, proposed solutions
rarely deviate from a basic message of further technological "progress."
38. The president has pledged to cut taxes repeatedly and the public has
responded enthusiastically.
39. The office was closed consequently, I could not pay my bill.
40. The air was beautifully clear it was a lovely day.