Tuesday, March 31, 2015
EEL Week 21
Compound-Complex
S-Vi and S-Vt-DO
We are starting our last sentence structure, compound-complex. As the name suggests it is a compound sentence and a complex sentence smushed together so to speak.
Let's review:
Who can tell me what a compound sentence is?
A sentence containing at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Remind me of the coordinating conjunctions: FANBOYS
Who can tell me what a complex sentence is?
A sentence containing one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Now our dependent clauses are usually introduced by what? What gives them away?
A subordinating conjunction (www.asia.wub) for an adverbial clause or a relative pronoun (who/which) for an adjectival clause.
Let's try to make some compound-complex sentences.
For our first one we will use an S-Vi.
The leaves fall.
Let's add a prepositional phrase, adjectives and adverbs.
Example: The maple tree leaves will fall in the windy weather.
Now let's make it compound.
Example: The maple tree leaves fall in the windy weather, for it is autumn.
Now let's add a dependent clause to make it compound-complex.
Example: The maple tree leaves, which are a beautiful ruby color, will fall in the windy weather, for it is autumn.
Let's try another using S-Vt-DO
The horse jumped the fence.
In the early morning hours, the painted horse jumped the old rickety fence.
Compound example: In the early morning hours, the painted horse jumped the old rickety fence so he could escape his master.
Compound-complex example: In the early morning hours, the painted horse jumped the old rickety fence so he could escape his master although the man found him immediately.
Verbals
The other new item we are to discuss today are Verbals. There are three different kinds: Infinitive, Gerund, and Participle. This week, we will be talking about the infinitive.
We know an infinitive verb as part of our principle parts of a verb, but it can also act as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence. Let's take a look.
As a noun: To dance is fun.
As a direct object: I love to dance. Jesus loves to help children.
As an adjective: I need a song to sing.
As an adverb: Jesus is easy to love.
Just a reminder: not all phrases starting with "to" are verbals. Remember the infinitive is "to"+ a verb. If it is "to"+ a noun or an object of the preposition it is a prepositional phrase.
Diagramming!
Jesus, who wept, laughed, yet He sang. See pg 329 in your Guide for the diagram.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
IEW week 19
IEW Week 19
Faces of History/Review
Hopefully you have collected some resources and have started combing through them. Maybe some of you have even done some Kew Word Outlining. Today we will review how to fuse outlines using some mini books found in your Teaching Writing Structure and Style binders.
Let's look over each book and determine the topic of each paragraph. Then we will decide what we would like to write our paper on, outline the paragraphs on that subject and then fuse them together hopefully in a cohesive manner.
Please see IEW week 18 for notes on our Faces of History paper.
EEL Week 19
Week 19
Complex/Interrogative/S-Vt-DO-OCN
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2
Interrogative
Let's review the 3 ways to make a declarative sentence interrogative.
1) Add a question mark
2) Use an interrogative pronoun
3) Start with a helping verb
Kim gave her sister the flu.
Let's use our 3 different ways to change this statement into interrogative.
Kim gave her sister the flu?
Who gave her sister the flu?
Did Kim give her sister the flu?
We will now take some time to go over some verb anatomy with Chart O and Chart N.
Please allow some time at home for copying/reviewing these charts. You can use any of the Foundations irregular verbs this Cycle to fill in your blank chart!
We used one of the practice sentences for the week for our Analytical Task Sheet.
If we have time we will have fun with a Mad Lib then on to Make it Rhode Island/Alaska Sized
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