LIT17_ANC_G7U1_MomMe_ELSL

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Mom & Me & Mom

Conventions

Independent and Dependent Clauses

Content Objective  Students will identify subjects and verbs and use them to write complete sentences
and independent clauses.

Language Objective  Students will combine clauses in a variety of ways to make connections between
and join ideas.

JUMP START Display the following sentences. Have students
working in pairs identify the dependent clauses and
Display the following sentence and have students add an independent clause to make a complete
read it aloud: sentence. If the entry is already a complete sentence,
make sure students leave it alone.
Before I went shopping, I made a list.
The stroller parked in the hallway
Ask students if they are reading a complete
sentence. After they confirm that they are doing Because the gates were closed
so, erase the second clause in the sentence and ask
again if they are reading a complete sentence. Make We left, because it began raining
sure students understand that the words remaining
on the board do not constitute a complete sentence. That man, standing in the window

TEACH As I didn’t have a ticket

Tell students that in this lesson, they will be Before we reached the elevator
practicing with independent and dependent clauses.
Use a Think Aloud to explore the topic. Encourage students to compare their work,
checking one another’s sentences to make sure that
Say: The first sentence I wrote was a complete they are complete.
sentence. It consisted of two clauses, both of which
had a subject and a verb. However, when I erased Practice and Application
the second clause, we no longer had a sentence.
What was left is called a dependent clause. It has a Support students as they complete the Conventions
subject and a verb, but it doesn’t complete an entire activity in the Student Edition.
thought. Putting the two clauses together, however,
makes a complete sentence.

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