2020-2021 Week 10

Language Arts

spelling
questionable
receiving
secretary
traitor
unnecessary
version
wheelbarrow
absorb
abundant
benefiting

Monday

Write each spelling word two times each.

Grammar- Clauses

A clause of a sentence must contain and subject and a verb. Large complicated sentences, important in writing, contain multiple clauses. Being able to pick out the clauses of a sentences helps the writer know where commas and conjunctions need to be placed to make a complete sentence with correct punctuation. Clauses can contain any number of phrases or other sentences parts, but they must contain both a subject and a verb. There are two types of clauses:

Independent Clauses and Dependent clauses.

Independent Clauses contain both a subject and a verb and while a part of a sentence, can also stand alone as its own sentence.

examples:
We went camping, and we went fishing.

we went camping
is an independent clause because it can make it's own sentence.

We went fishing
is a second independent clause because it too can become an independent sentence.

notice that in each clause there is the subject we and the verb went.


Dependent Clauses contain both a subject and a verb, but additionally contain a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun that the clause dependent on other phrases or clauses in the sentence to be complete. A dependent clause can never stand alone as its sentence. There are three types of dependent clauses that we will learn about next week:

Noun Clauses
Adverbial Clauses
Adjective (Relative) Clauses

For today, we will only discuss whether or not a clause is dependent or independent.

First, your relative pronouns are:

That
What
Who
Whom
Which
Whose
Whoever
Whomever
Whichever

There are many subordinating conjunctions. Here are some examples:

After, As, As long as, As soon as.
As though, Before, Even if, If,
If when, Inasmuch, Just as, Now,
Now that, Once Provided that, Since,
Supposing, That, Though, Until,
Whenever, Whereas, Wherever, Which,
Who

Let's look at examples of dependent clauses:

Whoever is going to the lake, needs to get into the car.

Notice that whoever is the subject
is going is the verb
Therefore, Whoever is going to the lake is a clause. However, it needs other words to be a complete sentence, therefore it is a dependent clause.

After John searched through reviews, he decided to buy the Samsung laptop.

Notice that John is the subject
and searched is the verb
Therefore, After John searched through reviews, is a clause. But After John searched through reviews, cannot stand alone as it's own sentence, therefore it's a dependent clause.


Worksheet
Underline the clauses in each sentence and then write "D" above the clause for Dependent clause of "I" above for independent clause.

1. Julie thought the trip was questionable, but she went anyways.
2. Lila liked receiving letters, but she did not like writing letters.

3. Before the secretary went home, she locked the file cabinets.

4. The traitor, Guy Fawkes, betrayed his country, and became his own holiday.

5. After the unnecessary war ended, the government held a day of silence for the dead.

6. Diana threw deleted the old app on her phone before she installed the new version.

7. The rabbit hopped on the wheelbarrow so that he could see across the vast onion field.

8. The cotton cloth absorbed the spilled milk, and the spray cleaner washed the surface.

9. She danced among the abundant rose bushes, after she dug the weeds.

10. The donated toys benefited the poor children, and the donated clothes helped their parents.

Tuesday

Write each spelling word in a sentence that uses only active verbs. That means you cannot use any form of the verb "to be": am, was, are, were, is.

Literary Device: Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is where animals and objects are given human abilities to the point that they become human in function such as Mickey Mouse. So you're talking cat that's driving to the grocery store is an example of anthropomorphism but the mouse whispering hello before scurrying to hide is personification. Note that the cat can talk, drive, and buy groceries, but the mouse merely whispered while continuing to be a mouse. Many kid cartoons use anthropomorphism.

Literary examples of anthropomorphism include:  E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web, Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty, Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. In these novels animals and non-humans act and behave as if they were human.


Read this passage from Charlotte's web where Wilbur the pig is very much characterized as if we were human.

“Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.”
~ E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

Now, on a separate piece of paper, write a 200 to 500 word short story in which you use anthropomorphism to make an animal or object human-like in your story. Be sure to use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Wednesday

Write the spelling words two times each.

Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.

The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

~Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

1. How did Robert Frost feel when he came to two diverging roads?__________________________

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2. What were the differences between the two roads?_______________________________________

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3. Which road did Robert Frost take and why?_____________________________________________

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4. Why do you think Robert Frost wrote that the road he took made all the difference?_____________

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Thursday

Poetry and Creative Writing

We'll continue learning about Japanese poetry forms. Today, we'll learn about the Gogyohka.

The Gogyohka was developed by Enta Kusakabe. The word Gogyohka translates literally to "five-line poem." It's  like the tanka form, but not strict with syllables. The rules are simple:

The poem is comprised of five lines 
One phrase per line

Here's are two examples:

flowers nod

in the hot afternoon sun

while sweaty children

sip lemonade

on a sweltering deck

a war lost

and ink drips

from broken pens

words failed
and swords won

Here's a famous Gogyohka

 what kind of

stained glass

have your

rose-coloured cheeks

passed through

~Enta Kusakabe

Now write two  Gogyohka

Scriptures

Continue with your Book of Mormon reading. You're required to finish by the end of the semester. Read two to three chapters a day.

Reading

Pride and Prejudice 61 chapters
Monday- Chapters 1, 2, and 3
Tuesday- Chapters 4, 5, and 6
Wednesday- Chapters 7, 8, and 9
Thursday- Chapters 10, 11, and 12

Geography

Mon- Wed:  Learn all of the  capitol cities of all of the Countries in the Middle East.
Test on Thursday. Tests will be first in the day on Thursday