GRADED ASSIGNMENTS FOR EASTER TERM

LANGUAGE

• Clauses (from the Grammar Plus) *collected and marked already
• Descriptive essay (Describe your aunt from New York) *collected and marked already
• Story/Setting (English for All 3, pg. 68, ex. 2.1)
• Comprehension (English for All 3, pg. 137, #1-10)

LITERATURE

• Essay ("Little Boy Crying" and "My Parents") *posted earlier on the blog
• Matching phrases and comprehension ("Once Upon a Time")
• Comprehension questions ("My Parents")*posted earlier on the blog
• Comprehension questions ("The Woman Speaks to the Man...")

CLAUSES

A.  Clauses – Some sentences can be broken up into smaller sentences. These simple sentences are called clauses.

B.  An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. It has both a subject and a verb and forms a complete thought.

C.    A dependent clause contains a subject and a verb, but no complete thought (fragment). A dependent clause may be introduced by:

                      i.       Subordinating conjunctions eg. after, if, because and although (ADVERB CLAUSE)     

                    ii.       Relative pronouns. The clause starts with a pronoun such as who, whom, that, or which or an adverb such as when, where and why. (ADJECTIVE CLAUSE)  

                  iii.       Relative pronoun, subordinating conjunctions, or adverbs (NOUN CLAUSE)             

D.    All types of complete sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex, require at least one independent clause:

           i.     Simple sentence has one independent clause: 'Dave sleeps.'

         ii.     Compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by:

a.       a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) 'Dave sleeps, and Sam reads.

b.      a conjunctive adverb (e.g. however, therefore) Sam reads novels; however, Dave reads poetry.

c.       a semicolon alone. Dave reads poetry; his friend reads novels.

       iii.     Complex sentence (one independent clause and at least one dependent clause): 'When Dave sleeps, Sam reads.'

       iv.     Compound-Complex sentence (at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause): 'When Dave sleeps, Sam reads because he has the house quiet.

vocabulary list

	Words	Synonyms	Antonyms
1	auxiliary	additional, back-up; reserve,	main, primary, principal
2	blithe	merry, cheerful, happy, felicity	melancholy, sad
3	callow	immature, childish, naive	mature, experienced
4	candid	forthright, plainspoken, unbiased	insincere, evasive, artful
5	corpulent	obese, fat, fleshy	slim, scrawny, gaunt
6	cubicle	enclosure, hole-in-the-wall	vast hall, auditorium
7	doughty	Brave, courageous, valiant	timid, cowardly
8	drudgery	toil, labour, grind	play, frolic, amusement,
9	escalate	climb, raise, ascend, mount	decrease, lessen, descend,
10	expedient	contrivance, device; serviceable	inconvenient, untimely,
11	feign	fake, shame, affect, simulate	sincere, authentic
12	flair	aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style,	inability, incapacity
13	grievous	painful, heartrending, onerous,	joyful, uplifting, cheery,
14	heterogeneous	miscellaneous, mixed, variegated	uniform, homogeneous,
15	horde	crowd, mass, multitude, host,	few, handful
16	impel	urge, push, spur, propel, incite	discourage, check, restrain,
17	incredulous	dubious, mistrustful, doubting	believing, trustful, gullible
18	inscribe	imprint, enrol, enlist	erase, rub out, delete,
19	inveigle	trick, deceive, persuade	dissuade, discourage, talk out of
20	monologue	soliloquy, recitation	dialogue, conversation, colloquy
21	mundane	ordinary, commonplace, dull	extraordinary, imaginative
22	rasping	scratchy, scraping, abrasive,	smooth, satiny, silky,
23	repugnant	hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive	pleasing, attractive, tempting
24	scuttle	abandon, discard, scrap, ditch,	keep afloat, salvage, rescue,
25	stealthy	secretive, sly, sneaky	open, upfront
26	stringent	severe, strict, stern, rigorous	peaceful, lenient, flexible
27	subjugate	conquer, defeat, overcome	liberate, release, free
28	taciturn	silent, reserved, quiet	loud, noisy, vulgar
29	truculent	savage, fierce, hostile	Calm, peaceful, tranquil
30	vindicate	justify, maintain, claim	disprove, contradict, refute