Transcript Bell Work- Monday #2

BELL WORK- MONDAY #2
1. Look up then explain what a compound-
complex sentence is.
2. Download this week’s vocabulary list from
either Miss Fife’s or Mrs. Nagel’s weebly
page.
Bell Work- Tuesday
• In the compound-complex sentences below, the
DEPENDENT clauses are underlined. Identify the simple
subject and verb in each dependent clause.
Many people claimed that they had seen ghosts in the
windows, and others believed them.
Each night, as the clock strikes midnight, a strong wind
blows the front door open, or can you explain its opening in
another way?
The bank that owns the old building has tried to sell it, but
nobody wants to buy it, and no one wants to live near it.
BELL WORK -Wednesday
• Using your definition from Monday, identify each sentence
below as either compound, complex, or compound-complex.
• 1. Shake the bottle well, but don’t spill the juice.
• 2. The message that Alex sent was hard to understand, and
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help was slow in arriving.
3. The garden flourished, with sunflowers and hollyhocks
towering above the marigolds, dahlias, and shorter flowers.
4. At the end of the concert, audience members jumped to their
feet; an enthusiastic applause broke out.
5. As temperatures dropped close to freezing, many orange
groves were threatened.
6. The guide who escorted our group spoke three languages,
so we had no problems.
Types of Sentences Practice
• Identify the type of sentence in
numbers 1-10 on pages 57 & 58
• With extra time, work on WEEKLY
WRITE or CORRECTIONS ON
ETYMOLOGY QUIZZES for Friday
Bell Work Thursday
• Without using your study guides, write
down the 10 vocabulary words you
have this week. After you write down
the 10 words for this week, challenge
yourself or your neighbor in writing
down as many words from previous
lists as you can remember.
Bell Work- Friday
• Make a list of words that begin with mono-
• Make a list of words that begin with em-
• Make a list of words that end in –sis
• STUDY FOR YOUR ETYMOLOGY/ TYPES OF
SENTENCE QUIZ!!!!!!