IEW U.S. History - Week Four

Write on board:

The English gentlemen, who wanted to search for riches, would not work.(leave room underneath)

1. John Smith was appalled at their frivolity. He made a clever rule.

2. John Smith knew how to trade with the Indians for food. He helped save Jamestown.

Start with Vocab test.

Today, we get to really dig in to IEW. We are going to learn about three elements of a good paper.

Who/which clause, -ly and VSS openers, and final clinchers

I realize that this is a lot to learn in one day. However, these are three aspects of a paper that are very different in nature. Hopefully it won’t be too confusing for you.

First, who/which. What is a who/which clause? Well, first can anyone tell me the definition of a clause? It is simply a group of words which has a subject and a verb. Is a clause a sentence? Is a sentence always a clause?

So, a who/which clause is simply a clause that has who or which for a subject and also has a verb. A who/which clause is not a stand-alone sentence. It always has to be added to another already complete sentence. These are helpful for combining two sentences in to one.

Look at the sentence on the board. Who can tell me what the who/which clause is?

Let’s see what happens if we take it out.

Write: The English gentlemen would not work.

Is this a complete sentence? Subject, verb, capital, end mark and complete sense?

Notice that when you remove a who/which clause, you are left with a complete sentence.

We’re going to practice writing our own who/which clauses today. Look at the sentences marked #1 on the board. Can anyone give me an example of how we could combine these two using a who or which clause?

Good. Now look at the sentences marked #2. On your boards, see if you can combine these two sentences into one using a who or which clause. Lift up your boards for me to see when you’re done.

Well done. This week, try to add a who/which clause to your Jamestown paper. You should realize that these clauses are always set off by commas. And remember to make sure that it is a complete sentence with or without the who/which clause.

Any questions about the who/which clause?

Ok. Let’s move on to openers. Turn in your History Bases writing book to p. 29 and look at the sentence under SENTENCE OPENERS that starts with “John Smith”.

Someone read first set of sentences?

Someone read second set of sentences?

Which one sounds better? Do you know why? In the first set, all the sentences start out the same way – with the subject first. Look at them. Name the subjects.

In the second set of sentences, the sentences are varied in how they start. The first one still starts with the subject, but the others start with an –ly and a www.asia.b clause.

So, we can add variety to our writing by varying the beginnings of the sentences with something other than a subject.

Today, I’m going to teach you two sentence openers that you can use other than a subject. Look at the handout that I gave you. Under Sentence openers, you’ll see all six that we’ll be studying this year. Each one is assigned a number. You’ll use these numbers to indicate what sentence opener you’re using.

#1 is a sentence that simply starts with the subject.

#3 is a sentence which starts with an –ly word.

#6 is a VSS.

-Ly openers are pretty straightforward. You and add an –ly word to a sentence, then simply move it to the front of the sentence.

Examples with sentences on the board and on p. 30

VSS sentence are a little tricky. They aren’t technically sentence openers, but rather very short sentences in and of themselves. They help to add a punch to the paragraph. You use them for something you really want to emphasize.

Look at example on p. 30. Other examples.

Yesterday, I decided to ride my bike to the store, instead of driving. ___It___ __was____ __hard_____.

Any questions about these two sentence openers?

Finally, we need to talk about how to title your paper. You need to grab your reader’s attention, get them to want to read your paper. A great way to be creative with your titles is to look at your clincher, or last, sentence. Find the key words. Anyone want to share? Now, use those words to form a title.

Ex: Jamestown is famous for being the first permanent English settlement in America.

What are some titles we can get from these keywords?

A Famous Settlement First in America A Famous First An Enduring Settlement Jamestown, a Permanent Settlement

If you struggle with coming up with a good title from your last sentence, you may need to make your last sentence more interesting.

Assignment:

You’re going to add in the stylistic techniques to your rough draft, then write your final draft.

Moms, if your child is overwhelmed, add only what you think she can handle. (handout)

I would do the first part of each square – explain.

If time, look at final checklist together on page 31.

Settling the New World

adj V w/w -ly/voc 2X www.asia.b

#2 #1 #3 #6/4 #1/5 #5 #3/2 #1/1

By Mrs. Elliott

In 1607 a confident group of English gentlemen, who were eager to find riches, travelled to the New World. They lighted at the area which is now called Virginia, and named their fledgling town Jamestown, after King James. Unfortunately, the land, which was a swampy wilderness, proved
difficult to tame. The men grew tired. Complaining, the gentlemen, who were used to a life of ease, hardly worked. They presumed someone else would do the work. Although there was food to be found, many of the men starved and died . Because of this, Captain John Smith formulated a new law: He who will not work will not eat! Thankfully, the new law succeeded, and the settlement survived. In fact, Jamestown is still in Virginia today. It is famous, because it is the first permanent English settlement in America. The English gentlemen may not have found riches, but they succeeded in beginning the settlement of the New World.

Notice that every sentence is identified. This can come with time. If your child can’t recognize all the openers yet, just have her mark the ones she knows – especially the ones she’s learning this week.

Also, I marked each dress up only once, even though there were more that I could have marked. This helps to keep it simple.

You mark the sentence openers on the left and the dress-ups on the right. Circle the keywords from the topic sentence, as well as the keywords from the clincher, that match. Highlight the words from the clincher that are used in the title.