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Unit 2, Lesson 4

A call for Change!

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Agenda

  1. 10 minute grammar
  2. Workhouses
  3. Social Critique
    1. Intro to Charles Dickens

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Clauses

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Group of words that contain a subject and a predicate.

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Independent Clause

Are like adults- they can go out by themselves anytime they like.

Definition: A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as one complete thought.

Synonyms: simple sentence; main clause

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Dependent Clause

Are like children. They can’t go out alone unless an adult (independent clause) goes with them.

Definition: A group of words that has a subject and a predicate but cannot stand alone as a complete thought. If it begins a sentence, it is separated by a comma.

Synonym: fragment

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AAAWWUBBIS

Synonym: Subordinating conjunctions

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after although as

while when until

because before if since

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Examples

It was raining. (Independent clause)

Although it was raining, (Dependent)

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If I am late for school again,

I will have to go to detention.

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Learning Targets

  1. I know and can explain the conditions of a workhouse.

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  • I can determine the cause and effect of events.

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  • I can define and explain social critique.

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Read Workhouses and Poor House Article

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Cause and Effect

Cause- the reason something happens

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Effect- what happened because of the cause

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Watch until 11:30

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Charles Dickens

  • Born in England- 1812
  • Famous author and actor
  • Didn’t agree with social classes and wanted things to CHANGE!

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Social Critique

Dickens way of changing society by making the aristocracy aware of what they were doing to others!