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8th Grade Language Arts
Assignments
Agenda:
• Thesis Statements (End
of Class Today)
1. Independent Reading
• Spelling Post Test (F)
2. Choose Spelling Words
• Vocab Unit 11 (F)
3. Thesis Statements/Research
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rancor
ingenuity
improvident
compartments
consecration
credentials
disheveled
hysteria
indignity
oblivious
complacent
bayou
callous
notorious
speakeasy
trounce
accomplice
panhandling
loiterer
monotony
exaggeration
ravine
ramshackle
extinguished
skittish
convalescence
capricious
brazen
skeptical
ballyhoo
susceptible
dilapidated
recuperate
repertoire
optimism
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DC, IC Statements
February 19, 2014
Examples
Agenda
A DC,IC statement is a complex sentence that begins
with one of these dependent words.
If
Even though
Until
After
Although
Where
Since
Unless
Though
Before
While
Even if
So that
When
Because
Whenever
Even
Wherever
As long as
As if
As soon as
As
Whether
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DC, IC Examples
If you are looking for an excellent school year, vote
John Smith for class president.
Even though murder is a heinous, inexcusable
crime, capital punishment is not the answer.
For my birthday, you should consider buying me a
cell phone.
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