Grade-Level ToC March 12, 2014
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KISS Grammar
Fourth Grade
KISS Level 3.1
 

Grade 4, Levels 1 - 2
Grade 4, Statistical Stylistics
Grade 4, Assessment
 
Contents for Grade Four
KISS Level 3.1 - Adding Clauses
L3.1.1 Compound Main Clauses
L3.1.2 Mixed Subordinate Clauses
      Noun Clauses as Direct Objects
      Subordinate Clauses - Adverbial
      Subordinate Clauses - Adjectival
      Subordinate Clauses -  Noun
L3.1.3 Embedded Subordinate Clauses
KISS Level 3.1 - PA

KISS Level Three - Clauses
 
KISS Level 3. 1. The Basics of Clauses
Introduction
(For Students)		 Introduction
(For Teachers and Parents)
KISS Level 3. 1. 1 - Compound Main Clauses
Instructional Material: Main Clauses
1a Identifying Main Clauses
"Why the Cat always Falls upon her Feet" (Holbrook) Text AK ToC
1b
"The Birds of Killingworth," (adapted from Longfellow} Text AK ToC
1c
From the Writing of Fourth Graders AK ToC
1d
From "The Three Tasks," from Grimm Text AK ToC
2a
The Punctuation and Logic of Main Clauses Instructional Material
Maxwell L3.1.1-02 AK ToC
2b
From "Billy Mink's Swimming Party," by Thornton W. Burgess Original AK ToC
3 Syntax ? Logic - Compounding Main Clauses
From "The Twin Sisters," by Johnny Gruelle Text AK ToC
4      Treasure Hunt (and/or Recipe Roster): Find and bring to class (and/or write) a sentence that has compound main clauses.
     Creating an Exercise: In a story or book that you like, find five sentences that have compound main clauses. For your classmates, make an exercise with them; for your teacher, make an analysis key. (Remember that your teacher may use your exercise in future years.)
5 Style - Writing Compound Sentences with a Dash, Colon, or Semicolon
KISS Level 3. 1. 2 - Mixed Subordinate Clauses
 
The Functions of Subordinate Clauses
Identifying Clauses - The Procedure
1a Identification
“Why the Woodpecker’s Head Is Red” Ex # 1 (Holbrook) Text AK ToC
1b
“Why the Woodpecker’s Head Is Red” Ex # 2 " AK "
1c
From "The Nightingale," by H. C. Andersen Text AK ToC
1d
"The Poplar Tree," by Flora J. Cooke Text AK ToC
1e
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 1) AK ToC
1f
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 2) AK ToC
2a
Rewriting Subordinate Clauses as Main
   and Main as Subordinate		 Instructional Material
From "Making the Best of It" Text AK ToC
2b
From the Writing of Fourth Graders AK ToC
3
The Logic of Subordinate Clauses Instructional Material Notes for Teachers
From Vredenburg's Favorite Fairy Tales AK ToC
4 A Passage for Analysis
From Vredenburg's "The Sleeping Beauty" Text AK ToC
5a Style - Parallel Constructions
* From Kipling's "The Butterfly That Stamped" AK ToC
5b
* Abraham Lincoln's "The Gettysburg Address" AK ToC
6 Style - Parallel Subordinate Clauses
"The Loveliest Town of All," from Stuart Little, by E. B. White Original AK ToC
KISS Level 3. 1. 2
- Noun Clauses as Direct Objects
1a Identification
"The Birds of Killingworth," (adapted from Longfellow} Text AK ToC
1b
From the Writing of Fourth Graders AK ToC
2
Quotations as Direct Objects Instructional Material
From Vredenburg's My Favorite Fairy Tales AK ToC
3      Treasure Hunt (and/or Recipe Roster): Find and bring to class (and/or write) a sentence that has a clause used as a direct object.
     Creating an Exercise: In a story or book that you like, find five sentences that have noun clauses used as direct objects. For your classmates, make an exercise with them; for your teacher, make an analysis key. (Remember that your teacher may use your exercise in future years.)
KISS Level 3. 1. 2
- Adverbial Subordinate Clauses
1a Identification
"The Happy Rattle" by Johnny Gruelle Ex # 1 (Easy) Text AK ToC
1b
"The Happy Rattle" by Johnny Gruelle Ex # 2 (Harder) " AK "
1c
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (Easy) AK ToC
1d
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (Harder) AK ToC
2 Sentence-Building - Adding Adverbial Clauses
From "Snow-White," by Edric  Vredenburg Text - ToC
3a Rewriting Adverbial Clauses as Main and Main as Adverbial
Fron "The Three Tasks," adapted from Grimm Text AK ToC
3b
From "Snow-White," by Edric  Vredenburg Text AK ToC
4 Logic - Adverbial Clauses of Comparison, Purpose ? Result
From the Writing of Fourth Graders AK ToC
5 The Logic of Adverbial Clauses (Combining Five Sentences)
From "Snow-White," by Edric  Vredenburg Text AK ToC
6 A Passage for Analysis
Aesop's "The Young Crab and His Mother" (Milo) AK ToC
7      Treasure Hunt (and/or Recipe Roster): Find and bring to class (and/or write) a sentence that has an adverbial subordinate clause in it.
     Creating an Exercise: In a story or book that you like, find five sentences that have subordinate clauses used as adverbs. For your classmates, make an exercise with them; for your teacher, make an analysis key. (Remember that your teacher may use your exercise in future years.)
KISS Level 3. 1. 2
- Adjectival Subordinate Clauses
1a Identification
From Lang's "Thumbelina," Ex # 1 Text AK ToC
1b
Fron "The Three Tasks," adapted from Grimm Text AK ToC
1c
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 2) AK ToC
2 Mid-Branching Adjectival Clauses
Fron "The Three Tasks," adapted from Grimm Text AK ToC
3 Sentence-Building - Adding Adjectival Clauses
From "Snow-White," by Edric  Vredenburg Text - ToC
4a Punctuating Adjectival Clauses and Other Modifiers
Instructional Material for Students A Note for Teachers
From "Snow-White," by Edric  Vredenburg Text AK ToC
4b
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 1) AK ToC
5a Rewriting Adjectival Clauses as Main and Main as Adjectival
From E. Smythe's Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths AK ToC
5b
From Vredenburg's "Princess Goldenhair" Text AK ToC
6 A Passage for Analysis
Aesop's "The Fox and the Grapes" (Milo) AK ToC
7      Treasure Hunt (and/or Recipe Roster): Find and bring to class (and/or write) a sentence that has an adjectival subordinate clause in it.
     Creating an Exercise: In a story or book that you like, find five sentences that have subordinate clauses used as adjectives. For your classmates, make an exercise with them; for your teacher, make an analysis key. (Remember that your teacher may use your exercise in future years.)
KISS Level 3.1.2 
- Subordinate Clauses - (Additional) Noun
[These are relatively rare, but they do appear in the writing of primary school students.]
1a Mixed Noun Clauses
From the Writing of Fourth Graders AK ToC
1b
From Mrs. Peter Rabbit, by Thornton Burgess AK ToC
2 Noun Clauses as Objects of Prepositions
From Mrs. Peter Rabbit, by Thornton Burgess AK ToC
3 Noun Clauses as Subjects
From Vredenburg's My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales AK ToC
4 Noun Clauses as Predicate Nouns
From Mrs. Peter Rabbit, by Thornton Burgess (#1) AK ToC
5 Treasure Hunts (and/or Recipe Rosters): 
Noun Clauses as Objects of a Preposition
     Find and bring to class (and/or write) two sentences that have a subordinate clause used as the object of a preposition.
Noun Clauses as Subjects
     In a book that you like, find two sentences that include noun clauses used as subjects. For your classmates, make an exercise with them; for your teacher, make an analysis key. These clauses are not easy to find, so your teacher may have you work in groups to do this, perhaps by having each student search a different chapter of the same book. (Remember that your teacher may use your exercise in future years.)
Predicate Nouns
     Find and bring to class (and/or write) two sentences that have a subordinate clause used as a predicate noun.
KISS Level 3.1.3
- Embedded Subordinate Clauses
1
Instructional Material Review the Analytical Process
As an example of embedded clauses (Analyze in class?)
"The House That Jack Built" Text AK ToC
2a Identification
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 1) AK ToC
2b
From the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 2) AK ToC
2c
From "The Nightingale," by H. C. Andersen Text AK ToC
2d
From "The Happy Rattle," by Johnny Gruelle Text AK ToC
2e
Lang's Thumbelina (Ex # 5) Text AK ToC
3 A Passage for Analysis
From Vredenburg's "Snow-White and Rose-Red" Text AK ToC
KISS Level 3. 1-PA
Practice/Application
1 A General Exercise in Punctuation
From E. B. White's The Trumpet of the Swan Original AK ToC
2 The Punctuation and Logic of Main Clauses (with Subordinate Clauses)
AK ToC
3 The Logic of Subordinate Clauses
AK ToC
4 Directed Sentence Combining
AK ToC
5 Sentence Combining - Passage
AK ToC
6 De-Combining Sentences
AK ToC
7 Parallel Constructions
AK ToC
8 Vocabulary - FiB
AK ToC
9 Tense, Number, Logic, and Prepositional Phrases
AK ToC
10 A Passage for Analysis
AK ToC
11 A Poem for Analysis
AK ToC