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Quick conversation
• Share your work with a partner. Read aloud the adverbial clause and then the main clause. Discuss how the adverbial clause sets up the important information in the main clause. What is the effect of the adverbial clause? Does it make you want to read on? Record notes from your discussion.
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I think the adverbial clause is used to .
Write an Informational Text
After analyzing and evaluating adverbial clauses in $211 Billion and So Much to Buy, you have formed an opinion about why adverbial clauses are used. Choose one adverbial clause from your chart. With a partner, write a short informational text about how the author’s use of adverbial clauses creates a shade of meaning for the information and facts. Before writing, read the model. Notice what information is in each of the four sentences. Try structuring your text in the same way.
The adverbial clause makes me because .
I think the adverbial clause is effective because .
ModEl: SHort InforMatIonal tExt
The author uses the adverbial clause “While the purchasing power of today’s youth is strong,” to introduce an important fact. The main information that follows is “it is made even stronger when coupled with the influence these kids have on what parents buy.” The adverbial clause is used to create interest and makes the reader want to learn more. This adverbial clause is effective because it states a fact which is then enhanced by the additional information.
Unit 2 • What Influences My Choices? • Part 1: $211 Billion and So Much to Buy 55
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