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Sept. Week 3 Sept. 15-19. American Lit : Finishing up personal narrative and moving into Native American Oral Tradition. 9/15 J#7.
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Sept. Week 3Sept. 15-19 American Lit: Finishing up personal narrative and moving into Native American Oral Tradition
9/15 J#7 When it comes to weather and the seasons, people say it can impact our moods more than we imagine. In a single paragraph, answer these questions using descriptive writing details [ like you are doing for your personal narrative ] Overall, what is your favorite season and type of day? Why? How would you say this season and type of day impact your mood?
Hard work today reading and staying focused will earn your hour the chance to watch The Bucket List starting end of the hour Tuesday and all of Wednesday and Thursday. Not reading – we’ll start the Native American unit tomorrow. Today: Early Collection of Personal Narratives… due tomorrow Time to read your new book! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDir9-UoPjo
Tuesday, Sept. 16thAdvisory Schedule Please staple your draft as the stapler comes around. Please pass your STAPLED drafts across to the last row. Last person in that row puts them in the tray.
9/16 MUGS#2: Grammar Pretest--A Parts of the Sentence - Subject/Verb Instructions: Find the subject and verb in the following sentences. Subject/s = _____________ Verb/s =___________ 1. Here is my shoe! EX.: S= shoe V= is 2. The little boy hit the big girl. boy – subject hit - verb 3. You seem unhappy today. you – subject seem - verb 4. Down the road hopped the rabbit. rabbit – subject hopped - verb 5. Are we going out on Halloween? we – subject are going - verb
MUGS#2 Pretest A, cont. 6. Have the men come all the way from Europe? men – subjecthave come - verb 7. The soup tasted good in the cold weather. soup – subject tasted - verb 8. The passenger should have been stopped at the gate. passenger – subject should have been stopped - verb 9. The mail could have arrived earlier. mail – subject could have arrived - verb 10. Don't go into that house! (you) – subject do go - verb
5- question grammar PRETEST B MUGS#3 9/17 Wednesday, Sept. 17th Movie to follow
Reviewing other parts of speech: What are conjunctions? What are interjections? Words which show emotion and frequently are followed by an “!” Wow! Yikes! Hey! Aw! • Connecting words FANBOYS: • For • And • Nor/ Neither • But • Or • Yet • So
9/17 MUGS#3: Grammar Pretest--B Parts of the Sentence - Instructions: Find the subject/s and verb/s in the following sentences. • 1. There were no pies, cakes or cookies on the shelves. S= pies, cakes, cookies V= were 2. Oh, neither Jane nor Tarzan would return to civilization. S= Jane, Tarzan - subjects; V= would return
9/17 MUGS#3: Grammar Pretest--B 3. Barbara and her friends sat on the floor, ate goodies, and listened to records. S= Barbara, friends V= sat, ate, listened 4. The brothers swam, fished, and rowed the boat on their vacation. S= brothers V= swam, fished, rowed 5. Wow, this lesson is short and fairly easy. S= lesson - V= is
Grammar first today…then the film Friday, Sept. 19th The Bucket List
9/18 MUGS#4: Grammar Pretest--C Predicate Nouns • A predicate noun completes a linking verb and renames the subject. • Predicate nouns complete only linking verbs. The linking verbs include the following: • is, am, are, was, were, be, being, and been; the sense verbs look, taste, smell, feel, andsound; and verbs like become, seem, appear, grow, continue, stay,and turn. Example: Their parents are medics in the US Marine Corps. Subject = parents Linking Verb= are Predicate Nominative= medics [ renames the noun “parents”] • http://dailygrammar.com/Lesson-101-Predicate-Nominative.htm
Grammar first today…then the film friday, Sept. 19th The Bucket List
For next week Tuesday, sept. 23rd Meet me in the LIBRARY LAB on TUESDAY to type up your final copy of your narrative.
9/19 MUGS#5: Grammar Pretest--D Predicate Nominative - S= V= PN= 1. My favorite pets were a squirrel and a rabbit. S= pets V= were PN= squirrel/rabbit 2. Our chief crops are corn, wheat, and hay. S= crops V= are PN= corn/wheat/hay 3. Mr. Jones is an accountant and a big game hunter. S= Mr. Jones V= is PN=accountant/hunter 4. The owners of the race car include Bill, Pete, and Sam. S= owners V= include PN= Bill/Pete/Sam 5. My favorite holidays are Christmas and Easter. S= holidays V= are PN= Christmas/Easter
Remainder of Hour Today: 20-25 minutes: Quiet Reading Last 10 minutes: Watch 6-Word narrative video if we had a nice, quiet reading time • On a half sheet of paper answer the following 3*2*1 and give to me on your way out the door: 3: Briefly list & describe three characters 2: Identify two things you really like so far about the novel 1: Idenifty one question you’d ask the author, if you could