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Wedn esday , Dec. 4, 2013. In My Homework, please write: Vocabulary Quiz Unit 6 Friday Finish Vocabulary in Context Work on assessment! Due Tuesday!. ID Cards. Daily Language Practice. 1. By far the most greatest risks were ran by the “conductors” who led parties of slaves North. (3)
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Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 • In My Homework, please write: • Vocabulary Quiz Unit 6 Friday • Finish Vocabulary in Context • Work on assessment! Due Tuesday!
Daily Language Practice • 1. By far the most greatest risks were ran by the “conductors” who led parties of slaves North. (3) • 2. Some were runaways theirselves and if caught would probably be hanged. (1)
Vocabulary Unit Six • Practice Definitions. • Check Choosing the Right Word • Begin Vocabulary in Context
Adjectives • Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns. • They often come right before the modified word. • Or they may follow a linking verb and modify the subject. • They answer the questions • What kind? • Which one? • How many? • How much?
Types of Adjectives • Regular • Articles: definite (the) and indefinite (a, an) • Nouns can be used as adjectives • Proper • Compound • Pronouns can be used as adjectives • Demonstrative (this, that, these, those) • Interrogative (which, what, whose) • Indefinite (see indefinite pronouns)
Ex. 31, p. 367 • 1. American – proper/noun; typical – adjective • 2. Many – indefinite pronoun/adjective; brownish – adjective; dark – adjective; longitudinal – adjective • 3. The – definite article; tall – adjective • 4. small – adjective; aquatic – adjective • 5. American – proper; small – adjective; the – definite article • 6. A – indefinite article; well-known – compound; Floridian – proper; marshland – noun/compound
Ex. 31, p. 367 • 7. home – noun; Seminole – proper/noun • 8. mangrove – noun/compound; fascinating – adjective • 9. alligator – noun • 10. American – proper/noun; endangered – adjective • 11. cone-shaped – compound • 12. weed-filled – compound; Florida – proper/noun
Ex. 31, p. 367 • 13. One – indefinite pronoun/adjective; common – adjective; sooty-colored – compound; a – indefinite article; shieldlike – compound • 14. colorful – adjective • 15. widespread – compound; aquatic - adjective
Assessment • Due next Tuesday! • Must have your scoring rubric to be graded!!
TAS Questions • What can you tell me about the public library in Williamsport? • How can you construct meaning from informational texts?
Adverbs. • How can I use them?