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DGWU #8 . 11/4/09-11/10/09. Wednesday 11/4/09: Prompt. Tis’ the Season, or at least it is on its way. Take 6 minutes to write down your favorite thing about the Holiday season. What is it that you can’t wait for?. Thursday 11/5/09: Active and Passive Voice.
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DGWU #8 11/4/09-11/10/09
Wednesday 11/4/09: Prompt Tis’ the Season, or at least it is on its way. Take 6 minutes to write down your favorite thing about the Holiday season. What is it that you can’t wait for?
Thursday 11/5/09: Active and Passive Voice • This topic will help you answer question 40 on your monthly grammar test so do your very best!! • Brush up on active and passive voice. Turn to page 200 for more information. • Complete 1-5 of Exercise 5 on page 201. • Write the complete sentence.
Monday 11/9/09: Semicolons • Today we are going to address question 30 of your monthly test. • Turn to page 331 to brush up on the usage of semicolons. • After reading the information on semicolons practice. • Complete #1-3 of exercise 10 on page 333.
Tuesday 11/10/09: Parts of Speech • Adjective • Person in Room • Verb ending in “ING” • Part of the Body • Noun • Noun • Number • Plural Noun • Type of Liquid • Adverb
A letter to your PE Teacher Dear Physical Education Teacher: Please excuse my son/daughter from missing _1_ class yesterday. When _2_ awakened yesterday, I could see that his/her nose was _3_. He/She also complained of _4_ aches and having a sore _5_, and I took him/her to the family _6_. The doctor quickly diagnosed him/her to the _7_-hour flu and suggested he/she take two _8_ with a glass of _9_ and go to bed _10_.
Tuesday 11/17/09: Word Choice How did you enter the room today? Did you shuffle? stride? pace? trudge? waddle? Good writers attempt to use the exact word to describe how something is done. For the following actions write a list of 3 different ways a good writer would use to describe them. 1. Ways of talking. . .(preach) 2. Movements made by the mouth. . .(sneer) 3. Ways of eating. . .(nibble)