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Monday, October 26, 2015

Monday, October 26, 2015. Corrections: numbers, abbreviations, using the right word Blood actually is thicker then H2O… 6 times thicker. Then or Than. Rule: Than is used only in comparisons, so if you’re comparing something use than. If not, then you have to use then. Example :

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Monday, October 26, 2015

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  1. Monday, October 26, 2015 Corrections: numbers, abbreviations, using the right word Blood actually is thicker then H2O… 6 times thicker.

  2. Then or Than Rule: Than is used only in comparisons, so if you’re comparing something use than. If not, then you have to use then. Example: Is she taller than you? I went to the store, and then to the bank

  3. Today We Will: • Bellwork & Rule • Cath up on The Giver – The Giver handouts 4 & 5 • Discuss chapters • Unit 12 Vocabulary (with book) • Begin annotations

  4. Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Corrections: appositive comma, comparative or superlative adjective Ceres the most large body in the asteroid belt follows an orbit between Mars and Jupiter

  5. Appositive Comma • Rule:In appositives and appositive phrases, use commas to set off and enclose an appositive (a word or phrase which can be substituted for a.) • Note: Short or one word appositives are not set off with commas such as my friend Trystan or my sister Michelle. Example: Austin Granier, the captain of the football team, was in my English class.

  6. Today We Will: • Bellwork & Rule • Continue Annotations • Early Finishers: Vocabulary

  7. Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Corrections: numbers, wordy sentence, apostrophe, parentheses It takes the moon a little over twenty seven day’s about a month to orbit Earth and go all the way around it.

  8. Possessive Apostrophe • Rule: To see if you need to make a possessive, turn the phrase around and make it an "of the..." phrase. For example: • the boy's hat = the hat of the boy • three days' journey = journey of three daysIf the noun after "of" is a building, an object, or a piece of furniture, then no apostrophe is needed! • room of the hotel = hotel room door of the car = car door leg of the table = table leg

  9. Thursday, October 29, 2015 Corrections: end punctuation, hyphen, abbreviation Is the moon moving away from Earth at a rate of one half in. per year Corrections: using the right word, numbers Earth moves threw space at sixty six thousand seven hundred miles per hour.

  10. Hyphen (1 of 2) • Rule: Use a hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single adjective before a noun: a one-way streetchocolate-covered peanutswell-known author • However, when compound modifiers come after a noun, they are not hyphenated: The peanuts were chocolate covered.The author was well known.

  11. Threw or Through (2 of 2) • Rule: Threw is the past tense of the verb 'throw'. • Drew Brees threw the ball to Cooks. • Rule: Through is a preposition and an adverb. It can also be used as an adjective, but never as a verb. • I can't believe all that the Saints have been through this year.

  12. Today We Will: • Bellwork & Rule X 2 • Vocabulary Packets Due/Review • Annotations • Pet Project

  13. Friday, October 30, 2015 Journal #12 – Imagine a Halloween with no candy. Do you think you would still have fun? Why or why not?

  14. Today We Will: • Journal #12 (full page) • Review For Tests • Weekly Tests – loose leaf • Early Finishers: Complete all journals

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