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FINAL EXAM- Thursday, June 3** //(across-the-board... in your 1st period Core class)// 130 questions (1 pt. each)
 * __ENGLISH 7__

__Friday- June 4__ Finals... Math in the Core and Period 9

__Thursday- June 3__ Finals... English in the Core and Period 6

__Wednesday- June 2__ Finals review game Study guide "Cheat Sheets" :)

__Tuesday- June 1__ Vocabulary Unit 1- Quiz

__Monday- May 31__ No school- Memorial Day

__Friday- May 28__ No school- Inservice

__Thursday- May 27__ Vocab. Unit 1- Flashcard game Quiz next Tuesday!

__Wednesday- May 26__ Vocab. Unit 1- Flashcard creation Quiz next Tuesday!

__Tuesday- May 25__ Vocab. Unit 1- Definition pictures and stories (5 pts.)

__Monday- May 24__ Vocab. Unit 1- Sentences (one per word) (10 pts.)

__Monday- May 17 through Friday- May 21__ "The Year in Review" Storytellers... In class assignment (no homework)! Preparation for Final Exams

Test- Parts of a Sentence!
 * __Friday- March 26__

__Thursday- March 25__ "Reporting from Haiti" 1. Write one sentence about the damage done in Haiti. 2. Underline and label the subject and predicate 3. Practice saying your sentence aloud. 4. Report (in front of the screen) from Haiti.

__Wednesday- March 24__ 1. Present sentence packets 2. Copy study guide for Friday's sentence test into notebook

__Tuesday- March 23__ Complete the subject/predicate presentation packets (started yesterday).

__Monday- March 22__ Project (10 points) 1. Four sheets of drawing paper 2. Page one: a subject and a picture of the subject 3. Page two: a predicate and a picture of the predicate 4. Page three: the "extras" in the sentence, with each word labeled 5. Page four: the entire sentence. 6. Write your name on the back. 7. Be neat. 8. Spell correctly. 9. Add color. 10. Follow the same format as the whiteboard example.

__Friday- March 19__ Example sentences (in notebooks... See below.)

__Practice Sentences__ //List the subjects and predicates in each sentence.// 1. Lewis and Clark were good explorers. 2. Angeline played and sang at the concert. 3. If you hope to achieve success, you must work diligently. 4. Running takes most of my free time. 5. Follow the rules. 6. Drive!

__Notes__ The subject of an imperative sentence is always YOU. Therefore, there can be such a thing as a one-word sentence, if it is imperative.

Simple Sentence= just the subject and predicate Complex Sentence= two separate thoughts, two separate subjects and predicates

__Answers__ 1. Subject: Lewis and Clark, Predicate: were (There can be more than one subject: compound subject.) 2. Subject: Angeline, Predicate: played and sang (There can be more than one predicate: compound predicate.) 3. Complex sentence... two subjects, two predicates, two thoughts. Subjects: you, you; Predicates: hope, must work. ("to achieve"= infinitive phrase, can't be the predicate; "must work"= 2nd predicate, must include entire verb phrase) 4. Subject: Running, Predicate: takes 5. Imperative sentence... Subject: you (understood); Predicate: Follow 6. Imperative sentence... Subject: you (understood); Predicate; Drive

__Thursday- March 18__ 1. Journals 2. Notes- Predicates (See below.)**

__Predicates__ **are always __verbs__. "to" + an action verb = an infinitive phrase (The verb in an infinitive phrase can never be the predicate.)

__Wednesday- March 17__ 1. Journals- Irish music/St. Patrick's Day topic 2. HW check and verbal review (p. 9 and 584) 3. Notes- Sentences Must... (See below.)**

__Sentences__ **(continued) EVERY SENTENCE MUST HAVE A WHO OR A WHAT, AND IT MUST BE DOING SOMETHING! (subject + predicate) ALSO, EVERY SENTENCE MUST COMPLETE A THOUGHT!

__Examples__ 1. The very long and winding road. (subject, but no predicate- not a sentence) 2. Afer I travelled the very long and winding road. (subject and predicate, but not a complete thought- not a sentence) 3. Was exhausted. (predicate, but no subject- not a sentence) 4. After I travelled the very long and winding road, I was exhausted. (Sentence!)

__Tuesday- March 16__ 1. Journals 2. Grade Recorders- last week's Types of Sentences Quiz 3. Notes- Subjects (See below.) 4. HW- p. 9 and p. 584-585**

__Sentences__

-always a noun or pronoun -never the object of a preposition
 * __Subject__- the who or what that the sentence is about

__Examples__ 1. Lisa is a kind girl. 2. Through the woods is the best way to grandmother's house.

__Monday- March 15__ No classes- Teachers Inservice

__Friday- March 12__ Quiz Today!- Types of Sentences

__Thursday- March 11__ 1. Verbal review- types of sentences 2. Novel reading/sentences exercise- finding one example of each type of sentence in the novel REMINDER: Quiz tomorrow!

__Wednesday- March 10__ 1. Journals 2. Conversation activity 3. REMINDER- Quiz Friday!

__Tuesday- March 9__ Create your own sentence quiz! REMINDER- Types of Sentences Quiz- Friday, March 12!

__Monday- March 8 (Wade- absent; Sub- Descutner)__ Review- types of sentences

__Friday- March 5__ 1. Spelling bonus- due today 2. Journals 3. Notes- types of sentences (See below.) 4. Progress Reports!

__Types of Sentences__ 1. __Declarative__- makes a statement, ends in a period 2. __Exclamatory__- makes a strong or emotional statement, ends in an exclamation point 3. __Interrogative__- aks a question, ends in a question mark 4. __Imperative__- makes a demand or request, ends in a period or exclamation point (depending on the severity of the request)

__Thursday- March 4__ 1. Journal 2. Bonus opportunity- 1/2 point per word missed on test, written x10 3. Silent reading

__Wednesday- March 3__ Spelling Test 3!

__Tuesday- March 2__ Review- "Old" spelling units (1 and 2) REMINDER: Test tomorrow!

__Monday- March 1 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhes)__ Review- Spelling Unit 3

__Friday- February 26__ School closed... Snow!

__Tuesday- February 24 through Thursday- February 25__ Spelling Unit 3... New words and review activities (See word list below.)

Spelling Unit 3 1. accidentally 2. accommodate 3. amateur 4. calendar 5. column 6. discipline 7. guarantee 8. jewelry 9. library 10. misspell 11. pastime 12. questionnaire 13. restaurant 14. rhythm 15. twelfth 16. vacuum 17. until 18. weird 19. frustrate 20. conscientious

__Monday- February 22__ Parts of Speech Unit Test! (open book/open notebook!)

__Week of February 15-19__ Project Workshop- Parts of Speech Picture Book

__Week of February 8-12__ School closed... Snow!

__Friday- February 5__ Project workshop- Parts of Speech Picture Book

__Thursday- February 4__ 1. Planners- Parts of Speech Test- next Friday, Feb. 12 2. Parts of Speech Picture Books- project, with a partner (See directions below.) 3. No HW... We will continue creating our picture books tomorrow.

__Directions- Parts of Speech Picture Book__ 1. Work with a partner. 2. Create your book using computer paper, not lined paper. 3. Start with a cover page, including the authors' names and the words "Parts of Speech Picture Book." 4. Make the cover interesting, in some way. 5. Create one page per part of speech. 6. Place the pages in the correct order (the proper order for the Parts of Speech). 7. Place an example of the part of speech at the top of the page. 8. Place the part of speech, itself, at the bottom of the page. 9. Draw a picture of the example and place it in the middle of the page. 10. Add color. 11. Be neat. 12. Be creative. 13. Spell correctly. 14. Use a correct example of the part of speech! 15. Fill up each page. (Write and draw largely.) //>This project is worth 20 points.//

__Wednesday- February 3__ 1. Novel reading- silently 2. Novel assignment- find a sentence in the novel for each part of speech (Interjection- bonus!)

__Tuesday- February 2__ 1. Book Fair- book sale in the library! 2. Journals

__Monday- February 1__ 1. Journals 2. New Grade Recorders (for 3rd 9 wks.) 3. Test Return- Conjunctions Test from Friday (First period only) 4. Notes- Interjections

__Friday- January 29__ Conjunctions Test- today!

__Thursday- January 28__ 1. Study Guide- in notebooks (See below.) 2. Assignment- four conjunction sentences (See below.) REMINDER- Conjunctions test- tomorrow!**

Study Guide for Conjunctions Test Total Points- 30 Questions 1-8... List the 8 parts of speech, in order and spelled correctly (10 points) Question 9... List three pronouns. Question 10... List three helping verbs. Question 11... List three prepositions Question 12... List three one-word conjunctions. Question 13... List two multiple-word conjunctions. Question 14... How do you correctly join two sentences? Question 15... What do we called two joined sentences? Questions 16-25... I give you sentences. You find and underline all of the conjunctions in the sentences. Question 26... Correct a sentence in which a conjunction is used incorrectly Questions 27-29... I give you sentences with conjunctions already highlighted. You underline what is being joined.**
 * Date of Test- Tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 29)

Conjunctions Assignment 2. Write one sentence using 'for" as a preposition. 3. Write one sentence using a one-word conjunction (other than "and" or "for") to join two sentences. 4. Write one sentence using any multiple-word conjunction.
 * 1. Write one sentence using "for" to join to sentences.

__Wednesday- January 27__ 1. Journals 2. Notes- joining sentences and "for" (See below.) 3. HW check and review REMINDER- Conjunctions test- Friday!**

Note**- To join two sentences, use a comma plus a conjunction. __Example__ //Two sentences//... Tim is wearing a blue hoodie. He is warm today. //Joined sentences//... Tim is waring a blue hoodie**, and **he is warm today.

FOR- can be a preposition or a conjunction FOR- can only join sentences (not just words) when it is a conjunction FOR- must have a prepositional phrase when it's a preposition __Examples__ As a preposition... The students bought flowers for their teacher. (prepositional phrase- for their teacher) As a conjunction... I did poorly on the test, for I did not study. (conjunction, joining to sentences)

__Tuesday- January 26__ 1. Journals- new topic sheets (quick verbal review of new topics) 2. Textbook exercise- p. 160 "Seeing with Electrons" and p. 606 "Conjunctions" (actually starts on p. 607)... to be done in notebooks 3. HW- any part of textbook exercise not completed in class REMINDER- Conjunctions test- Friday!

__Monday- January 25__ 1. Journals (new topic sheets- tomorrow) 2. Notes- Conjunctions (See below.) 3. Planners- Quiz date (Friday, Jan. 29) 4. Bonus opportunity- 5 points for bringing a new package of pencils, to be labeled with your name and kept in your locker**

Conjunctions **(p. 158)

__Job__- to join words or groups of words

__Examples__ 1. I went shopping with Mark and Pete. 2. She loves pizza but hates pepperoni.

1. "And" is a conjunction, joining "Mark" and "Pete." 2. "But" is a conjunction, joining "loves pizza" and "hates pepperoni."

__List (p. 158-159)__ and but or nor for yet so both...and either...or neither...nor not only...but also whether...or

__Monday through Thursday- January 18 through 21__ 1. Grade Recorders- for 2nd nine weeks (due now... 10 pts. on 3rd nine weeks!) 2. Clerical- make-up assignments; report card grades 3. Bonus opportunity: get Ms. Wade's grade print-outs signed and return them by Monday for 5 points! Reminder: First day of 3rd nine weeks- Thursday**

SPELLING BEE 5 bonus points for participating, plus one point per successful round 3 bonus points for attending.
 * //Monday- January 18, 6:00pm, Avella High School Cafetorium//

__Friday- January 15 (Wade- absent; Sub- Descutner)__ Parts of Speech- review activity

__Thursday- January 14__ ENGLISH MID-TERM today!!!

__Wednesday- January 13__ English Mid-term... tomorrow!!! (100 points) Mid-term Study Guide- a look at the actual test and a chance to take notes from it

__Tuesday- January 12__ English Mid-term... this Thursday!!! (100 points) This Wednesday- a look at the Mid-term and a 3min. "cheat sheet" Prepositions- verbal test (make-ups today)

__Monday- January 11__ English Mid-term... this Thursday!!! (100 points...no study guide... instead, a look at the actual test and 3min. "cheat sheet") Prepositions- verbal test today!

__January 4-8__ Monday- Snow cancellation Tuesday- Prepositions review for Friday verbal test Wednesday- Prepositions review Thursday- Prepositions review Friday- Snow cancellation (verbal test postponed)

CHRISTMAS BREAK! (Dec. 23-Jan. 3)

__Tuesday- December 22__ Core Christmas party!

__Monday- December 21__ Prepositions review- continued (to be recited from memory after Christmas break... 50 points!)

__December 14-19__ Prepositions review- verbal, posters, etc.

__Prepositions__ //Job- to show direction or relationship// about above across after against along among around at before behind below beneath beside between beyond by despite down during except for from in into like near of off on onto over past since through throughout to toward under underneath up upon with within without

__Friday- December 11__ 1. Journals 2. Reading day 3. Adverbs test results

__Thursday- December 10__ Adverbs Test!

__Wednesday- December 9__ 1. Study Guide- in notebooks (to be signed for tomorrow- 3 pts.) (See below.) 2. Practice worksheet (See below.)

__Study Guide for Adverbs Test __ Date of test- tomorrow! Thursday, Dec. 10 - Question 1-8: List the eight Parts of Speech, in order and spelled correctly. (10 pts.) - Question 9: List the jobs of adverbs. (3 jobs- 3 pts.) - Question 10: List a common suffix for adverbs. (1 pt.) - Question 11: List three adverbs w/o that common suffix. (3 pts.) - Question 12: List the five questions adverbs answer. (2 pts.- one, all of them, or nothing) - Question 13-18: Sentences… I give you sentences; you underline the adverbs. (6 sentences- 6 pts.) - Question 19: One sentence… you label every word in the sentence by its part of speech. (10 words- 10 pts.) Total points- 35 Get study guide signed for tomorrow. (3 pts.) Scroll down for old notes or look in your notebook or textbook for answers to these test questions...

__Practice Sentences__ //Directions: Find the adverbs in the following sentences//. //---The answers are below. ---Remember: Adverbs answer WHERE? WHEN? HOW? HOW OFTEN? TO WHAT EXTENT?//

1. The mail carrier finally arrived. 2. We did not run out to meet her. 3. Maggie clapped her hands extremely excitedly. 4. I quickly opened the gold envelope. 5. Then Maggie read the very interesting letter. 6. "We won the contest!" she shouted proudly. 7. He keeps his collection upstairs. 8. He works on it often. 9. Sometimes friends send Butch new stamps. 10. He buys unusual stamps downtown. 11. I carefully glued the last piece onto the model. 12. Francis played on the beach yesterday. 13. I will visit my friend tomorrow. 14. George, will you come here? 15. They swam lazily in the pool. 16. Neil slowly placed a card on the card house. 17. They cheerfully sing songs. 18. Nathan stamped his feet angrily. 19. My father snored loudly on the couch. 20. Sam accidentally slipped on the ice. 21. Yesterday, they played a game. 22. The truck grumbled loudly. 23. We will go to the concert soon. 24. The boy waited patiently for the computer to load. 25. Kayla finally arrived at the park. 26. My mother nicely reminded me to do my homework. 27. The kitten walked there. 28. I usually lock the car door. 29. My dog always barks. 30. Peter neatly wrote a shopping list.

__Answers__ 1. finally 2. not, out 3. Extremely, excitedly 4. quickly 5. Then, very 6. proudly 7. upstairs 8. often 9. Sometimes 10. downtown 11. carefully (If you listed "model" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 12. yesterday (If you listed "beach" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 13. tomorrow. 14. here 15. lazily (If you listed "pool" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 16. Slowly (If you listed "house" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 17. cheerfully 18. angrily 19. loudly (If you listed "couch" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 20. accidentally (If you listed "ice" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 21. Yesterday 22. loudly 23. soon (If you listed "concert" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 24. Patiently (If you listed "computer" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 25. finally (If you listed "park" as an adverb, you wouldn't be marked wrong. We'll learn later why it is not.) 26. nicely 27. there 28. usually 29. always 30. neatly

__Tuesday- December 8__ 1. Progress Report distribution (Cover letters with signatures due back by Friday!) 2. Adverbs test- Thursday! (Review tomorrow.)

__Monday- December 7__ 1. Journals 2. Adverbs review- verbal

__Friday- December 4__ Winter Core Activity Day- Snow Ball preparation and decoration!

__Thursday- December 3 (Core teachers absent- NASA training; Wade's sub- Descutner)__ 1. Journals 2. Novel reading- finding adverbs in reading

__Wednesday- December 2__ 1. Journals 2. Adverbs review

__Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday- November 26-30, December 1__ Thanksgiving Break- no school! (Tuesday- Inservice)

__Wednesday- November 25__ Early dismissal- Thanksgiving break! No Core classes- Reward Day for Food Drive Winners!

__Tuesday- November 24 (Wade- absent; Sub- Descutner)__ 1. Review- yesterday's adverb notes (Scroll down.) 2. Text exercise- (in notebooks) p. 136, "Like the Birds" (1) Write each sentence. (2) Underline all adverbs.

__Monday- November 23__ 1. Journals (music- Epic Movies) 2. Notes- adverbs (See below.)

__ADVERBS__ Job- to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs ...to "kick it up a notch!"

p. 134 of textbook

__Questions Adverbs Answer__ 1. Where? 2. When? 3. How? 4. How often? 5. To what extent?

Adverbs often (not always) end in the suffix LY.

Some Adverbs That Don't End in LY not next very quite too almost

__Examples__ 1. Sarah sings to her nephew. 2. Sarah sings sweetly to her nephew. 3. Sarah is a very nice girl. 4. Sarah sings very sweetly to her nephew. __Adverbs__ 1. none 2. sweetly 3. very 4. very sweetly

__Friday- November 20__ Spelling Unit 2 Test!

__Thursday- November 19__ Rearrangement of classes due to Teen Outreach presentation... Spelling Test- tomorrow! (Scroll down for word lists.)

__Wednesday- November 18__ 1. Journals (music- "Final Countdown" Europe) 2. Whiteboard activity- Spelling Unit 1 (review) 3. Creation of editting test for classmates 4. REMINDER- Spelling Unit 2 Test- tomorrow! (Unit 1 also covered on test... Scroll down for word lists.) 5. HOMEWORK- Signature on spelling test date reminder, in planner!

__Tuesday- November 17__ 1. Journals (music- "Ten Words" Joe Satriani) 2. Testing a classmate 3. Missed words x5 4. REMINDER- Spelling Unit 2 Test- Thursday, Nov. 19

__Monday- November 16__ No school- Teachers Inservice/Parent Conferences

__Friday- November 13 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhis)__ 1. Journals 2. Two sentence per spelling word

__Thursday- November 12__ 1. Journals 2. Spelling review

__Wednesday- November 11__ 1. Journals 2. Notes- Spelling Unit 2 (Scroll down.) 3. HOMEWORK- Spelling words x10 (loose-leaf paper)

__Spelling Unit 2__ 1. cologne 2. perfume 3. minute 4. privilege 5. knowledge 6. biscuit 7. studying 8. business 9. mayonnaise 10. cauliflower 11. broccoli 12. foreign 13. beginning 14. tomoato/tomatoes 15. potato/potatoes 16. daughter 17. separate 18. independence 19. answer 20. chihuahua

__Tuesday- November 10__ //Period 1// Verbs Re-Test

//Periods 2 and 3// Individual novel reading

__Monday- November 9__ //Period 1// 1. Grade recorder- Verbs test 2. Review- Verbs test 3. REMINDER- Re-test of verbs- Tomorrow!!!

//Periods 2 and 3// 1. Journal 2. Grade recorder- Verbs test (and review) 3. Texting activity- Verbs sentence 4. Novel activity- One sentence, labeling verbs, from novel

__Friday- November 6__ Verbs Test!

__Thursday- November 5__ 1. HW check- p. 97 and 597 (from yesterday) 2. Notes- Pre-Test and Study Guide (5 sample sentences) 3. Review of sample sentences for tomorrow's test 5. REMINDER- Verbs Test- tomorrow! (See below.)**

WOW!!! Here it is... tomorrow's test! YES, the actual test! (Test yourself, and scroll down for the answers.)
 * (NOTE: Students that are absent will take a different version of the test as a make-up. It will be similar, though.)

__VERBS TEST__ (Total Points- 35) // Directions: List the eight parts of speech, in order and spelled correctly. (10 points) // 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. What are the three types of verbs?//(3 points)//

// Directions: Underline the verbs in the following sentences. Do NOT label the types; only underline the verbs… ALL verbs. (There are a total of 10 verbs.) // 10. Suddenly, a lion jumped onto the road. 11. George is a nice guy. 12. We are going to the movies tonight. 13. Harold and Maude play video games for hours at a time! 14. With these new cell phones, we might have been texting to the wrong people. 15. Jaclyn seems very angry with all of us!

// Directions: Label each underlined verb as ACTION, LINKING, or HELPING. // 16. The football team is __running__ a marathon. 17. The football team __is__ running a marathon. 18. I __was__ dirty after the ride on his quad. 19. Hopefully, Marcus __will__ be arriving on the 9:30 train. 20. I can’t wait for that movie to __appear__ in theaters next week. 21. I’m sorry if I __appear__ frustrated today!

// Directions: Underline the //**DIRECT// **OBJECTS in the following sentences. (Be careful: one of the sentences has TWO direct objects.)** // 22. Thomas booked his ticket with Ticketmaster. 23. Sherry gave her sister a huge hug and kiss at Christmas! 24. I played a game with my nephew.

// Directions: Underline the //INDIRECT// **OBJECTS in the following sentences. (Be careful: some sentences have TWO direct objects.)** // 25. Sherry gave her sister a huge hug and kiss at Christmas! 26. The volleyball team gave their coach the game-winning ball.

// Directions: Underline one NOUN in the following sentence. // 27. Samantha took her new shoes to the cleaner.

// Directions: Underline one PRONOUN in the following sentence. // 28. Samantha took her new shoes to the cleaner.

// Directions: Underline one ANTECEDENT in the following sentence. // 29. Samantha took her new shoes to the cleaner.

// Directions: Underline one ADJECTIVE in the following sentence. // 29. Samantha took her new shoes to the cleaner.

// Directions: Underline one ADJECTIVE in the following sentence. // 31. Our teachers seemed unhappy today.

__ANSWERS__ 1. nouns 2. pronouns 3. adjectives 4. verbs 5. adverbs 6. prepositions 7. conjunctions 8. interjections 9. action, linking, helping 10. jumped 11. is 12. are going 13. play 14. might have been texting 15. seems 16. action 17. helping 18. linking 19. helping 20. action 21. linking 22. ticket 23. hug, kiss 24. game 25. sister 26. coach 27, Samantha, shoes, or cleaner 28. her 29. Samantha 30. new or the 31. unhappy

__Wednesday- November 4__ 1. Journals 2. Direct and Indirect objects- review from yesterday and sample sentences 3. Notes- Transitive and Intransitive verbs 4. Homework- p. 97 and 597- listing the verbs and any direct and indirect objects (in notebook)

__Tuesday- November 3__ 1. First 9 wks. Grade Recorder- to be turned in today (10 pts. on 2nd 9 wks.) 2. New Grade Recorder- distribution and labeling 3. Journal writing 4. HW check and review- p. 99 and 110 (from yesterday) 5. Notes- Direct and Indirect Objects (See below.) 6. REMINDER- Verbs Test- this Friday, November 6!

__Direct and Indirect Objects__ - Only action verbs can have objects! - Objects must be nouns or pronouns.

__Direct Objects__- name the receiver of the action //__Examples__- What are the direct objects in these four sentences?// 1. A scriptwriter begins the process. 2. The writers sang a song to us. 3. Lisa took her bike to the repair shop. 4. Lisa seemed bored. __//Answers//__ 1. Begins is an action verb. Begins what? Beings process. PROCESS is the direct object. 2. Sang what? Sang song. SONG is the direct object. 3. BIKE is the direct object. 4. No direct object!!! Seemed is a linking verb, NOT an action verb; therefore, it can't have an object.

__Indirect Objects__- tell FOR whom or TWO whom or what an action is done //__Examples__- What are the indirect objects in these two sentences?// 1. A scriptwriter sends a director a script. 2. Lisa brings me a pie every Sunday. __//Answers//__ 1. Sends is an action verb. Sends what? Sends script. Script is the direct object. Sends script to whom? To director. DIRECTOR is the idirect object. 2. Brings pie to whom? To me. ME is the indirect object. - //Be careful! If you say DIRECTOR is the direct object, it looks as though the scriptwriter is sending the director in the mail!!! :)//

__Monday- November 2 (Start of 2nd 9 wks.!)__ 1. New journal topic sheets (old sheets to be thrown away) 2. Journal writing 3. Planners- marking date of Verbs test (this Friday!) 4. Pop Quiz- finding 4 verbs and labeling them by type, in 3 sentences (8 pts.) 5. Review of correct answers on pop quiz 6. Text exercises- p. 99 "Creature Features" and p. 110 "Horrors" (my directions only: listing and labeling the verbs, in notebooks) 7. HOMEWORK- finishing text exercises begun in class (p. 99 and 110) 8. REMINDER- Verbs Test- this Friday, November 6!

__Friday- October 30__ No school!

__Thursday- October 29__ No English classes- Teen Outreach

__Wednesday- October 28__ No Core classes- FALL FESTIVAL!!!

Tuesday- October 27 California Blue- continued

Monday- October 26 California Blue- chap. 3 and 4

Friday- October 23 (Wade- absent; Sub- Descutner) California Blue- chap. 1 and 2

Thursday- October 22 Review of last night's homework- p. 94 and 597

Wednesday- October 21 1. Journals 2. Notes- more sample sentences for verbs 3. Homework- p. 94 "King of the Monster Movies" and p. 597 "What is a verb?"

Tuesday- October 20 1. Journals 2. Notes- Answering Essay Questions (See below.) 3. Notes- Verbs (See below.)

When answering essay questions, re-state the question in the first sentence of the answer. __Example Question__ What is the significance of the title, A Day No Pigs Would Die? Explain. __Example Answer__ The significance of the title, A Day No Pigs Would Die, is...

Verbs p. 92 of text __Job__- to show action *Sometimes, the action is just to exist!

__Examples__ 1. George runs a movie theater. 2. George is a nice guy.

Runs is the verb... shows action Is is the verb... shows that George exists (even though he's not actually doing a physical action)

Being Verbs (verbs that show existance) am is are was were be being been have has had do does did shall will should would may might must can could

Three Types of Verbs 1. action verbs 2. linking verbs (show existance) 3. helping verbs (help action verbs)

Example 5. The football team is running a marathon.

__Monday- October 19__ 1. Journals 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- finishing the novel 3. Discussion- significance of the title

__Friday- October 16__ Spelling Unit 1 Test!

__Thursday- October 15__ 1. Test return- last week's Adjectives test (to be entered into Grade Recorder) 2. "Private Spelling Bee"- groups of 2- pretend spelling test and peer check 3. REMINDER- Spelling Unit 1 Test- tomorrow!

__Wednesday- October 14__ 1. Pictures- at least two pictures depicting two spelling words, with the word spelled correctly and largely 2. REMINDER- Spelling Unit 1 Test- Friday!

__Tuesday- October 13__ 1. Journal 2. Review of last week's test- adjectives vs. pronouns 3. Notes- Spelling Unit 1 4. Homework- writing each spelling word x10 5. REMINDER- Spelling Unit 1 Test- Friday! (to be entered into agenda books)

__Spelling Unit 1__ 1. temperature 2. extreme 3. sincerely 4. writing 5. Wednesday 6. February 7. measure 8. neighbor 9. weight 10. height 11. excellent 12. forty 13. receive 14. lose 15. loose 16. because 17. probably 18. bologna 19. congratulations 20. kindergarten

__Monday- October 12__ Teacher's Inservice- no school!

__Friday- October 9__ Homecoming festivities- no lesson

__Thursday- October 8__ 1. Journal 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die

__Wednesday- October 7__ Adjectives Test (open notebook)

__Tuesday- October 6 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhes)__ 1. Journal 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- group reading

__Monday- October 5 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhes__ 1. Journal 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- group reading

__Friday- October 2__ 1. Journals 2. Review of yesterday's activity (5 adjective sentences in novel) 3. A Day No Pigs Would Die 4. REMINDER- Adjectives Test- next Tuesday

__Thursday- October 1 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhes)__ 1. Journals 2. Activity- 5 sentences containing adjectives, from the novel 3. CHANGE- Adjectives Test- next Tuesday... NOT tomorrow! 4. REMINDER- Progress Report signature- due by tomorrow!

__Wednesday- September 30__ 1. Journals 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die 3. REMINDER- Adjectives Test and Progress Report signautre- this Friday!

__Tuesday- September 29__ 1. Journals 2. Review- adjectives worksheet 3. Activity- 5 sentences using adjectives in a series, classroom posters 4. REMINDER- Adjectives Test and Progress Report signature- this Friday!

__Monday- September 28__ 1. Notes- Sample adjective sentences 2. Notes- Questions adjectives answer and adjective comma rule (See below.) 3. Worksheet- to be finished for homework (except period 4) 4. REMINDER- Progress Report signatures (on yellow cover sheet)- due by end of week! 5. REMINDER- Adjectives Test- this Friday!

__Adjectives__ JOB- to describe nouns and pronouns

__Example Sentences__ 1. A red ball rolled into the street. 2. Street clothing is not permitted in our gym class. 3. Mr. Bradley takes his theater class to a good movie every week! 4. They really love Mr. Bradley's class! 5. Rolling, green hills dotted the landscape in lush color. 6. He is happy. 7**. The happy boy made us smile. __Adjectives (in examples 1-7)__ 1. A, red, the 2. Street, gym 3. theater, a, good, every 4. Mr. Bradley's 5. Rolling, green, the, lush 6. happy 7. The, happy

Adjectives answer... - which one - what kind - how many - whose

Use commas to separate adjectives in a series preceeding (coming before) a noun or pronoun. - NOT after articles (a, an, the) - NOT after last adjective Example A huge, blue, scary monster chased me!

__Friday- September 25__ Period 1... 1. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 7 2. Progress Reports

Periods 2 and 3... 1. Progress Reports

REMINDER- Progress Report signatures (on yellow cover sheet) are due by the end of next week... to your 4th pd. teacher!

__Thursday- September 24__ Periods 1 and 3... 1. Notes- adjectives 2. Assignment- groups of two- page 75, 128, and 602 (loose-leaf paper, turned in, not HW)

Period 4... 1. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 9

__Wednesday- September 23__ 1. Review of Nouns and Pronouns Test (from last week) 2. Writing Assignment #1- to be finished for homework if not done by end of today's class (See prompt below.)

__Writing Assignment #1 Prompt__ Robert falls in love with his new pig, Pinky, very quickly. Write about your favorite pet, now or in the past. Did you act the same way about this pet that Robert does? __Instructions__ 1. Answer the question completely. 2. Write at least 10 sentences. 3. Use loose-leaf paper... NOT pages from your notebook!

__Tuesday- September 22__ 1. Word search game- Parts of Speech 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 7 (period 4- chap. 8)

__Monday- September 21 (Boys and Girls separated for Teen Outreach)__ 1. Grade Recorder- Nouns and Pronouns Test 2. Bonus opportunity- figuring percentage on test 3. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 6 (period 4- chap. 7)

__Friday- September 18__ Nouns and Pronouns Test!

__Thursday- September 17__ 1. Review- yesterday's practice test (p. 591, pronouns) 2. Study Guide- for tomorrow's test (to be signed for tomorrow!) (See below.) 3. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 5 (Period 4- chap. 6) 4. REMINDER- Nouns and Pronouns Test- tomorrow! 5. HOMEWORK- signature on Study Guide

__STUDY GUIDE for Nouns and Pronouns Test__

//TOTAL POINTS... 27//
 * Questions 1-8... listing the eight Parts of Speech, in order and spelled correctly (10 pts.)
 * Questions 9-10... explaining the jobs of nouns and pronouns
 * Questions 11-15... underlining nouns in sentences
 * Questions 16-20... underlining pronouns in sentences
 * Question 21... explaining what is an antecedent
 * Questions 22-25... drawing arrows to antecedents

__Wednesday- September 16__ 1. Journal writing 2. Practice test- p. 591 "What Is a Pronoun?" (See directions below.) 3. "Walkabout"- reward activity for correct answers on practice test (Period 3- tomorrow) 4. REMINDER- Nouns and Pronouns Test- this Friday, Sept. 18

__Directions for Practice Test__ //(Page 591- "What Is a Pronoun?"- bottom of page- 10 total sentences)// 1. Use the proper heading (loose-leaf paper). 2. Copy each sentence onto the paper, skipping every other line on the paper (for room to label later). 3. Underline and label all pronouns. 4. Draw arrows from each pronoun to its antecedent. 5. Label each antecedent.

Tuesday- September 15 1. Journal writing (only periods 3 and 4) 2. Activity- underlining the pronouns in yesterday's summary of A Day No Pigs Would Die 3. Notes- example sentences (finding nouns and pronouns) (See below.) 4. Notes- antecedent (See below.) 5. REMINDER- Nouns and Pronouns Test- this __Friday, Sept. 18__

__Examples (Pronouns)__ 1. Melissa and Jane bought themselves ice-cream with their allowances. //(pronouns- themselves, their)// 2. My new car used up its first tank of gas really quickly! //(pronouns- my, its)//

Three and four "go together." 3. Harold will take you with him to the mall. //(pronouns- you, him)// 4. He is a very nice boy, usually. //(pronoun- He)//

__Antecedent__- a word or words that a pronoun replaces

In sentence 1 (above) Melissa and Jane are the antecedent of themselves and their. In sentence 2 (above) car is the antecedent of its, but there is no antecedent for my. In sentence 3 (above) Harold is the antecedent of him, but there is no antecedent for you. In sentence 4 (above) Harold is the antecedent of He.

So... we learned that... 1. an antecedent can be more than one word. 2. an antecedent can be from another sentence. 3. no all pronouns have antecedents.

Monday- September 14 (Wade absent. Sub- Descutner) 1. Journal writing 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 4 (Period 4- chap. 5) 3. Summary of today's reading (loose-leaf paper, to be turned in tomorrow)

Friday- September 11 1. HW review- p. 59 "Mystery in Death Valley" (from yesterday, in notebooks) 2. Reading sheet- "A World Without Pronouns" 3. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 3 (period 4- chap. 4) 4. Notebook activity- page read to in novel, one sentence identifying pronouns, page number of sentence, pronouns underlined (to be reviewed on Monday)

__Thursday- September 10__ 1. Journals (no music) 2. Notes- Pronouns 3. Homework- p. 59 "Mystery of Death Valley" (due tomorrow, to be done in notebooks)

Pronouns List __(p.59, 68, 70, and 76)__ I you he she it we you they me him her us them my mine your yours his hers its our ours their theirs myself ourselves yourself yourselves herself himself itself themselves who whom what which whose another anybody anyone anything each either everybody everyone everything neither nobody no one nothing one somebody someone something both few many several all any most none some

Wednesday- September 9 1. Continuation of peer checking yesterday's practice test. 2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chapter 2 (small groups)

__Tuesday- September 8__ 1. Journal writing (music- Floyd Cramer, side B) 2. Grade Recorders- Parts of Speech Quiz (from last week- 11 pts.) 3. Practice test- Nouns (sample of Ms. Wade's testing style, to be used as a study guide for future tests) (See noun notes below.) 4. Peer check of practice test (to be keot for continuation tomorrow)

__Monday- September 7__ Labor Day- no school!

__Friday- September 4__ QUIZ day!- The Parts of Speech, in order, spelled correctly

Thursday- September 3 1. Journal writing (no writing on Friday) (music- Pandora.com- Instrumental Folk) 2. Review- Parts of Speech 3. A Day No Pigs Would Die- individual reading (finishing chap. 1) 4. Activity- one sentence from chap. 1 of novel, in notebooks, underlining nouns in that sentence 5. Notes- sample sentences in notebooks (See below.) 6. __QUIZ-__ tomorrow! (Parts of Speech, in order, spelled correctly, 11 pts.) (See notes below.)

__Sample Sentences__ //Underline the nouns...// 1. I wore a body __glove__ in the __ocean__. 2. The whale's __body__ was huge! 3. I went to __Hawaii__ for my __vacation__. 4. __Melissa__ wore an Hawaiian __shirt__ to __class__. 5. We attended the __Hawaiian Military Museum__ on our class __trip__.

Q. Why is "body" not a noun in sentence 1 but it is a noun in sentence 2? A. Because in sentence 1 it's a description of the kind of glove.

Q. Why is "Hawaii" a noun in sentence 3 but not in sentence 4? A. In sentence 4 it describes the kind of shirt.

Q. Why is all of "Hawaiian Military Museum" underlined but not all of "Hawaiian shirt"? A. "Hawaiian Military Museum" is a title, and the whole thing is the noun. "Hawaiian shirt" is just a noun and an adjective, not a title of anything.

__Wednesday- September 2__ 1. Journal writing (music- Big Band Swing) 2. HW collection- p. 46 and 589 3. Grade Recorders- Parts of Speech x5 (5 pts.) 4. Verbal review- Parts of Speech and nouns 5. A Day No Pigs Would Die- overview and small-groups reading (chap. 1) 6. __QUIZ-__ Friday, Sept. 4 (Parts of Speech, in order, spelled correctly, 11 pts.) (See notes below.)

Tuesday- September 1 1. Journal writing (music- Pandora.com- instrumental hip hop) 2. Parts of Speech review 3. Nouns review 4. Together activity- p.36 "California's Living Monuments" (in notebooks) 5. HOMEWORK- p,48 "Not Corny to Farmers" and p.589 first ten sentences... list all nouns (on loose paper, to be turned in tomorrow) 6. __QUIZ-__ Friday, Sept. 4 (Parts of Speech, in order, spelled correctly, 11 pts.) (See notes below.)

Monday- August 31 1. Journal (music- Floyd Cramer) 2. Parts of Speech- verbal review 3. Notes- Nouns (See below.) 4. Text exercise- p. 38 "California's Living Monuments" (not for HW)

NOUNS //p.34 of text// Job- to name things 1. Names are nouns, even if they have more than one word. 2. Nouns do NOT include the words that describe them! 3. Some nouns cannot be touched or seen. 4. Some nouns are plural. 5. some nouns are proper (and capitalized).

__Examples__ 1. The name I gave Jazzy came from his wild colors. 2. However, I name most of my fish according to their personalities.

//The nouns in sentence 1 are NAME, JAZZY, and COLORS. The nouns in sentence 2 are FISH and PERSONALITIES.//

__Note__- In sentence 2, NAME is __not__ a noun because it's an action being done to the fish. __Note__- In sentence 1, NAME is a thing I gave my fish; things are nouns.

>>>REMEMBER!!! A word can be different parts of speech, depending on how it's used!!!

Friday- August 28 1. Journal (music- instrumental folk) 2. Materials check 3. HW collection- Parts of Speech x5 4. Agenda book- Parts of Speech Quiz (next __Friday, Sept. 4__) 5. Parts of Speech review- verbal 6. Activity- coloring of Parts of Speech notes (first page in notebook)

Thursday- August 27 1. Materials check 2. Grade Recorder- (green paper) explanation of Daily Points (x50) 3. Explanation of journal writing procedure and format 4. Journal topic sheet (pink paper) 5. First journal writing (music- The Last of the Mohicans soundtrack, #5 and 6) 6. Textbook- distribution and recording of number 7. Notes- The Parts of Speech (see below) 8. Coming soon... (next week) a quiz over the parts of speech, to be listed in order and spelled correctly 9. Explanation and example of proper heading format 10. __HOMEWORK__- The Parts of Speech x5 (on loose-leaf paper, NOT in notebook) 11. Reminder- Questionnaire (yellow paper)... due tomorrow !... with signature!

PARTS OF SPEECH 1. Nouns 2. Pronouns 3. Adjectives 4. Verbs 5. Adverbs 6. Prepositions 7. Conjunctions 8. Interjections

__//Why learn these?//__ Every word we speak or write in the English language is classified as one of these parts of speech

__Wednesday- August 26__ //First Day of School!// 1. Opening remarks by teacher 2. Attendance and seating arrangement 3. __Planner__- name on covers and throughout ($3.00-$5.00 to replace) 4. __English folder__- distribution and labeling 5. __English notebook__- distribution and labeling 6. __Journal__- distribution and labeling 7. __Wade's website__- quick look on projector 8. __Website letter__- for parents to see 9. __Questionnaire__- (yellow paper) to be filled out and signed by Friday, August 28! 10. __Grade Recorder__- (green paper) to be kept and updated as grades are earned... Some classes didn't get this far.