ENGLISH 7
FINAL EXAM- Thursday, June 3 (across-the-board... in your 1st period Core class)
130 questions (1 pt. each)
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
Friday- March 26
Test- Parts of a Sentence!
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.)
Predicatesare 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
Subject- the who or what that the sentence is about
-always a noun or pronoun
-never the object of a preposition
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!
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.)
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 Date of Test- Tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 29)
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.
Conjunctions Assignment 1. Write one sentence using "for" to join to sentences.
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.
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 Monday- January 18, 6:00pm, Avella High School Cafetorium
5 bonus points for participating, plus one point per successful round
3 bonus points for attending.
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
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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)
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Early dismissal- Thanksgiving break!
No Core classes- Reward Day for Food Drive Winners!
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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.
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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
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Spelling Unit 2 Test!
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Rearrangement of classes due to Teen Outreach presentation... Spelling Test- tomorrow!
(Scroll down for word lists.)
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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!
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1. Journals (music- "Ten Words" Joe Satriani)
2. Testing a classmate
3. Missed words x5
4. REMINDER- Spelling Unit 2 Test- Thursday, Nov. 19
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No school- Teachers Inservice/Parent Conferences
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1. Journals
2. Two sentence per spelling word
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1. Journals
2. Spelling review
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1. Journals
2. Notes- Spelling Unit 2 (Scroll down.)
3. HOMEWORK- Spelling words x10 (loose-leaf paper)
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Verbs Re-Test
Periods 2 and 3
Individual novel reading
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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
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Verbs Test!
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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 DIRECTOBJECTS 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 INDIRECTOBJECTS 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)
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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
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Monday- October 26
California Blue- chap. 3 and 4
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Friday- October 23 (Wade- absent; Sub- Descutner)
California Blue- chap. 1 and 2
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Thursday- October 22
Review of last night's homework- p. 94 and 597
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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?"
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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
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Spelling Unit 1 Test!
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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)
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Teacher's Inservice- no school!
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Homecoming festivities- no lesson
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1. Journal
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die
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Adjectives Test (open notebook)
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1. Journal
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- group reading
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1. Journal
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- group reading
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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
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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
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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!
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1. Word search game- Parts of Speech
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 7 (period 4- chap. 8)
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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)
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Nouns and Pronouns Test!
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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
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
TOTAL POINTS... 27
########################################################################################################## 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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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Wednesday- September 9
1. Continuation of peer checking yesterday's practice test.
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chapter 2 (small groups)
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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)
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Labor Day- no school!
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QUIZ day!- The Parts of Speech, in order, spelled correctly
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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.
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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.)
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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.)
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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!!!
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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)
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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.
FINAL EXAM- Thursday, June 3
(across-the-board... in your 1st period Core class)
130 questions (1 pt. each)
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
Friday- March 26
Test- Parts of a Sentence!
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
Subject- the who or what that the sentence is about
-always a noun or pronoun
-never the object of a preposition
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
Date of Test- Tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 29)
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.
Conjunctions Assignment
1. Write one sentence using "for" to join to sentences.
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.
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
Monday- January 18, 6:00pm, Avella High School Cafetorium
5 bonus points for participating, plus one point per successful round
3 bonus points for attending.
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
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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)
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Wednesday- November 25
Early dismissal- Thanksgiving break!
No Core classes- Reward Day for Food Drive Winners!
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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.
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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
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Friday- November 20
Spelling Unit 2 Test!
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Thursday- November 19
Rearrangement of classes due to Teen Outreach presentation... Spelling Test- tomorrow!
(Scroll down for word lists.)
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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!
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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
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Monday- November 16
No school- Teachers Inservice/Parent Conferences
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Friday- November 13 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhis)
1. Journals
2. Two sentence per spelling word
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Thursday- November 12
1. Journals
2. Spelling review
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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
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Tuesday- November 10
Period 1
Verbs Re-Test
Periods 2 and 3
Individual novel reading
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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
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Friday- November 6
Verbs Test!
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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
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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)
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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!!! :)
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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!
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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
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Monday- October 26
California Blue- chap. 3 and 4
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Friday- October 23 (Wade- absent; Sub- Descutner)
California Blue- chap. 1 and 2
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Thursday- October 22
Review of last night's homework- p. 94 and 597
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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?"
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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.
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Monday- October 19
1. Journals
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- finishing the novel
3. Discussion- significance of the title
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Friday- October 16
Spelling Unit 1 Test!
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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!
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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!
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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
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Monday- October 12
Teacher's Inservice- no school!
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Friday- October 9
Homecoming festivities- no lesson
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Thursday- October 8
1. Journal
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die
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Wednesday- October 7
Adjectives Test (open notebook)
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Tuesday- October 6 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhes)
1. Journal
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- group reading
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Monday- October 5 (Wade- absent; Sub- Voorhes
1. Journal
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- group reading
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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
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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!
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Wednesday- September 30
1. Journals
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die
3. REMINDER- Adjectives Test and Progress Report signautre- this Friday!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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
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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!
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Tuesday- September 22
1. Word search game- Parts of Speech
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chap. 7 (period 4- chap. 8)
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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)
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Friday- September 18
Nouns and Pronouns Test!
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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
- 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
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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
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Wednesday- September 9
1. Continuation of peer checking yesterday's practice test.
2. A Day No Pigs Would Die- chapter 2 (small groups)
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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)
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Monday- September 7
Labor Day- no school!
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Friday- September 4
QUIZ day!- The Parts of Speech, in order, spelled correctly
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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.
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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.)
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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.)
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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!!!
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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)
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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
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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.