sept. week 3 sept. 15-19 american lit: finishing up personal narrative and moving into native...
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SEPT. WEEK 3SEPT. 15-19
American Lit: Finishing up personal narrative and moving into Native American
Oral Tradition
9/15 J#7When it comes to weather and the seasons, people say it can impact our moods more than we imagine. In a single paragraph, answer these questions using descriptive writing details [ like you are doing for your personal narrative ]
A. Overall, what is your favorite
season and type of day?
B. Why?
C. How would you say this season and type of day impact your mood?
Today:Early
Collection of Personal
Narratives… due tomorrow
Time to read your new
book!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDir9-UoPjo
Hard work today reading and staying focused will earn your hour
the chance to watch The Bucket List
starting end of the hour Tuesday and all of Wednesday and Thursday.
Not reading – we’ll start the Native American unit tomorrow.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 16TH
ADVISORY SCHEDULE Please staple your draft as the stapler comes around.
Please pass your STAPLED drafts across to the last row.
Last person in that row puts them in the tray.
9/16 MUGS#2: Grammar Pretest--AParts of the Sentence - Subject/Verb
Instructions: Find the subject and verb in the following sentences.
Subject/s = _____________ Verb/s =___________
1. Here is my shoe! EX.: S= shoe V= is
2. The little boy hit the big girl.
boy – subject hit - verb
3. You seem unhappy today.
you – subject seem - verb
4. Down the road hopped the rabbit.
rabbit – subject hopped - verb
5. Are we going out on Halloween?
we – subject are going - verb
MUGS#2 Pretest A, cont.6. Have the men come all the way from Europe?
men – subject have come - verb
7. The soup tasted good in the cold weather.
soup – subject tasted - verb
8. The passenger should have been stopped at the gate.
passenger – subject should have been stopped - verb
9. The mail could have arrived earlier.
mail – subject could have arrived - verb
10. Don't go into that house!
(you) – subject do go - verb
Reviewing other parts of speech:
What are conjunctions?
• Connecting words
FANBOYS:
• For• And• Nor/ Neither• But• Or• Yet• So
What are interjections?
• Words which show emotion and frequently are followed by an “!”
• Wow! • Yikes!• Hey!• Aw!
9/17 MUGS#3: Grammar Pretest--BParts of the Sentence -
Instructions: Find the subject/s and verb/s in the following
sentences.
• 1. There were no pies, cakes or cookies on the shelves.
S= pies, cakes, cookies V= were
2. Oh, neither Jane nor Tarzan would return to civilization.
S= Jane, Tarzan - subjects; V= would return
9/17 MUGS#3: Grammar Pretest--B
3. Barbara and her friends sat on the floor, ate goodies, and
listened to records.
S= Barbara, friends V= sat, ate, listened
4. The brothers swam, fished, and rowed the boat on their
vacation.
S= brothers V= swam, fished, rowed
5. Wow, this lesson is short and fairly easy.
S= lesson - V= is
9/18 MUGS#4: Grammar Pretest--CPredicate Nouns
A predicate noun completes a linking verb and renames the subject.
Predicate nouns complete only linking verbs. The linking verbs include the following:
is, am, are, was, were, be, being, and been; the sense verbs look, taste, smell, feel, and sound; and verbs like become, seem, appear, grow, continue, stay, and turn.
Example: Their parents are medics in the US Marine Corps.
Subject = parents
Linking Verb= are
Predicate Nominative= medics [ renames the noun “parents”]
• http://dailygrammar.com/Lesson-101-Predicate-Nominative.htm
Meet me in the LIBRARY LAB on TUESDAY to type up your final copy of your narrative.
FOR NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, SEPT. 23RD
9/19 MUGS#5: Grammar Pretest--DPredicate Nominative -
S= V= PN=
1. My favorite pets were a squirrel and a rabbit.
S= pets V= were PN= squirrel/rabbit
2. Our chief crops are corn, wheat, and hay.
S= crops V= are PN= corn/wheat/hay
3. Mr. Jones is an accountant and a big game hunter.
S= Mr. Jones V= is PN= accountant/hunter
4. The owners of the race car include Bill, Pete, and Sam.
S= owners V= include PN= Bill/Pete/Sam
5. My favorite holidays are Christmas and Easter.
S= holidays V= are PN= Christmas/Easter
Remainder of Hour Today:20-25 minutes: Quiet Reading
• On a half sheet of paper answer the following 3*2*1 and give to me on
your way out the door:
3: Briefly list & describe three
characters
2: Identify two things you really like
so far about the novel
1: Idenifty one question you’d ask the
author, if you could
Last 10 minutes:
Watch 6-Word narrative video if
we had a nice, quiet reading
time