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Tuesday, 9/10: Sentence Combining, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders

 

HOW? WHERE? WHEN?

“Sentence Combo, 9/10.”
Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.  You will have to punctuate as appropriate. (Bonus: Write more than one combination of each for ++!)

  1. a) His teacher appears unamused.   b) His teacher is a woman.  c) She is quiet.    d) She has karate experience. (“His teacher, a what…with what, appears how…)
  2. a) She advances down the aisle.   b) Her advance is slow.   c) Her advance is quiet.    d) Her advance is dangerous. (Turn the adjectives into adverbs!)

What’s wrong with the following “sentences”?

  1. The llama in the field.
  2. Every day after school.
  3. Whenever the llama sings.
  4. The llama who is so smart.

What about these?

  1. I love that llama he’s so sweet.
  2. I saw a llama yesterday it was purple.
  3. It’s too far to walk, let’s ride a llama.

Fragments and Run-ons. (FRO’s) How do we fix them? How do we avoid them?

“FRO’s Practice I, 9/10.”  For 1-8 write Fragment, Run On, or OK for each word group. For 9 and 10, name the Subject/Predicate combo.

  1. Laughing at the comedian’s act.
  2. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.
  3. The wagon was loaded with food it was pulled by two teams of llamas.
  4. There are llamas all over the beach let’s collect some!
  5. On his back, the llama wriggled his little legs.
  6. Is this a fragment?
  7. Up the mountain we hiked.
  8. Because the llama ate too much cheese, he forgot to do his KBARR.
  9. S/P for #5?
  10. S/P for #7?

“Vocab, 9/10.”  
eating-junk-food 5321ef97c9275 determination   
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Bonus for which Greek myth character!)
  4. _____
  5. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with; she didn’t trust them to make good decisions.
  6. I waited until Mom’s anger _____(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.
  7. Listening to music is not ______ to proper studying.
  8. After a long trial, he was ______(ed) and finally set free.
  9. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.
  10. I was ____ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
  11. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a gullible one.
  12. The roots of this word meant “to ask for with tears.” _____
  13. The roots of this word meant “to bring together.” _____

The Outsiders. We are in Chapter 5.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”  (p77)
What “gold” did Pony have that didn’t stay? Soda?  Darry?

 

Monday, 9/9: Warm Up, Homework, Sentence COMBINING, Outsiders

Advisory Schedule. Link to Slides.

Copy homework into planner:

“Warm Up, 9/9.”

  1. If you are absent from this class on a Wednesday, what should you do at home? Be very specific.
  2. If you are absent on a Monday, what extra step do you need to take?
  3. If you are absent on a Friday for a test, what should you do if at all possible?
    Name the Subject/Predicate combo for each sentence.
  4. The ending of the The Llama Movie was lame.
  5. With a wink of his eye, the llama suddenly disappeared up the chimney.
  6. After that night at the movies, Pony’s life was never the same.

“Sentence Combining, 9/9.”  Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. This time, You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.  You will have to punctuate as appropriate. (Bonus: Write more than one combination of each for ++!)
1.  a) Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk.   b) He is the class clown.   c) He clucks like a chicken.     (Hint: Use “-ing.”)

2.  a) His fingers make sounds.   b) The sounds are scratching.   c) They claw the desktop.   d) The desktop is battered.   (Hints: What kind of sounds are they? Use the word “as.”)

3.  a) Then a voice freezes his behavior.    b) The voice is stern.    c) The behavior is disturbing.  (Hints: You can eliminate all but one word in b and c. What kind of voice? What kind of behavior?)

Messy Room Example

The Outsiders…

Friday, 9/6: Mental Floss, Sentence Scrambles, Plot Mountain, Outsiders

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Checking KBARR (/18).

“Mental Floss, 9/6.”

  1. Removing an appendix is called an appendectomy, removing tonsils is called a tonsillectomy. What is it called when they remove a growth from your head? (haha)
  2. Here is a question on international law: If an international airliner crashed exactly on the U.S.-Mexico border, where would they be required to bury the survivors?
  3. What is the next thing in this sequence. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ____.  See if you can fill in the blank correctly.
  4. When does 1+1+1=1?

HOW? WHERE? WHEN?

“Sentence Scramble, 9/6.” Use every word. Do not break up the pieces. DO NOT ADD ANY WORDS. Rearrange the chunks until you get the right-sounding sentence. Write it down. There might be more than one way (bonus)!

  1. –the electrical outlet  –grabbing   –Crazy Cathy   –the cat’s tail   –headed for
  2. –her creamed corn   –yelling   –at the baby-sitter   –onto the floor   –Jennifer flipped
  3. –was rising  –as I listened  — go on and on  –to Johnny’s quiet voice  –a panic  –in me

“Plot Mountain, 9/6.” Use the diagram in your notebook.
Which part of Plot Mountain?

  1. “And they lived happily ever after.”
  2. The 5 W’s usually are given here.
  3. Nemo gets taken.
  4. Where most of the action usually occurs.
  5. Dad finds Nemo in Finding Nemo.
  6. A book with a sequel will sometimes leave out which two parts?

 

The Outsiders aloud.

Wednesday, 9/4: Fastbridge Reading

Chromies out.

Check your headphones before starting Fastbridge.

  • https://slcusd.illuminatehc.com/login
  • Sign in with Google (red button).
  • Continue to Portal.
  • Select Fastbridge Learning from the sidebar.
  • Fast Track Reading.
  • Do the aReader and the AutoReader (Do all of the mini tests.)
  • Do anything that says Reading until they’re all gone

If you finish early, work on your Messy Room. (Due to be shared with me by tomorrow!)
Make sure you have:

  • Name and Period typed on the document itself.
  • Paragraphs.
  • 350 words or more.
  • Spell-checked and proofread.
  • Come up with a groovy title.
  • Shared it with me: mcoward@slcusd.org.

It that is finished, you may work on homework from other classes or sign up for tutorial for Friday.