Monday, 4/14 (36): Homework, Warm Up, Agreement, Argumentative Essay

Advisory Schedule.


Copy homework into planner:

  • Do research for EVIDENCE for your argument paper. Each EVIDENCE box should have 2 pieces of information; each should be a summary several sentences long, perhaps with a quote too.
  • Your first two rough draft paragraphs are due EOP THURSDAY.
  • Vocab due Tuesday,  Thursday
    • due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
    • due Thursday – Copy and Finish the SMYK’s.

“Warm Up, 4/14. Everyone is reviewing Test #19; it’s collectively our worst test this semester.

Test #19: 1-7


“Agreement, 4/14.” DO NOT WRITE THE LETTER! For 1,2,3,4 write the subject/verb combo of the correct choice.  For #5, implement the change and write the correct subject/verb combo.

  1. In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?
    a) Nothing taste as good as my dad’s five-alarm chili.
    b) Most of the group’s music are playing on the radio.
    c) Several of those coats is on sale this week.
    d) Some of Meredith’s poems make me laugh.
  2. Neither the trumpet players nor the drummer _____  visited our school. a) has  b) have  c) were  d) are
  3. In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?
    a) Dan’s friend in the Spanish Club are going to South America next spring.
    b) Many summer camps, with lots of money to spend, has bought new equipment.
    c) The green wheelbarrow behind those bushes need a good cleaning.
    d) The tigers, their eyes gleaming, seem ready for an attack.
  4. On that road next to the river sits several abandoned cars. Which is the best fix?
    a) Make cars the subject of the sentence.
    b) Change sits to sit.
    c) Change abandoned to abandons.
    d) Move on that road to the end of the sentence.

BOB p302. CHROMEBOOKS!

  1. Start a new Gdoc. In the title box, call it either Human Exploration notes or Robot Exploration notes. DO NOT SHARE THIS WITH ME!
  2. Make a table like the one on p302. (4 rows, 3 columns)
  3. List your reasons as complete sentences. See “Let Robots…” p286 for examples.
  4. Each EVIDENCE box should have 2 pieces of information; each should be a summary several sentences long, perhaps with a quote too.