Thursday, 9/11/03 -- Eighth Grade
I. Warm Up. Copy into notebook.
The star (*) means the answer is either a spelling OR a vocabulary word from this week's list.
  1. *signal : indication :: saving : ___________
  2. *detective : observant :: salesperson : __________
  3. The prefix sub means ________
  4. *(1) persuasive paper : writing :: touch : ___________
  5. *(1) leniently : severely :: cooperation : ___________
  6. *(1) legislature : Washington :: trammeled : __________
II. Subjects, Predicates, and Fragments
Directions: Decide if each of the "sentences" below is really a sentence, or whether it is a fragment of one.  If it's a fragment. Tell whether it's missing a subject, a predicate, or both, and add the missing piece.
Example: The people from the nearby villages.
 1) Fragment: Missing a predicate. "...gave up the lottery."
  1. Waited for Jimmy to get out of school.
  2. As a young duck, Joey.
  3. It recently began.
  4. Young and without a clue.
  5. Jimmy, in a Scooby Doo costume.
  6. There is a fragment in the directions above. Find and fix it.
III. "The Lady or the Tiger?"

Plot of a story. Copy.
Exposition. Characters, setting, conflict.
Conflict. ________ vs. _________ over __________
Rising Action. Complications. Other conflicts.
Climax. High point or turning point.
Resolution. "...and they lived happily ever after."
Examples: Love Boat? Tom Sawyer? The Outsiders?

"LOT?":
Exposition: Who, where, when, what.
Conflict: _________ vs. __________ about ____________
Rising Action (Complications):
Climax:
Resolution?????