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.
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*signal : indication :: saving : ___________
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*detective : observant :: salesperson : __________
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The prefix sub means ________
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*(1) persuasive paper : writing :: touch : ___________
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*(1) leniently : severely :: cooperation : ___________
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*(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."
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Waited for Jimmy to get out of school.
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As a young duck, Joey.
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It recently began.
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Young and without a clue.
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Jimmy, in a Scooby Doo costume.
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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?????