Tuesday, 9/21/10 - SEVENTH GRADE
Warm Up. Copy. Spelling counts (duh). Use the list in your notebook to choose the correct word for each blank.
  1. "jumbled sound" = ___________
  2. "self life writing"  = ___________
  3. "light write"  = ___________
  4. When you spell a word the way it sounds, like kat, that is called the _____ spelling.
  5. author : pen :: musician : ____
Demo Some Messy Rooms
 

"Pink" Sheet: Verb Phrases.
Read/Do Page 10.

  1. On the pink sheet, you were underlining the... a) helping verb  b) linking verb  c) main verb  d) b and c  e) a and c
  2. ...also known as... a) the subject  b) the complete predicate  c) the simple predicate  d) Mr. Morton  e) NOTA
  3. The most common helping verbs are forms of the word...   a) help  b) get  c) got  d) be  e) of
  4. Helping verbs help link the subject to the predicate.  a) True  b) False
  5. Helping verbs help the main verb express action or show time.  a) True  b) False
  6. #6  a) could  b) could be c) could be compared  d) NOTA
  7. #7  a) are  b) are coming  c) coming  d) NOTA
  8. #8  a) have  b) have developed  c) developed  d) have developed highly  e) NOTA
  9. #9  a) do  b) can do  c) can  d) can do activities  e) NOTA
  10. #10  a) write  b) can  c) can write  d) NOTA





 

Tuesday, 9/21/10 - EIGHTH GRADE
Warm Up. Copy. Spelling counts (duh). Use the list in your notebook to choose the correct word for each blank.

  1. bones : calcium :: muscle : _________
  2. protagonist : antagonist :: death : ___________
  3. model : prototype : procedure : ___________
  4. geese : flock :: symptoms : _________
  5. "same name" = _________
  6. "same measuring" = ____________

"Pink" Sheet: Commas in Sentences. Read/Do p193. Click!
 

NBTT. p20-->
Miss Narwin thinks that Phillip is unwilling to work hard to better himself.
What evidence do we have that she believes that?
What evidence do we have that she's wrong about that?
What evidence do we have that she's correct?

Phillip thinks Miss Narwin just doesn't like him.
What evidence do we have that he believes that?
What evidence do we have that he's wrong about that?
What evidence do we have that he's correct?

Phillip is kind of a jerk.
Evidence for?
Evidence against?