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Due Tomorrow: SMYK sentences.

 

“Gramma, 9/25.” Copy each word and write its Part of Speech. label. Use your cheat cheat to help you.
(Choices: N, V, ADJ, ADV, PRO, NOTA)
Yesterday, her llama stupidly hit its fat head on the door and fell awkwardly.    

1. yesterday:
2. stupidly:
3. hit:
4. its:
5. head:
6. and:
7. fell:

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“Clauses, 9/25.” [I = Independent Clause  D = Dependent Clause] Use your cheat sheet again!
Choices: I + D,  D + I,  I + I,  D only,  I only.  

1. After I ate a doughnut,   I felt blissful.
2. We climbed slowly   up the very steep hill.
3. Jimmy ate 17 doughnuts    , but     he didn’t get sick.
4. The llama passed the test      because he studied.
5. You must say, “Sir,”      when you say, “Mr. Coward.”
6. I ate a second doughnut   , and      I still felt good.
7. Where I bought my llama.
8. Joe ran     to the store with his llama.
9. When the llama started his company,      he had nothing.
10. Because Jenni ate the hot dog,      she got sick.
11. BONUS: What is another name we have learned for a D only “sentence”?

 

OK. Let’s talk “What a Mistake Essay.” The Outsiders starts with a D + I sentence and a “what a mistake” scenario.

Write your first sentence now. Due next Wednesday.

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“Vocab, 9/25.”Each word once. Exploit twice; once for each meaning.
barrage, circumvent, reminisce, sullen, siege, defunct, exploit, delirious, dispel, pensive

1. 2.  3. 4.

5.  6. 7.

8.  9. 10.  11.

 

 

Outsiders aloud through Chapter 8. A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.

“GRAMMA, 9/24.” Do on a new sheet in you notebook.
COPY the following sentence and then above each word, label it as a Noun, Verb, ADJective, ADVerb, or PROnoun.
You do not need to label the word FOR. This is your cheat sheet for Friday.

My llama very thoughtfully gave his mom a nice present for her birthday.

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CLAUSES.  COPY into notebook:

A CLAUSE is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE can stand alone as a sentence.
A DEPENDENT (AKA SUBORDINATE) CLAUSE cannot stand alone. 

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“Clauses, 9/24.” Identify the bold-faced, underlined clause as INDendent or DEPendent.   EXAMPLE: Please bring your camera when you visit.  DEP.

1. The llamas won the match because they practiced harder.
2. Jennifer bought that llama when it was just a puppy.
3. If you need more llamas, I can loan you some.
4. The llama passed his test although he didn’t really study.
5. When the llama lands, please stay in your seats.
6. The instrument that you heard is a llamaphone.
7. Things have changed since the llama saw you last.
   What kinds of words are associated with DEPENDENT CLAUSES?   (because, if, when, although, since…)
8. Add a DEPENDENT CLAUSE to the following independent one:  The llama was annoyed.

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“Vocab, 9/24.”
     
barrage, circumvent, reminisce, sullen, siege, defunct, exploit, delirious, dispel, pensive

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. At the family reunion, we sat around ___(ing) about the last reunion.
7. The world traveler’s many _____(s) made for an exciting book.  (Not reminisce.)
8. The quarterback ____(ed) every weakness in the defense and threw for 5 touchdowns.
9. I was worried about the plan, but his clear explanation ____(ed) any doubts I had.
10. This adjective from this week is similar in meaning to the word contemplative from last week. ____
11. I was _____ and bored when Mom made me go to my sister’s ballet recital.
12. The reporters unleashed a _____ of questions at Ponyboy…
13. …and he felt like he was under _____ until Darry made them stop.

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Outsiders Chapter 7–>8.

A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.

 

Advisory Schedule. Link to Slides.

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Copy homework into planner:

• KBARR ! Read 15 minutes M-Th, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1 page (in notebook) by Friday. (Here are some more ideas for responding.)
• Vocabulary due Tuesday, THURSDAY.
  • Defns. from LearnersDictionary due Tuesday.
  • SMYK’s due Thursday.
• Show not Tell short essay: “What a Mistake!”  SHOW you making a big mistake that you learned something from. Show how and why you did what you did and the aftermath. SHARE with me by Wednesday, 10/2. Name, Period, and Title on the document. 400+ words. More details in class Tuesday.

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“Pronouns, 9/23.”

1. Give an example of a first person pronoun.
2. Give an example of a second person pronoun.
3. Give an example of a third person pronoun.
   List the pronouns in each sentence. (11)
4. Who brought the llama and his bicycle on the bus with them?
5. I forgot what it was all about, so he yelled at me.
6. Your mom told him where to go to get her groceries.

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Debrief Test #4.  Sigh.

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The Outsiders. Chapter 7. A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.

“Tutorial” Schedule.

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Prep Sheet for Test #4:

KBARR: ___/24   SMYK: ___/10   Vocab Practices: ___/12  ___/13  ___/13  
Other Extra Credit: Period 6 gets +2, Periods 1,3,5 get +1 for Vocab Relay.
If you earned more than 13 on a vocab, yay!
PERIODS TWO AND FIVE: Cross out the 24 for KBARR and write 8 instead.

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Mental Floss.

1. What can be seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
2. I am so fragile that when you say my name you break me. What am I?
3. What letter can you place on the line, other than E, to complete this sequence?
   SEQUENC__
4. 5 + 5 + 5 = 550
   Add ONE STRAIGHT LINE to make the equation correct. No, you can’t make a not equal sign: that would be an inequality, not an equation.
5. While riding in the car I saw a license plate that read like this: IXMNIZ. What occupation did the man in the car have?

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Test #4.

Doodle Theme: What A Mistake!

Tomorrow’s Test: Gramma, Vocab, Outsiders, Husker Du. Link after Period 4

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“Test Practice, 9/19.” COPY 1-5 and say whether the word is a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb or NOTA.
For a brief moment, Jimmy stupidly thought he could fly like a very graceful bird across the blue sky.

1. brief:
2. fly:
3. thought:
4. very:
5. graceful:
6. he:
7. That was an embarrassing moment when you realized your llama just wrote a run-on sentence. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
8. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.  Fragment, Run-on, OK?
9. Our destination, the top of Jay Mountain, seemed so far away.   S/V?
10. The spinning ride made the llama sick.  S/V?

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“Vocab, 9/19.”
    
discreet, discrete, vain, elicit, illicit, hysterical, contemplate, patronize, stamina, indulge

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. A spy must be ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
7. Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _____(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed.
8. The root of this word meant “place for meditation.”____
9. The teacher’s attitude was very _____(ing); he always treated his class like they were in kindergarten.
10. You are all one class, but you are _____ individuals.
11. If you ____ (ed) Chipotle last night, it benefited the band program. (Not really.)
12. Buck Merrill sometimes sold _____ alcohol.  (It was called bootlegging.)
13. Ponyboy was rather ______ immediately after the events in the park.

Vocab Relay.

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The Outsiders.

Test Preview.

1. What do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail?
2. When does Pony say was the first time he ever saw Johnny without that defeated look on his face?
3. Why would Johnny be “having the time of his life” in the church?
4. Johnny’s behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both  ironic and not ironic.  a) True  b) False
5. When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood “studies his wedding ring,” what’s going on?
6. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?

Chapter 6– 7.

A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.