Grammar Revue.

“Grammar Review, 4/11.” Copy and label with the part of speech.
Bonus: What type of sentence is this? CD, CX, or Simple?

He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.

“Vocabulary 4/11.” One SAW.
   
1. _____ (Not peevish.)  2._____  3._____  4._____
5. Even though we had had arguments in the past, he was very ____ when we saw each other, asking after my family and my health.
6. His annoying behavior was making the teacher quite ______.
7. Apparently, second period was under the ______ that it was OK to interrupt the teacher.
8. He was a very _____(ous) lad who started his first company when he was ten.
9. One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was _____ against the church.
10. He ate his hamburger with great _____, savoring every bite.
11. She scraped her knee ____(ing) around on the blacktop.
12. The rumor seemed to _____ itself all over the school, until everyone had heard it.
13. The Scooby-Doo kids are always investigating some _____ or other.

MARS.

Here are some pictures of the actual Mars.

“The Third Expedition.”

Checking: Vocab definitions.

Bonus homophones:

Spell all three correctly for +3!

“Warm Up, 9/20.” * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary. Do not copy. (15)

1. (2) The roots of the word homophone means _____  _____.
   2. * Dally is Johnny’s _____.
   3. Do you understand the ____(s) of dividing fractions?
   4. * The word ____ comes from the French word for body.
   5. (3) ____ books have been sitting ____ for a long time; I hope ____ coming back soon.
   
   6. ** _____  7. ** _____  8. ** _____  9. ** _____
   10. **  buy : sell :: boycott : _____
   11. **  legitimate : illicit :: combined : _____
   12. **  The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.

“NVAA , 9/20”
1-5: Name the part-of-speech of each boldfaced, underlined word above.

Plot Practice. Use the appropriate terms from the diagram in your notebook to fill the blanks. (7p – 6 minutes.)

1. The 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) is usually given to us during the ______ of the story.
2. “And they all died,” would be the _____ of a dystopian fairy tale.
3. The scene in the novel where Pony tells Cherry (and us) about Johnny getting jumped is in the ______ of the story…
4. …and it also illustrates main ____ of the story.
5. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.
6. We are now in the _____ of the story.
7. The part where he says that he likes the Green Eggs and Ham. ______

 “Richard Cory” 9/20.

Write a sentence about Richard Cory that begins with the word although.

The Outsiders!