Day: September 13, 2022

Tuesday, 9/13: Adverbs, FRO’s, Vocab, Sentence Combo, Outsiders

NEXT UP: Advoibs!

“Sentence Combining, 9/13.”
Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.  You will have to punctuate as appropriate. (Bonus: Write more than one combination of each for ++!)

  1. a) His teacher appears unamused.   b) His teacher is a woman.  c) She is quiet.    d) She has karate experience.
  2. a) She advances down the aisle.   b) Her advance is slow.   c) Her advance is quiet.    d) Her advance is menacing.

What’s wrong with the following “sentences”?

  1. The llama in the field.
  2. Every day after school.
  3. Whenever the llama sings.
  4. The llama who is so smart.

What about these?

  1. I love that llama he’s so sweet.
  2. I saw a llama yesterday it was purple.
  3. It’s too far to walk, let’s ride a llama.

Fragments and Run-ons. (FRO’s) How do we fix them? How do we avoid them?

 

“FRO Practice I, 9/13.”  (7p) Write F (fragment), RO (run-on), or CS (complete sentence) for each word group. Tell how you can tell it’s not a CS.

  1. Laughing at the comedian’s act.
  2. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.
  3. Up the mountain we hiked.
  4. The wagon was loaded with food it was pulled by two teams of horses.
  5. There are shells all over the beach let’s collect some!
  6. On his back, the bug wriggled his little legs.
  7. Is this a fragment?

“Vocab, 9/13.”  Checking Vocab Defs.
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Bonus for which Greek myth character!)
  4. _____
  5. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with; she didn’t trust them to make good decisions.
  6. I waited until Mom’s anger _____(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.
  7. Listening to music is not ______ to studying.
  8. After a long trial, he was ______(ed) and finally set free.
  9. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.
  10. I was ____ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
  11. The roots of this word meant “to bring together.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to ask for with tears.”

The Outsiders.

Who said? “I guess we’re different.”

What are the arguments Dally gave Johnny for not turning himself in?

What do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail?