THIS is the link for LNN.
Link for Advisory Slides, 9/12: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_g7c0mNO6a1126EpRegoDpwyVu3p4dVEcE-MYME1M40/edit?usp=sharing
Messy Rooms:
“ I found rats that looked very dehydrated and looked like they haven’t eaten in days in my closet digging hole with cockroaches in there trying to run away I shut the closet door with a disgusted feeling I can’t no more I did the best I could but this room is a horror site I was so sickened by this horrific room the rats the nauseating odor the MAGGOTS I couldn’t clean up this room no more next thing I know I was packing up my things that were not covered by mold and left that room I decided I was definitely going to pay somebody to clean up that foul room hopefully the people that do clean this up do not die before they finish the job but I wouldn’t doubt it. “
“ He flew to the bed before the cockroaches invaded his leg the hiss of the cockroaches below him struck him in a cool sweat. You could hear his hyperventilation in every breath. His bed was infested with clothes and other drenched in sweat socks. You could see the smell of the item it was burning the air!”
“The burgers are decomposing and rotting with all of the poop from the rats. I look to my right again and see a bat sitting in the corner watching me.
On my left is a desk with moldy creamed corn, bubbling and steaming. It looks inedible and like a person would blow up from eating it.”
“You look down at your hand to see a maggot crawling over you, as you get it off you see that you’re now covered in maggots. All you can feel is all of them crawling all over you, they’re on every inch of you your feet, your legs, your torso, your arms, on your face, even in your hair!”
GREAT IDEAS…BUT…
SHOW!!!!! WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?!?!?!?!
“S/V, 9/12.” Name the Subject and Predicate of each sentence.
- The ending of the The Llama Movie was lame.
- The llama, in the course of the dodgeball game, took one to the face.
- After his big mistake, the llama bravely faced the consequences.
- With a wink of his eye, the llama suddenly disappeared up the chimney.
- After that night at the movies, Pony’s life was never the same.
“Sentence Combo, 9/12.”
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 ++!)
- a) His teacher appears unamused. b) His teacher is a woman. c) She is quiet. d) She has karate experience. (“His teacher, a…with…appears.)
- a) She advances down the aisle. b) Her advance is slow. c) Her advance is quiet. d) Her advance is menacing. (-ly, -ly, -ly)
What’s wrong with the following “sentences”?
- The llama in the field.
- Every day after school.
- Whenever the llama sings.
- The llama who is so smart.
What about these?
- I love that llama he’s so sweet.
- I saw a llama yesterday it was purple.
- 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, 9/12.” (7p) Write Fragment, Run On, or Complete Sentence for each word group.
- Laughing at the comedian’s act.
- Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.
- Up the mountain we hiked.
- The wagon was loaded with food it was pulled by two teams of horses.
- There are shells all over the beach let’s collect some!
- On his back, the bug wriggled his little legs.
- Is this a fragment?
“Vocab, 9/12.” Checking Vocab Defs.
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff
- _____
- _____
- _____ (Bonus for which Greek myth character!)
- _____
- My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with; she didn’t trust them to make good decisions.
- I waited until Mom’s anger _____(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.
- Listening to music is not ______ to studying.
- After a long trial, he was ______(ed) and finally set free.
- 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.
- I was ____ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
- A savvy person is usually more ____ than a gullible one.
- The roots of this word meant “to ask for with tears.”
- The roots of this word meant “to bring together.”
The Outsiders. We are in Chapter 5.
Link to Online version: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cmljaGxhbmQyLm9yZ3xsYXdod3xneDoyNjgzNWEzYzVjNDUxOWZi