“Advisory” Schedule.
“Warm Up, 5/14.”
- What were the two theories brought up in the Lois Lowry interview (one by each person) about why the book gets banned?
- What were the two examples she gave of the extreme reactions when the book came out?
“Grammar, 5/14.” 1. Copy and Label. 2. What kind of sentence is it? 3. Rewrite it as another kind and say which you chose.
He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.
Hints:
noun- PPT
adjective- describes a noun or pronoun
pronoun- subs for a noun (“My pronouns are…”)
verb- What the subject does. (Also any form of to be.)
adverb- how/where/when
conjunction- “…hooking up words and phrases and clauses.”
preposition- always in a phrase that ends with a noun
“Vocab, 5/14.” trifle, subdue, clamor, relic, laud, ensconce, avert, fallible, feeble, traverse
All words once; two twice.
Tom Sawyer, p 79—>>
and The Cat and the Painkiller!