Tuesday, 5/14: Warm Up, Grammar, Vocab, Tom Sawyer

Advisory” Schedule.


“Warm Up, 5/14.”

  1. What were the two theories brought up in the Lois Lowry interview (one by each person) about why the book gets banned?
  2. 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!