Monday, 9/12: Homework, Debrief Test #3, Sentence COMBO, The Outsiders

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Um7Bhq6ThDP-AEBkclZqydbfGXuHOTisgwp05qdhWj4/edit?usp=sharing

“Warm Up, 9/12.”

  1. If you are absent from this class on a Wednesday, what should you do at home? Be very specific.
  2. If you are absent on a Monday, what extra step do you need to take?
  3. If you are absent on a Friday for a test, what should you do?

Copy homework into planner.


Debrief Test #3. Yay! Much mo’ bettah!


“Sentence Combining, 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 ++!)
1.  a) Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk.   b) He is the class clown.   c) He clucks like a chicken.     (Hint: Use “-ing.”)

2.  a) His fingers make sounds.   b) The sounds are scratching.   c) They claw the desktop.   d) The desktop is battered.   (Hint: Use the word “as.”)

3.  a) Then a voice freezes his behavior.    b) The voice is stern.    c) The behavior is disturbing.  (Hint: You can eliminate all but one word in b and c.)


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