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Tuesday 2/4/09

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Identification of Dependent/Independent Clauses
Sentence Structure
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Conjunctions for Subordinating Clauses
Subordinating and Coordinating Conjunctions
Subordination and Coordination- Read, then scroll down and take the quiz
Sentence Combining Practice
Conjunctions and Transitions
Showing Contrast
Comparison -Comparative
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Comparison- Superlative
Read This One First—And Carefully!
Sentence Structure Quiz
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Identifying Sentence Structure Game
Practice with Sentence Structure
Sentence Structure Practice
Read all, then complete the questions at the end.
Conjunctions and Transitions Practice
More Conjunction and Transitions Practice
Sentence Combining Practice
Conjunctions and Transitions
Showing Contrast
Transition Words
Fun Conjunction Practice
Types of Conjunctions
Identify Conjunctions
NEW for 1/13 Transition Words
Paragraph Writing – This one is fun and fast.
PowerPoint of Paragraph Structure
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Part I Introduction to Paragraph Structure
Part II Process Summary for Writing a Good Paragraph
Identifying Problems Topic Sentences
Identifying Controlling Idea in Topic Sentence
Identifying the Topic Sentence in Paragraphs
Read, then do  Paragraph Exercises 1-7 (Click on Exercise label at top)
Fragments, Run-Ons, Comma Splices

Monday 4.28.09

Great job on the CRCT! Testing is over and we are now ready to finish this year strong.

We are completing our allegorical comparison for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of The Red Death" to Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", and once we have completed that we will move on to our last novel study of the year, The Outsiders  by, S.E Hinton

We have also turned in our Research/Persuasive papers and those will be graded and on iparent shortly.

For homework tonight you will start on a pre-reading assignment to prepare for our novel and you will complete Monday and Tuesday of Use it Dont lose it week 24

3.25.09 Wednesday

We reviewed perfect and progressive tenses today. Our numbered group projects are due tomorrow; todays lesson should have helped.

Most of you have realized that the only real way to be prepared for class quizzes is to complete your homework. I hope you consider this. I need to know how well you know your standards.

3-24-09 Tuesday

Work was given for groups 1-4 (simple and perfect tenses). Those assignments will be due Thursday.

Workbook pages 115-118 will be reviewed tomorrow. This was yesterdays homework.

"A Rose for Emily" Literary boards should be finished by tomorrow. Art and Question frames. You have had two days to work on this.

We took our CRCT practice test #2 today. We will break down those questions and answers tomorrow - Thursday

Friday we will be in the computer lab researching for our next paper and re-writing the one we already did and graded.

Make sure you are caught up on your grammar standards...remember a "pop" quiz can appear at any time

3.23.09 Monday

We worked on our literary boards and question frames today for our "Rose for Emily" story.

Upon your arrival tomorrow you will have a homework assignment according to your group number, these projects will be due on Thursday.

Tonight you will be working on pages 115-118 in your workbook. ALL GROUP MUST COMPLETE THIS!!! BY tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will participate in another CRCT practice test covering the standards we have been working on up to now.

3.18.09 Wednesday

For homework tonight use 504 Writing and Grammar as a reference. Remember the quiz tomorrow.

Use it week 22

3.12.09 Thursday

Alarming as this is....I am still missing expository papers. Not many, but enough for me wo wonder why anyone would chose to do this to their grade so close to the end of the nine weeks...

We went over the adverbial/adjective clause worksheet, and numbers 1-24 that were assigned for homework. 25-50 are due tonight. Remember:

1.identify the clause (independant) and write it on a sheet of paper

2. Underline the adverbial clause on your worksheet and circle the subortinating conjunction

3. go back to your sheet of paper and add an adjective clause to the independant clause to form a new complex sentence

No Use It this week...

We will continue to read Faulkner tomorrow. Bring your booklets please.

3.11.09 Wednesday

We went over adverbial and adjective homework for tonight. We will review the entire worksheet tomorrow.

I still have children who have not turned in their expository papers. Remember, as per our agreement at the start of the year, every day late is eleven points. We have been working on this in class for three weeks. Please get those in to me.

NO use it dont lose it this week.

For homework tonight you are to identify the indepedant clause, get rid of the adverbial clause and add an adjective clause.

3.6.09 Friday

You should have re-written your papre for draft #2 today.

Final drafts are due Monday

Have a wonderful weekend

P.S-Remember ...double space, 12 font,times new roman, paragraphs are indented NOT spaced to show separation. This is a professional expository and should look the part

3.5.09 Thursday

We edited our papers today. I am so proud of all that you have done. Your writing progress is astonishing, as are your efforts.

There are some of you, however, that neglected to complete your work these past three weeks and it cought up to you. because of this, you did not have your completed draft today and suffered a grade drop as per our contract at the start of the year.

We will be completing our second drafts tomorrow in class; Final typed drafts are due Monday

3.4.09 Wednesday

We are in the final stages of this paper. if you have been following through with your assignments you should have everything written out except what we worked out in class today. Tonight you should be putting your paragraphs in order and preparing them in such a way where they will be ready for editing tomorrow by your peers. It has been a long road with these poems, however, I have read alot of your work and am very confident these papers are going to turn out wonderfully. I am also astonished at how much your writing has improved.

Please complete the Thursday block of your Use It Dont Lose It wk.21 tonight

By the end of class tomorrow you will have an edited expository/analytical essay, ready for your final draft.

Have a good night