Use the sites below to learn the meaning, word part, language of origin, and example words for your vocabulary lists. Remember to check more than one site to verify your information.
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us//KSD/MA/resources/greek_and_latin_roots/transition.html
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/hangar/7594/roots.html#T
http://www.espindle.org/roots.html
Here is a great interactive practice site for roots: http://www.wordexplorations.info/quizzes-list.html
I stayed late and finished up grading and entering the finals into the gradebook. YOU GUYS DID AWESOME!!!
Here is the PowerPoint to review sentence structure:Download The Structure of a Sentence
Language Arts Final Exam is Tuesday.
STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY
FOR FRIDAY: Study vocabulary lists 21-24 (see Monday's blog).
FOR TUESDAY: For the final, make sure you review sentence structure (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex), paragraph structure (topic sentences, supporting details, closing/clincher sentences,transistions, redundant ideas, extraneous ideas), subject-verb agreement, pronoun antecedent agreement, and homonyms. There may be a few other conventions questions, but these are more prevalent. The 100 pts from these questions will go in the Conventions category. The exam will also cover Tuck Everlasting. The 100 pts from these questions will go in the Reading category.
Here is today's agenda: Download Agenda for May 12, 2009
Remember to study for the vocabulary quiz on Friday!
Vocabulary quiz Friday over Lists 21-24. Here is today's agenda with the information for the vocabulary lists:Download Agenda for May 11, 2009
Here is today's agenda:Download Agenda for May 4, 2009
Quiz Monday over Verbs: Action, Linking, Helping and Passive and Active Voice. Here is today's agenda and the PowerPoint over Active and Passive Voice: Download Agenda for May 1 and Active and Passive Voice
We will check the Active and Passive Voice worksheets before the quiz, so make sure they are finished.
Here is today's agenda:Download April 30, 2009
Persuasive Research Essays Were Due Today. If you were abent, make sure that you turn them in tomorrow! Also, you may need to come in early Thursday and Friday (8:20) to complete the exercises in the Writing and Grammar textbook.
Here is today's agenda: Download Agenda for April 29, 2009
YOUR PAPER IS DUE TOMORROW AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. YOU MUST ALSO TURN IN THE 3 NOTE CARDS AND 2-3 SOURCE CARDS THAT YOU USED IN YOUR PAPER.
YOU WILL PUT THE ROUGH DRAFT, PEER EDITING, AND SELF EVALUATION FORM IN YOUR GREEN FOLDER FOR USE WHEN YOU GET THE GRADED PAPER BACK.
THE MEDIA CENTER WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW AT 8:00 FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO PUT LAST MINUTE TOUCHES ON THE PAPER.
Here is the MLA Template with a Works Cited page added. YOU MUST ADD YOUR BOOK SOURCE TO THE WORKS CITED PAGE. FIT IT IN ALPHABETICALLY. YOU MUST ALSO DELETE ALL SOURCES LISTED ON THE WORKS CITED PAGE WHICH ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY CITED IN PARANTHETICAL CITATIONS IN THE BODY OF YOUR PAPER: Download Persuasive-research_mla-2 ALSO REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE NAME ON THE RUNNING HEAD- YOU ARE NOT "DOE."
MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROOFREAD YOUR PAPER AFTER YOU TYPE IT AND BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN!!!!!
