Parts of Speech
Verbs
Verb Pictionary
A lot of spelling errors happen with "alot." Go to this post: Alot?
If you really do want to say that you have a lot of money (don't you wish!), spell it "a lot."
The alot is an imaginary animal that English teachers visualize when students spell it incorrectly.
External Text Features -- We will redo the test on Friday. Prepare to take it if you did not get a perfect score.
More of Stand Tall by Joan Bauer -- contemporary realistic fiction novel
A1 -- 5 to page 14
A2 -- 18 to page 26 break -- Do you agree or disagree that "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"? Explain and tell how that applies to your life?
A3 -- 14 to page 26 break -- Didn't yet do the comp. book prompt. Do you agree or disagree that "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"? Explain and tell how that applies to your life?
A4 -- 12 to top of page 21 -- wrote about grandparents
Reminder: Don't forget to hand in your three papers for the April Book-of-the-Month assessment. If you need more explanations and examples, there are handouts with the extra copies of the assignments in the folders at the back of our classroom.
Verb (Parts of Speech) exercises at http://grammar.about.com/od/tests/a/ExSubjectsVerbs.htm
