Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  1. SAGE TESTING To prepare for the SAGE Testing in May (May 7 and 9), be ready to bring your own headphones.  You will receive extra credit for bringing them. To prepare for the SAGE Testing in May (May 7 and 9), you can go to http://sageportal.org/training-tests/ and go over the practice test. 2. If you have not presented your March Book Assessment, come to Cave Time to do it.  3. This week Cave Time will be held only on Tuesday for Ms. Dorsey's classes. 4. I will send in book orders this Friday, May 2, then again May 9. Order online or bring the order form and a check.        If you order online, use the Class Activation Code: GKLJW 5. Our own drama department will be presenting The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Broadway Musical, beginning April 30!

Today’s Agenda: 1. Individual Reading and "Assignments" 2. Sample Book Assessment:  Symbolic Story Representation 3. Review -- compound sentences -- Phrases and Clauses One Independent Clause Two or More Independent Clauses No dependent clause Simple Sentence Compound Sentence One or more dependent clauses Complex Sentence Compound-Complex Sentence  4.   What happens when you add an  AAAWWUBBIS to the beginning of a sentence? Student Name:  ___________________________________________Period _____  Date _____________ Score _____/10 Rule: When an AAAWWUBBIS is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it causes a comma -- as in this sentence:              “When the class was quiet, Gooney Bird began her Monday story.” -- Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird Greene (2002) Instructions: 1. Read through all of the complete sentences below (without the AAAWWuBBIS’s).  Notice that each is an independent clause and a simple sentence.   2.  Now read each sentence with the AAAWWUBBIS on the front of it (see the example at the end of this chart) and finish the sentence with an independent clause that you make up.    Fix capitalization and punctuation. AAAWW UBBIS’s Complete Sentences Although         I really wanted to see that movie. After          The movie was over. As          We walked to the restaurant. When           A black shadow suddenly sprang out at us from an alleyway. While          My friend was calling 911 on his cell phone. Until          The police arrived. Before           We rode home in the police car.  Because            I had gone without my parents’ permission. If            I have to go to court for being out after curfew. Since            I’ve never been in trouble with the police before.        Example: Although Although            My mother said I could go to the movie. Change it to :    m My mother said I could go to the movie, my father told me I couldn’t go.  Answers for 4-29-14 5.  Prefixes Prefix Practice Fill in the blanks under meaning with the correct meaning for each of these prefixes. Try it first without your study guide or chart, then check and correct (if needed ) your answers. Word Part (prefixes) Meaning Sample Words 1. un- unbelieving,  unhealthy 2.  anti- antifreeze,  antibody 3.  in-, im-, il-, ir- inexpensive, immoral, illegible, irreverent 4.  pre- prevent,   preschool 5.  dis- disconnect, distrust                                                                                           Word Bank to use to fill in the blanks    between against not    before not, opposite of not 6.  The Giver

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