Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Some Basic Parts of a Sentence


Every complete sentence needs a subject and a predicate (verb). 



A sentence can have more than one subject 
and/or more than one verb.  
("Plural" means more than one.)






A sentence can also contain a direct object.  
direct object is the thing that is being acted upon by the subject - it receives the action of the verb. 







There can also be an indirect object. 

















Definition: A direct object is a noun or a pronoun that the verb in the sentence does something to. 



Monday, January 29, 2018

Tuesday/Wednesday, January 30/31, 2018


Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday/Wednesday, January 30/31, 2018:
                        
Please take the student feedback survey.  
See the link on our Google Classroom. 
Please answer the questions fairly and honestly.
Comments can be helpful.  


          Finish and print your book projects today. 




Targets for Today:

I can find and use nonfiction sources to add to my understanding of fiction that is based on historical fact.    I can prepare to share what I have learned.

I can recognize and create simple sentences by their structure and purpose. 
         statements, questions, exclamations, commands or requests

I can effectively present information I researched and paraphrased. 


Today’s  Agenda for Tuesday/Wednesday, January 30/31, 2018:

1. Time to work on your Book-of-the-Month. 
Print for next time.    Staple it to your rubric.
Jan BookoftheMonth 2018.docx

If you have shared your book project, I have made comments, and you have made any needed revisions or corrections,  you could ask me to print it for you, or you can print it yourself later.  You will share these in class tomorrow. 

Also, please take the student survey linked from our Google Classroom. 


2. Lesson on simple sentences and types of sentences based on purpose.

Introducing Mrs. Hilton!  

This is the video we used for B5 and B7: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxjLVyYiIgM

Example sentences from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:


  1. Harry accidentally spat out a bit of butterbeer.  (pg 247)
  2. Professor Lupin was breaking an enormous slab of chocolate into pieces. (pg 84)
  3. Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth.  (pg 187)
  4. Two members of the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad were dispatched to Privet Drive a few hours ago. (pg 44)
  1. Buckbeak and I are in hiding.  (pg 432)
  2. They moved quickly behind a wide oak trunk and peered out from either side. (pg 397)





Help with phrases:  Some Basic Parts of a Sentence  Notice what a direct object is.
Subjects and objects are always nouns or something doing the job a noun.
(By the way, parts of speech tell us what job a word or phrase is doing.)


And now -- What is the purpose of each of these sentences?  
Where did Joe go?
Joe went to the park.
Help!  Joe fell in the pond!
Run!


3. Slideshow Presentations
None in B5 




1234567890  qQwwW -- This is from my 5-year-old grandson, Teddy. 

If You Were Absent:

See above.  Finish your book of the month project to share it with Ms. Dorsey, and to be prepared to present it to classmates next time.

Study the materials about sentences on this blog and on your handout for Week #3 Conventions. 


Vocabulary:

Types of phrases:  noun, verb, adjective, adverb, prepositional
(with extra credit for infinitive, gerund, participle, absolute)

Subject
Verb/Predicate
Direct Object
Indirect Object

Types of sentences by purpose:
declarative/ statements
imperative/ commands or requests
interrogative/ questions
exclamatory/ exclamations

Declarative: Statement (.) –declares something
Interrogative: Question (?) –a detective interrogates a suspect
Exclamatory: Exclamation (!) –exclaims

Imperative: Command –implied subject

paraphrase
cite/citations

ractice:




Saturday, January 27, 2018

Mozart's Birthday! Saturday, January 27!


Happy 262nd Birthday Mozart!
(Tasso Feldman as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2015 production of "Amadeus.")

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Friday/Monday, January 26/29, 2018



Announcements and Reminders for Friday/Monday, January 26/29, 2018:


No, not that kind of "slide show"!

Changes in due dates:   
Your slideshows for How They Croaked are due TODAY.
The Conventions and Spelling Test will be given January 26/29 -- today! 
Share your book projects with me by January 26/29.  
You will share your book projects with your classmates in class on February 1/2.

If you have not taken your last Conventions and Spelling test, come to a Cavetime.

Retakes are also available now.  Study first!

Congratulations to those who participated in the 
school talent show!  You were great!  



Targets for Today:
         
✣  I can recognize several types of phrases. 
✣  I can correctly spell commonly confused words. 

✣  I can read, research, and present. (How They Croaked Project)
            -- I can use reliable and useful sources for research.  
            -- I can select important ideas and facts from my research.
            -- I can read and then paraphrase to present. 
            -- I can successfully teach my classmates what I have learned. 
                       When I present,  my classmates will be able to hear me, 
                       and I will be able to tell, not just read, about my famous person. 


Today’s  Agenda:

Conventions and Spelling Tests  
Phrases 
your/you're, there/their/they're

Receive the information for the tests next week:  

Presentations 
Be prepared to present your slideshow.  There will be no time to prepare in class. 

Be prepared to present when you are called up.   Bring your blue rubric to the teacher. 



You will take notes (quiz questions and answers) on each presentation.   
You will lose points if you are not a respectful and attentive audience member.  




If You Were Absent:

Be prepared to present when you return to class if you have not already.  
Pick up or print out a copy of the handout for Conventions/Spelling Tests #3. 

   

Slideshow: 

Be prepared to present when you return to class. 



Book Project: 
Look at a sample:  Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017 Sample.docx
or
February Book of the Month,Sample 2

For the rubric and other information, look under the Required Reading/Book Assessment Tab above.   


Vocabulary:
Types of phrases:  noun, verb, adjective, adverb, prepositional
(with extra credit for infinitive, gerund, participle, absolute)

Types of sentences by purpose:
declarative/ statements
imperative/ commands or requests
interrogative/ questions
exclamatory/ exclamations

paraphrase
cite/citations



Presented today - B5: 
Preston O
Summer T
Jayla P
Jordan A
Kairi S
Keira S
Kaslee R 
Camilo F 

Grace Pitcher

B7 
B7 -- Present: 
Kennedy S  Marie Curie
Tayton L  Mozart
Alexandra C  Pocahontas
Hadli J  Dickens
Ethan P  -- Garfield

Deegan C  Napoleon
Tristan W  Columbus
Brock Di  Galileo
Marisoi V   Poe

Emily G   Elizabeth 1


Just for fun:  

New Harry Potter Story -- Not Really

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Wednesday/Thursday, January 24/25, 2018



Announcements and Reminders:


No, not that kind of "slide show"!

Changes in due dates:   
Your slideshows for How They Croaked are due TODAY.
The Conventions and Spelling Test will be given today:  January 26/29.  
Share your book projects with me by January 26/29.  
You will share your book projects with your classmates in class on February 1/2.

If you have not taken your last Conventions and Spelling test, come to a Cavetime.

Retakes are also available now.  Study first!


Congratulations to those who participated in the 
school talent show!  You were great!  




Targets for Today:

✣  I can read, research, and present. (How They Croaked Project)
            -- I can use reliable and useful sources for research.  
            -- I can select important ideas and facts from my research.
            -- I can read and then paraphrase to present. 
            -- I can successfully teach my classmates what I have learned. 
                       When I present,  my classmates will be able to hear me, 
                       and I will be able to tell, not just read, about my famous person. 


Today’s  Agenda:

Prepare to present your slideshow. 

Be prepared to present when you are called up.  

You will take notes (quiz questions and answers) on each presentation.   
You will lose points if you are not a respectful and attentive audience member.  




If You Were Absent:

Be prepared to present when you return to class. 

How They Croaked Teaching Project Rubric.docx 

Link to the Sample Slideshow:  
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oSWW8nZtqYtPpTyOqjjbghkZiHUBw9VU3gZIvPP1IhM/edit?usp=sharing



Book Project: 
Look at a sample:  Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017 Sample.docx
or
February Book of the Month,Sample 2

For the rubric and other information, look under the Required Reading/Book Assessment Tab above.   




Vocabulary: