Wednesday/Thursday, February 7/8, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday/Thursday, February 7/8, 2018 :        If you have not completed your How They Croaked slideshow or your Book-of-the-Month project, do it right away! When you get your project back, if you need to revise and resubmit, staple your revised copy to the top of the papers that were returned to you.   Don't forget to study during each week for your conventions tests, and to review the materials we have already tested on.

Targets for Today:

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  Pick up your composition book, and find your correct seat.  CSI  American Fork Now Investigating:  Conventions in Sentences Investigation  2.  Investigation by Imitation!    Your task: a. Label the page with today's date and copy this sentence into your composition book: Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.                            -- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998) What do you notice?    Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.                            -- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998) The Pattern:  Subject     predicate (verb)  ,  (coordinating conjunction)  subject      predicate (verb). Here is one imitation:  Mr. Schoonover had a case of candy bars, so he gave it to Ms. Dorsey's class. And another:   The blue dog had a long tail, but he didn't know how to wag it.  Now, make your own imitation:  Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.                            -- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998) Subject     predicate (verb)  ,  (coordinating conjunction)  subject      predicate (verb). CSI Compound Sentences.docx  3. Writing skills:  Collecting evidence  Popcorn Science  -- Informative Gather Information about Popcorn.docx The Secret History of Popcorn.docx

If You Were Absent: See above. CSI Compound Sentences.docx  Gather Information about Popcorn.docx The Secret History of Popcorn.docx

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  Phrases:   https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/english-phrases.html

Monday/Tuesday, February 5/6, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Monday/Tuesday, February 5/6, 2018: Announcer, please read these announcements and reminders: Please take a couple of minutes to do your jobs at the beginning of class today.                         If you have not completed your How They Croaked slideshow or your Book-of-the-Month project, do it right away! When you get your project back, if you need to revise and resubmit.  Staple your revised copy to the top of the papers that were returned to you.   (Could someone please help me with editing for the above?) Don't forget to study during each week for your conventions tests, and to review the materials we have already tested on. For today: I will allot a test to each student. I hope each student knows how to spell "allot." Please finish the test in the time allotted. You are allotted only one set of hall passes for each term.

Targets for Today:    What do you get?   1. I know how sentences work, so I can understand better what I am reading, and I can write more effectively. 2.  I can correctly spell commonly used and commonly confused words. 3.  I can research, recognize important or interesting information, paraphrase it,  present it, and cite it so I am not plagiarizing. 4.  I can be a respectful and attentive audience member.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Take your conventions and spelling test.            Spelling counts on both parts!              For the types of sentences,  you will have the words right there.   2.  A few slideshows, please.  3. Time to read  How They Croaked!    Pick a chapter you are interested in!

If You Were Absent: Arrange a time to take the test. Pick up or print out a copy of the Conventions for Test #4. Conventions of the Week #4.docx Game for Compound Sentences:  https://www.quia.com/pop/37751.html

Vocabulary: Spelling:  a lot/allot/and NOT alot  cause/because 5. a lot/allot/ alot I’m reading a lot of books. The teacher will allot one pencil to each student.  (To "allot" something is to portion it out.") (There is no word spelled alot.) 6. cause/because Smoking can cause cancer. He left because he was angry at her. Other Conventions:  A simple sentence is the same as a main clause or independent clause. It must have a subject and a verb, and it must express a single idea.  A simple sentence will begin with a capital letter and end with a period or a question mark or an exclamation point.   A simple sentence can have two subjects doing the verb, two verbs being done by the subject, or both.  It will not have more than one clause.  These are types of sentences by purpose: Declarative: Statement (.) –declares something Interrogative: Question (?) –a detective interrogates a suspect Exclamatory: Exclamation (!) –exclaims -- shows strong feeling Imperative: Command or Request (. or ! ) – tells someone to do something -- has an implied subject In "Stop talking!" The subject is "you." It is what we call an "implied subject" because it is not written out or actually said, but we understand who is meant. Who is supposed to stop talking? You are! Practice: https://www.quia.com/rr/45767.html

Help and Enrichment for Your Next Test  Links for conjunctions and types of sentences:  Conjunctions Compound Sentences Game for compound sentences:  https://www.quia.com/pop/37751.html Conjunction Junction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc Phrases:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROpRmlYJh3A and clauses  Types of Sentences (Compared with Families) The Compound Sentence Phrases and Clauses Spelling For next week:    This is a link to helps for learning  were/we're, then/than. 7. were/we’re/where We were happy to see you. We’re going to lunch. Where is he? 8. then/than First we ate, then we played outside. I like dark chocolate better than milk chocolate.

Thursday/Friday, February 1/2, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday/Friday, February 1/2, 2018 :

Targets for Today: I can effectively present information I researched and paraphrased.  If time:  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 spell these commonly confused words:  cause/because and a lot/allot.                             (There is no "alot.")  I can recognize and create simple sentences by their structure and purpose.           statements, questions, exclamations, commands or requests

Today’s  Agenda for Thursday/Friday, February 1/2, 2018 : Watch for directions about where to sit:  A-Day classes chose their seats, B-Day had a seating chart.   Prepare for sharing your book-of-the-month with your classmates by printing your Google Doc and stapling it to the top of the yellow rubric.   Share information about your book and about its historical background with classmates.  If extra time, a few students will present their famous person reports.

If You Were Absent:  See above.  Arrange a time to share your book project.  If you did not have the written part of your project ready, turn it in as soon as you can.

Vocabulary: These are types of sentences by purpose: declarative/ statements imperative/ commands or requests interrogative/ questions exclamatory/ exclamations These are types of sentences by purpose: Declarative: Statement (.) –declares something Interrogative: Question (?) –a detective interrogates a suspect Exclamatory: Exclamation (!) –exclaims Imperative: Command or Request (. or ! ) –has an implied subject Just for fun: I gave a quiz to some students about types of sentences by purpose, and these were among the answers: Not "derogatory"!  -- That would mean you are saying something mean about someone. Not "circulatory"!  That's a system of the body.  Mr. McNeil says it would not have any end punctuation because the circulatory system never ends! 😂 Not "excramatory"!  That sounds too much like an adjective             you'd use to describe bathroom activities. Practice:  https://www.quia.com/rr/45767.html

Help and Enrichment  See our extra credit opportunities on the tab above. Information to Help You Understand Conventions Some Basic Parts of a Sentence Prepositions Colons (No, not the body part) Spelling:   See this post:  My Favorite ALOT -- But Not a Correct Spelling! Cause or Because?

Colons (No, not the body part)

 Use a colon after an independent clause when introducing a list.

The catering facility offers the following entrees: fried catfish, grilled chicken, pan-seared salmon, and sirloin steak.
Use a colon after an independent clause when introducing a quotation.

My teacher’s remark on my final essay was very complimentary: “This essay coherently analyzes musical trends of the late 20th century.”
Use a colon between two independent clauses when you want to emphasize the second clause.

I don’t understand why everyone shops at that store: everything there is so expensive.


https://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/44/

See also: 

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/colons

https://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/colons.asp

Extra Credit to the first from each class to explain this joke to me: