Transcript All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013
ACE It! –
• Using the ace format,
respond to this quote. For
the “c,” use someone else’s
experience you believe
represents the spirit of this
quote. Think about what
Manny Scott told you today.
 Root Word of the Day
• Rupt – Latin – break or burst
 Word of the Day
• Here are a few words to see if you can figure out
what they mean before you look them up. Break
them down according to the root words you have
already learned, then look them up and see if
you’re close. You need the definition and part of
speech:
 Aseptic
philogyny
 Hydrophobia misandry
dystopia
microdont
euphonious monolith
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Number your paper 1-20 on the left side of your left margin line
(it’s red).
Take the review quiz for questions 1-15 WITHOUT checking your
notes.
16 – Write the word that completes this sentence:
• In grammar when a word modifies another word it ____ the
description.
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17 – An adjective modifies two types of words, they are ____ and
____.
18- An adverb modifies three types of words, they are ____, ____,
and _____.
19. Print only the adjective and the word it modifies from this
sentence for this answer:
• He looked like a nervous wreck.
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20. Print only the adverb and the word it modifies:
• Justice was served quickly--- the guilty verdict for The Texans came in
less than two hours.
 Words
that modify (change the
description, therefore describe) nouns or
pronouns
• In chapter 4 locate five sentences with adjectives
and copy them into your notebook.
 Circle the adjective
 Draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun that it modifies
A
word that modifies an adjective, verb,
or another adverb
• In chapter 4 locate five sentences with adverbs
and copy them into your notebook.
 Circle the adverb
 Draw an arrow to the adjective, verb, or another
adverb that it modifies
 Subject
– the actor of the verb
 Verb – a word of action or a word that
shows state of being
 The subject and the verb must agree in
size and number.
• Find a place on the first page of chapter one
where the narrator breaks this rule.
A
word that helps a noun or pronoun in
the phrase give more information about
another part of the sentence
A
group of words that begins with a
preposition and ends with the noun or
pronoun that serves as the object of the
preposition.
 The
noun or pronoun at the end of a
prepositional phrase that the preposition is
showing the relationship between another part
of a sentence.
 KEY
• Preposition – red word
• Prepositional phrase – underlined
• Object of the preposition - green word
 Sample
from That Was Then, This Is Now
• I had been hunting all over town for a job.
 Pronoun
– a word that takes the place of a
noun
 Antecedent – the word that the pronoun
takes the place of
 Agreement – the pronoun must agree
with its antecedent in number, case, and
gender
 The
pronoun that is linked to the subject
through the linking verb
 To
receive half credit for your missed
answers on a quiz, you must do the
following.
 Show me, in your notebook, a page labeled
“Quiz Corrections.” Below the heading, include
the following:
1. The question you missed
2. The correct answer
3. The date of the notes where the answer was given to
you in advance (you can find that be going to
“Logan Logic 2014” on my webpage).
4. A sentence explaining how you chose the wrong