Transcript Sentence Correction

Grammar Rule of the Week
Capitalize names of nationalities,
languages, direction words
referring to parts of the country,
school subjects from the name of a
country or followed by a Roman
numeral, and the first and all
important words in titles of books,
etc.
Vocabulary Word:
Ambrosial (adj)—delicious; fragrant; divine
Sentence Correction:
According to the cookbook, the food
of greece, the food in southern
greece is ambrosial.
Vocabulary Word:
Ambulatory (adj)—walking or moving;
alterable
Sentence Correction:
The french patient was ambulatory
after the surgery; he fell in love
with the american nurse.
Vocabulary Word:
Apex (n)—highest point, summit
Sentence Correction:
The apex of the book around the world in
eighty days was when the protagonist
almost lost his bet.
Explain how this picture demonstrates EXTERNAL
CONFLICT. Give specific details from the picture.
Grammar Rule of the Week
• Spell out numbers under 100
• Do NOT use contractions in
formal writing.
• Say off, not off of
Vocabulary Word:
Abrogate (v)—to do away with something;
repeal
Sentence Correction:
The United States government abrogated
Prohibition by passing the twenty-first
Amendment to the Constitution.
Take out your
outside reading
book and warm
up sheet.
Begin filling out
Thursday on
your warm up
sheet.
Grammar Rule of the Week
Say off, not off of. Spell definitely
correctly. Always use commas
after introductory phrases.
Vocabulary Word:
Accolade (n)—tribute; honor or praise
Sentence Correction:
Due to his actions in World War II Sgt.
Elizah Churchill won an accolade: the
Purple Heart.
Vocabulary Word:
Bedlam (n)—uproar; confusion
Sentence Correction:
The teachers class was bedlam; it took five
administrators to control it.
Take out your
outside reading
book and warm
up sheet.
Begin filling out
Thursday on
your warm up
sheet.
How does the clip of Gollum from Lord of
the Rings show internal conflict?
Back story: Gollum is considering trying to take the magic ring from his
“master.”
Grammar Rule of the Week
Fragments may lack a subject, verb,
or both, or may be punctuated
incorrectly to form an incomplete
thought.
Vocabulary Word:
Brouhaha (n)—hubbub; uproar; furor (noisy
excitement or confusion)
Sentence Correction:
Creating a brouhaha in class.
Explain how the following video clip from the 1975
JAWS movie shows FORESHADOWING. Give specific
details from the clip.
Journal on Afghanistan article
Grammar Rule of the Week
A run-on sentence is two or more
complete sentences written as
though they were one sentence; a
comma splice is a type of run-on
with only a comma separating the
two sentences.
Vocabulary Word:
Circumvent (v)—to avoid by going around;
to encircle; to outwit
Sentence Correction:
Many people believe that you cannot
circumvent your fate, others believe that
you have no fate and can make your life
what you want it to be.
Vocabulary Word:
Cogitate (v)—to ponder or think intently
Sentence Correction:
The teacher encouraged the students to
cogitate about the answer to the question
many students answered quickly.
Place finished postcards in the tray.
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Begin filling out
Thursday on
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Journal #1:
Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No
contractions!)
Grammar Rule of the
Week
• Use commas to separate
three or more items in a
series, two or more
adjectives before a noun, or
to separate parts of a date.
Vocabulary Word for
Today:
Cryptic (adj)—secretive;
mysterious
Sentence Correction:
The cryptic message was
received with worry
confusion and anticipation.
Vocabulary Word for
Today:
Cuisine (n)—food; style of
`
cooking
Sentence Correction:
I love to eat Japanese
Chinese and Mexican cuisine.
Literary Term:
Indirect characterization
• In the picture, look
at JFK. What kind
of person does he
seem to be based on
the photo? What
character
traits/emotions is he
demonstrating?
• How does the photo
portray this without
directly saying
anything about the
president? (i.e.
President Kennedy is
happy/sad/angry
because…)
Take out your
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book and warm
up sheet.
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Thursday on
your warm up
sheet.
While watching the video clip of The Mummy,
list adjectives to describe the changing moods
of the story in the clip you watch, along with a
specific example from the film to explain the
mood. For example:
Cheerful: Everyone is smiling and laughing as
they walk down the road.
Grammar Rule of the
Week
• Use commas to set off a
noun in a direct address, set
off appositives and nonessential clauses, and after
an introductory adverb
clause.
Vocabulary Word for
Today:
Disheveled (adj)--untidy
Sentence Correction:
When you are living in my
house, a disheveled room
is not allowed.
Vocabulary Word for
Today:
Dulcet (adj)—sweet;
melodious, soothing
Sentence Correction:
Sally is warm milk or soft
music more dulcet before
trying to sleep?
Grammar Rule of the
Week
• Use a singular verb with a
singular subject and a plural
verb with a plural subject.
Vocabulary Word for
Today:
Egregious (adj)—flagrant;
out of the ordinary
Sentence Correction:
The boys wants to confess
to the egregious mistake.
Vocabulary Word for
Emaciated (adj)—painfully
Today:
thin; wasted away
Sentence Correction:
The class are shocked at
the pictures of the
emaciated children in
Africa, they decides to
raise money for them.
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Thursday on
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sheet.
Grammar Rule of the
Week
• Subjects joined by and take
a plural verb. Singular
subjects joined by or or nor
take singular verbs.
Vocabulary Word for
Today:
Expletive (n)—an
obscenity; offensive
language
Sentence Correction:
Susie and Sally use an
expletive towards their
teacher, they were
suspended for the
infraction.
Vocabulary Word for
Today:
Expunge (v)—to strike
out; to erase; to remove
Sentence Correction:
Neither the teacher nor
the administrator agree to
expunge the zero given for
cheating.
Create a short scene
demonstrating flashback by
starting with this sentence:
“As I was sitting in English class
learning about _____________, I
flashed back to…
Take out your
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up sheet.
Begin filling out
Thursday on
your warm up
sheet.
Journal 4:
(paraphrase the prompt in the space provided on your
warm-up)
If you could go anywhere in
the world, at any time in
the past or future, where
and to what time would you
go? What would you want to
see, and whom would you
want to meet? Explain.
Grammar Rule of the
Week
• Do not change the verb tense
when two or more events
happened at the same time, but
you can change tenses to show
that one event came before
another.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Formidable (adj)—frightening;
dreadful; awe-inspiring
Sentence Correction:
Demagogues will often be very
formidable individuals.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Fecund (adj)—fruitful;
productive
Sentence Correction:
Instead of watching television
all night last night, she is fecund
and studied.
How is personification
shown by this picture?
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