Transcript Daily Grammar Warm-Up

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Daily Grammar Warm-Up
10/1/09-10/13/09
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Thursday 10/1/09: Adjectives
A
little adjective practice. . . .
Please
turn to page 43 of you Holt
Handbook.
Complete
1-5 of Review C
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Wednesday 10/7/09: Verbs
 “Verb: That’s What’s
Happening.”
 In
our writing we want to be sure that we are
only including strong verbs.
 What
sounds better?
 Squirrels RAN across the lawn. OR. . . Squirrels
SCURRIED across the lawn.
 He SMIRKED at me. OR. . . He SMILED at me.
 You
will have five minutes to create a list of as
many STRONG verbs as you can think of for a
specific action. That action is. . .
RUN
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Thursday 10/8/09: Verbs
 Yesterday
you were able to replace a weak verb
for a strong verb. Today I want you to practice
identifying verb phrases.
 Turn
to page 53 of you Holt Handbook.
 Complete
 You
Exercise 1.
do not need to write the whole sentence.
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Monday 10/12/09: Sentence Structure
 What
is sentence structure?
 Let’s
find out, turn to page 138 of your Holt
Handbook.
 Complete
 This
# 1-6 of the Diagnostic Preview
is practice so do your very best.
 Remember
to vary your sentence structure in your
1st Hand Biography!!!!
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Tuesday 10/13/09: The Adverb
 What’s
an Adverb?
 School
House Rock
 Page
61 of your Holt Handbook explains the adverb
 Turn
to page 62 and identify the adverbs and the
verbs that they modify.
 Complete
#’s 1-5