Transcript DLP Week - Belle Vernon Area School District

D.L.P. – Week Five
G R A DE SE VE N
Day One – Skills
• Verb Usage – To fight
The verb fight is an action verb that is irregular. In the past and past
participle, the verb changes to fought.
• Capitalization – Proper Adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns. When a proper noun is changed into an
adjective form, then it must be capitalized. America is a proper noun,
so when it becomes the adjective American, it must still be capitalized.
D AY O NE – SE NT E NCE O NE
Rikki-tikki-tavi is a courageous
mongoose who fighted two
deadly cobras.
Rikki-tikki-tavi is a courageous
mongoose who fought two
deadly cobras.
D AY O NE – SE NT E NCE T WO
Rikki-tikki-tavi saved an english
family living in colonial India.
Rikki-tikki-tavi saved an English
family living in colonial India.
Day Two – Skills
• Contractions – Formation of
Contractions are formed when two words are combined into one.
When the contraction is formed, letters are left out. To show to
omission of these letters, an apostrophe is used. (should+not=
shouldn’t) Some contractions are irregular and form differently.
(will+not= won’t)
• Punctuation – Comma – Appositives
If an appositive is a single word, it is the writer’s choice to place comas
around it or not, but a multiple word appositive must be set off from
the sentence with commas.
D AY T WO – SE NT E NCE O NE
Rikki-tikki-tavi willn’t quit until
he kills both snakes.
Rikki-tikki-tavi won’t quit until
he kills both snakes.
D AY T WO – SE NT E NCE T WO
Nag the cobra is worried
because he knows that a
mongoose can kill a cobra.
Nag, the cobra, is worried
because he knows that a
mongoose can kill a cobra.
Day Three– Skills
• Confused Words – regardless/irregardless
The word is regardless. Irregardless is not actually a word.
• Negatives – Elimination of Doubles
Only one negative word should be used per sentence. Negative words include
no, not, never, and none.
• Agreement – Pronoun and antecedent
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. An antecedent is the noun
that the pronoun replaces. They must agree. For example, if one is singular,
then the other must be. If one is masculine, then the other must be.
D AY T HR E E – SE NT E NCE O NE
Irregardless, he didn’t say
nothing to his wife, Nagaina.
Regardless, he didn’t say
anything to his wife, Nagaina.
D AY T HR E E – SE NT E NCE T WO
All cobras who live in gardens
must be on his or her guard for
a mongoose.
All cobras who live in gardens
must be on their guard for a
mongoose.
Day Four– Skills
• Pronoun Usage – Antecedent Reference
Pronouns take the place of nouns. An antecedent is the noun that the pronoun takes the place of. Sometimes
the noun is not stated directly in the sentence, but the reference is understood. (She stood there teaching the
class. Although the teacher is not in the sentence, the context makes that clear.) Sometimes, there is more than
one noun in the sentence, so it is important to be clear which noun is the antecedent. (The boys both enjoyed
the game, but he enjoyed it more. Who is he? This is not a clear reference to an antecdent.)
• Punctuation – Apostrophes in Possession
An apostrophe is used to show possession or ownership. If the word showing ownership is singular, then the
apostrophe is placed before the s. (boy’s) If the word is plural and ends in an s, then the apostrophe is placed
after the s. (groups’) However, if the plural word does not end in an s, then the apostrophe is placed before the s.
(children’s)
Joint possession means more than one person owns something. If one thing is owned by more than one person,
the apostrophe and s appear only on the final person in the group. (Bob and Mark’s car)
• Adverbs – To modify
Adverbs are used to describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. An adjective cannot be used to describe a
verb. (opened quick must be opened quickly) An adjective cannot be used to describe another adjective. (real
exciting must be turned into really excited.
D AY FO UR – SE NT E NCE O NE
When Nag saw Rikki-tikki-tavi,
he was upset.
When Nag saw Rikki-tikki-tavi,
Nag was upset.
D AY FO UR – SE NT E NCE T WO
He crushed Nagainas eggs quick
so that they couldn’t hatch.
He crushed Nagaina’s eggs
quickly so that they couldn’t
hatch.
Day Five– Skills
• Capitalization – Proper Nouns - Places
Names of specific places must be capitalized since they are proper nouns. These could include
the names of buildings and monuments. They could also include towns, cities, states, and
countries.
• Punctuation – Comma – Items in a Series
If more than two items are used in a list, this is called items in a series. Each item in the list must
be separated by a comma including a comma before the conjunction.
• Run-on Sentences – Correcting with a Conjunctive Adverb
Conjunctive adverbs are word such as therefore, however, and as a result. These words can
combine two sentences, but they must be punctuated in a special way. Before the adverb a
semicolon is placed. The conjunctive adverb is not capitalized and will be followed by a comma.
D AY FIVE – SE NT E NCE O NE
A mongoose can be brought into
the united states only for
educational medicinal or scientific
purposes.
A mongoose can be brought into
the United States only for
educational, medicinal, or
scientific purposes.
D AY FIVE – SE NT E NCE T WO
A mongoose is helpful in killing
poisonous snakes however a
mongoose is harmful to many birds.
A mongoose is helpful in killing
poisonous snakes; however, a
mongoose is harmful to many
birds.