Week 10 Recap & Suggested Assignments

**REMEMBER WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL WEEK 11  FOR EARNING POINTS.  WRITE A CRITIQUE ON ANY BOOK, MOVIE, TV SHOW, PLAY ETC FOR 20 POINTS.  FOR 1ST YEAR/YOUNGER STUDENTS COPY MASTERY CHART (PARENT TO CHOOSE CHART OR CHARTS) 20 TIMES BY WEEK 11 FOR 20 POINTS!!

IN REVIEW:
~~GRAMMAR~~
You all did so well classifying your adjectives today!!  I"m sooooooo proud!  Don't worry if you can't remember all the categories..just keep practicing. 

POS - Adjectives - words that modify nouns or pronouns

Adjectives modify a noun or pronoun and fall into one of three major categories:

Limiting - Points out "which", "which one" or "how many"
     Article Adj (definite-the; points out specific item "which one" & indefinite -a an)
     Demonstrative - answer question which (this,that, those, these)
     Numbers - as adjectives answer "how many" (The two girls went home.)
     Indefinite - answer "how many" (several, few)
     Interrogative - answer "what" or "which" (what, which, whose)
Descriptive -  describes, add detail or qualifies meaning of noun or pronoun - answers "what kind"
     Degrees - show comparison in quality or quantity
          Positive - no comparison (The red truck or The large sandwich)
          Comparative -  adjectives prefaced by word "less", "more" or ending in "er" (Jo isless talkative in school than at home; Jo is more talkative in school than at home; My tower is taller than your tower)
          Superlative -  adjectives prefaced by the word "least", "most" or ending in "est"
Possessive - answer question "whose" (pronouns-his, her, their, our, its, your, my; nouns-dog's, Mrs. C's)

Adjectives answer the following questions:
What kind?
How many?
Which?
Which one?
Whose?

In diagramming, adjectives are placed beneath the word that they modify. 

We learned a new sentence pattern today!!  YEAH!
Sentence:  Compound, Declarative, S-VL-PA
EEL Model Sentence: Jesus is holy for he is alive.



Remember that you can differentiate between a regular adjective and a PREDICATE ADJECTIVE by examining the structure of the sentence. I'll post an example we used today:

How is "green" used in the following sentences?



The leaf is green. 
In this example, "green" is a predicate adjective because it describes the subject and "follows a linking verb"

The green leaf is big.
In this example, "green" is an adjective that describes leaf. 
We know that "big" is the predicate adjective because it modifies the subject and it "follows a linking verb, Oh Yeah!"

PREDICATE ADJECTIVES are similar to a Predicate Noun in two ways:
#1: They closely follow a linking verb.
#2: They are diagrammed the same way.










PREDICATE ADJECTIVES are different than a Predicate Noun in two ways:
#1: They are an ADJECTIVE (not a noun).
#2: They DESCRIBE (instead of rename) the subject

I wanted to mention something about adjectives in relation to an IEW writing technique-the who/which clause

Quick Review:  A CLAUSE is a group of words that contains BOTH a subject and a verb

Clauses may be
INDEPENDENT (can stand alone)
or
DEPENDENT/SUBORDINATE (can not stand alone)


The who/which clause is a dependent/subordinate clause that functions as an adjective.


When we are describing a person, we will use a "who clause."Here is an example:
The Greeks, who had sailed a great distance, were angry that the war would be delayed.
who had sailed a great distance is an adjectival clause that modifies Greeks.
"WHICH Greeks??" Those who had sailed a great distance.

When we are describing a noun that is not a person, we will use a "whichclause."Here is an example:
The Greeks devised a plan to gain access to Troy, which was surrounded by an impenetrable wall.which was surrounded by an impenetrable wall is an adjectival clause that modifies Troy.
WHICH Troy? The one which was surrounded by an impenetrable wall.

~~WRITING~~
Today we looked continued taking notes from a source text to write a report (Lesson 7).  We completed a KWO on the 2nd paragraph of our report.

SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS:
~~GRAMMAR~~
Mastery Charts to be completed:
Chart L
Review of C, D, G, K
Corresponding OMT Lessons 3, 13,-17, 23, 24
Continue working on those previous mastery charts!  



GRAMMAR CHALLENGE:  Diagram sentences that were emailed to your parents.  5 point (Parent Note: Scaling for 1st year/younger-just label sentences - or just identify subject & verb.  Older/advanced - quid et quo an entire sentence or just 1 part of speech (i.e adj like we did in class today)


SWEET TREAT ALERT!!  Memorize the adjective questions for a sweet treat.  2nd-3rd year - list the 3 types of one-word adjectives & the 2 types of multi-word adjectives (Parent Corner:  For older/2nd-3rd-give example of each type of adjective) **DO THIS WITH YOUR PARENT


~~WRITING~~
1.  Cut out & learn lesson 8 vocab.  (No new vocab next week - study for quiz #2)


Over the next 2 weeks you'll be writing the last 2 paragraphs for the report on the wonders of Ancient Egypt - the sphinx & mummies.  Repeat the process from last week to complete the last 2 paragraphs

WEDNESDAY - draft your 2nd paragraph on the sphinx. Be sure you have a clear topic sentence and that you end your paragraph with a clincher statement that reflects or restates words from your topic sentence.  Highlight all verbs in your paragraph.

THURSDAY - Revise and edit your paragraph - making you have STRONG ACTION verbs &  as few "to be" verbs as possible. Also add those quality adjectives - remember to make sure they are appropriately describing your nouns & add meaning/clarity to your paragraph. LOOK IN THE SRN FOR GOOD TRANSITIONS WORDS SO THAT YOUR 1st PARAGRAPH FLOWS WELL INTO YOUR 2nd.

FRIDAY - Take our your paragraph (along with the 1st paragraph- add it to the same paper) and read it to a family member - do you have a  CLEAR topic sentence & clincher.  Have you added all those stylistic techniques to real jazz it up?

MONDAY - Complete KWO on mummies

TUESDAY -   draft your paragraph (again adding it to the other paragraphs).  Be sure you have a clear topic sentence and that you end your paragraph with a clincher statement that reflects or restates words from your topic sentence.  Highlight all verbs in your paragraph.

WEDNESDAY -Revise and edit your paragraph - making you have STRONG ACTION verbs &  as few "to be" verbs as possible. Also add those quality adjectives - remember to make sure they are appropriately describing your nouns & add meaning/clarity to your paragraph.

THURSDAY - Take the day off!!

FRIDAY - Take a fresh look at all of your paragraphs and again - revise & edit.  I know you're thinking...AGAIN???....but remember writing is a process.  Have you eliminated as many to be verbs as possible.  Do you have good 5 sense adjectives etc.  Get our your SRN & make sure you have transition words from paragraph to paragraph

MONDAY - Read your final paper to your family. Can they identity your topics?  Does your paper flow well from topic to topic?

 ***THESE PARAGRAPHS WILL BE ON 1 PAPER.

Have a great week off!!!!! :)