Week 16 Recap & Suggested Assignments

A new pattern - Yippee!!!  Don't you just love learnin' new stuff??


Sentence Structure: Complex  Sentence Purpose: Declarative  Sentence Pattern: S-Vt-DO-OCN

We are learning about OBJECT COMPLIMENTS - focusing on the Object Complement Noun

“I ‘complement’ you, Mr. Direct Object.”
Compliment= to praise or flatter Complement= to complete

Complete- complement

• An OBJECT COMPLEMENT can be a noun, pronoun or adjective that either renames or describes the direct object, or tells what the direct object has become.
• OBJECT COMPLEMENT NOUN- must be a NOUN OR PRONOUN
• OBJECT COMPLEMENT ADJECTIVE- a word functioning as an adjective
• An OBJECT COMPLEMENT completes the direct object

What on earth do you mean by that, Mrs. C??
Let’s look at an example:

DO

The Supers named their baby.

DO OCN

The Supers named their baby Superman.

Tips for locating an OCN/OCA:

1. Object Complements are most commonly used with “creating” or “nominating” verbs, such as make, name, elect, call, consider, etc.
2. FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT and then see if there is a noun/pronoun/adjective that follows that renames, describes or tells what that direct object has become.

Don’t get these confused with INDIRECT OBJECTS!
Indirect objects answer “TO WHOM” or “FOR WHOM”
Indirect objects cannot describe or rename the direct objects

 SP      Vt      AA  DO   OCN

They called the  cat Charlie.

               They   |    called  |   cat   \ Charlie

                           |                      \the

Nouns & Pronouns - we discussed these in week 3.  Go to the blog page for week 3 review & see "Classical Conversations Essentials - English Grammar Memory Work handout.

Way to go on that tricky sentence today!!!  Work through the Q&A flow!!

~~WRITING~~

Today we took sentences from your drafts to brainstorm & display various stylistic techniques.  We also gave suggestions for improvements on each draft.

SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS:
~~Grammar~~
Mastery Charts to be completed:
Review: E, F, N

As always continue to review previous charts you've not mastered.

Corresponding OMT Lessons: #28-33

GRAMMAR CHALLENGE:  Label & diagram sentences emailed to your parents. 5 points (REMEMBER TO HAVE YOUR Q&A FLOW OUT!)

GRAMMAR CHALLENGE:  Memorize the first 3 questions on the Question Confirmation sheet.  5 points

GRAMMAR CHALLENGE:  Be able in class to tell me the DEFINITION of the 1st 3 sentence structures and give an example (Simple, Compound & Compound/Complex).  Sweet treat reward

~~Writing~~
1. Review Vocab (no new this week) - Quiz 3 next week


This week you'll work each day to revise and improve your report.  Go back through all paragraphs and continue to edit & revise.  Remember, writing is a process!  Have you eliminated as many "to be verbs"as possible (remember, "ed" & "ing" openers are a good way to eliminate those unwanted verbs?  Have you put your own style into your report using all the stylistic techniques you've learned (check your parents TWSS for advanced techniques to try out)?  Look for 5 sense adjective & verbs you can use to help your reader see your verbal canvas! Use your notes from class!

Continue to revise (remember what I said earlier?? WRITING IS A PROCESS).  Read your paper to a family member.  Can they identify your topics?  Did they hear your topics stated in the first sentence of the paragraph? Does your paper "flow" from paragraph to paragraph using transition words?

**Bring in your final paper.  

****Bring in your Faces of History sources.  You may have 1 internet source - NO WIKIPEDIA.   We'll begin to write our outlines in class, so bring in the outline emailed to parents.  BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR 3 TOPICS CHOSEN BY THEN.