Appetizer: Daily Grammar Practice Week 4 Day 4 Capitalization and Punctuation
Materials: DGP and pen
Directions: Add correct punctuation and capitalization using editing marks. We will then complete error analysis
on the Monday through Thursday activities.
Instructions: Imperative sentences have the understood you as the subject. Two independent clauses joined by
a coordinating conjunction must have a comma before the conjunction.
Ex. Latte Baloney maims others, but he venerates his dog.
Ex. Foster Ing thinks about others and is a kind soul.
keep your fears to yourself but share your courage
with others
Sentence:
Salad: Grammar – Can you identify the difference between possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives?
Materials: Holt Grammar text, pen, Ex. 4, 5, 6 (only #1-10for ex. 6) pp. 266-270. follow the directions ; do
not write sentence out; more than one answer is acceptable
Directions: Work with a partner to fill out the charts below. The first has been done for you.
Function in the Sentence
Subject
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Creative Sentence
Identify the pronoun
Mrs. Looney Ward and my car work First person singular possessive
well.
personal pronoun
That legendary antic is his.
Miss Trial invalidated hers
yesterday.
Anna Conda gave me her
enterprising idea.
Bea Kind’s durable SUV looks
sweet next to yours.
My bike swerved before hitting the
lamppost.
Do you know whether they avowed
their veneration to the
Constitution?
Notes: create this chart in your notes and fill it in.
Personal Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Singular
plural
mine
ours
Yours
Yours
His,hers,its theirs
Possessive Adjectives
Singular
Plural
My
Our
Your
your
His,her,its
their
Soup: Vocabulary Can you use Unit 1 and 2 vocabulary words in a brief, one paragraph friendly
letter?
Materials: Vocabulary notes, pen, book, chromebooks
Directions:
1. Briefly skim the letters p. 12-13 in vocab book
2. Think about how unemployment during the Depression created hardships and how people
coped through this devastating time.
3. Then think about a hardship you went through and how you coped through it. This could
be a death of a loved one or pet, a divorce, an economic hardship, an argument with a
loved one, the loss of a sentimental item, etc.
4. Create a type 1
a. How did you become resourceful when you struggled through a difficult time?
b. What sacrifices did you make in order to survive the hardship?
c. You will be writing a one paragraph friendly letter to a friend (use any name you
want) describing the hardship and how you coped through it.
5. Focus Correction Areas
a. Highlight 6 precisely used Vocab words from units 1 or 2. 30 points
b. Friendly letter format 25 points
c. Use proper pronouns and a reflective conclusion 45 points
Beverages: Daily Reading Practice Week 4 day 4 Error analysis of all days so far
Materials: DGP Book, pen
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Entrée: Literature-Review for test tomorrow on Fiction/Nonfiction Elements, “The 11:59” and
“The Baker Heater League”
Materials: Volume 1 Anthology Directions:
Directions: Complete questions from yesterday: p. 23 4b, 4c, 7, 8a, 8b
Instructions: We will discuss Fiction/Nonfiction and the question.
To Go Box:
Read for 30 minutes and email me or tweet your book, author, and a brief subject
Complete Unit 2cards and vocab pages due Friday, 9 September 2016
Grammar EX. 4. 5. 6(1-10 only) pp. 266-270 due tomorrow
Lit test tomorrow
Grammar/Vocab unit 2 test on September 13
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