Thursday, January 26, 2012
Algebra Midterm Day: Today in class
So, periods 1 and 3 are not meeting with us today. See last post for homework information. We corrected the first exercise and gave you another one for practice. Be careful, because both exercises say, "Exercise 1."
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Today in class
Today we went over what a preposition is, what is a prepositional phrase, and how to spot them. See below for the notes on the board. You have a few things to do to practice before the quiz.
Preposition Poster: 15-16 boxes, all full-color, each with a sentence that has a different prepositional phrase, which is underlined. See the example below. Due FRIDAY for EVERYONE
Exercise #1: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. The exercise is on the back of your Prepositions Song. Due Thursday (Friday for periods 1 and 3)
Second Exercise: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. Due Friday (Monday for periods 1 and 3)
Prepositions Quiz: It will be just like exercise 1, where you have to circle the correct prepositional phrases. MONDAY.
Homework:
Preposition Poster: 15-16 boxes, all full-color, each with a sentence that has a different prepositional phrase, which is underlined. See the example below. Due FRIDAY for EVERYONE
Exercise #1: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. The exercise is on the back of your Prepositions Song. Due Thursday (Friday for periods 1 and 3)
Second Exercise: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. Due Friday (Monday for periods 1 and 3)
Prepositions Quiz: It will be just like exercise 1, where you have to circle the correct prepositional phrases. MONDAY.
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
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The
boy by
the window is a dork.
The word by in the
sentence above is a preposition. By
shows the relationship of the word boy
to the noun window.
Here are some (45) commonly used prepositions:
about
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before
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during
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off
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to
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above
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behind
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for
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on
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toward
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across
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below
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from
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onto
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under
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after
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beneath
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in
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out
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until
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against
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beside
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inside
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outside
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up
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along
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between
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into
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over
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upon
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among
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beyond
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like
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since
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with
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around
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by
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near
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through
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within
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at
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down
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of
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throughout
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without
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But wait, it gets even more
complicated! Some prepositions
consist of more than one word…..uhg!
Kate
likes Sawyer instead
of Jack!
Here are some (12) common compound
prepositions:
according to
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aside from
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in front of
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instead of
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across from
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because of
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in place of
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on account of
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along with
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far from
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in spite of
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on top of
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Now…the moment you’ve been
waiting for…..the REALLY tricky part: prepositional phrases!
A prepositional phrase is
a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
in the headword position, called the object of the preposition. Prepositional phrases, as a whole unit,
act like either an adjective or an adverb…..ai carumba! The following three sentences each have
two prepositional phrases.
The painting near you
is by a Brazilian artist.
The dog across the street ran in
front of the car.
The dork in front of you is
really into grammar exercises.
The Mighty Prepositions Song
The Mighty
Prepositions Song (version 3.0)
Sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
Aboard, about, above,
across
Against, along, around
As, among, after, at, out
Except, for, during, down
Behind, below, beneath,
beside
Between, before, beyond
Until, unto, upon
Under, underneath, up, since,
Like, near, past, through,
throughout,
With, within, along with, without,
To, into, toward, inside!
Because of, according to
In addition to…
Instead of, in back/front
of
On top of, out of, next
to!
The two things that you
have to know
About prepositional phrases:
First, they never roam
alone;
Objects are always close
behind them-
And objects are of course
nouns or pronouns
Without ‘em, those preps
are just adverbs
So be careful to look out
for them!
The second thing about these
phrases -
You really need to know this:
The whole darn phrase acts
like a single thing -
like either an adverb or adjective!
Copyright
Dan Stowell, 2011
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Today in class - film terms quiz
Today you are getting new seats for the quarter. We are also cleaning out the old binders, talking about third quarter, and ... taking the film terms quiz!
Oh yeah, and you're passing in the final draft of your 12 Angry Men Essay.
I used Easybib.com to make this citation, actually...and yes it was easy. I used the ISBN number...and voila:
Rose, Reginald. Twelve Angry Men. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
Oh yeah, and you're passing in the final draft of your 12 Angry Men Essay.
I used Easybib.com to make this citation, actually...and yes it was easy. I used the ISBN number...and voila:
Rose, Reginald. Twelve Angry Men. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Watch the Entire 12 Angry Men Movie Right Through YouTube!
There is a link you can watch it through YouTube right here... or you can watch right off the blog below!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Motivations
9 to NG: He really admired that 8 stood alone, and he now wants to hear more. People accused 5 of changing his vote during the secret ballot that 8 abstained from, but it was really 9. He may have been slightly subconsciously influenced by 8 putting his hand on his shoulder when 10 sassed him.
5 to NG: Not only did he have some sympathy for the defendant who was from the slums as he was, but he believed that a witness couldn't possibly hear the words "I'm going to kill you" as an el train was roaring by, therefor causing him to doubt the old witnesses testimony.
11 to NG: He changed his vote at the same time as 5, so we can assume that the noise was also a motivating factor. Additionally, he raised the point that it would be illogical for the defendant to return to the scene of the crime.
2 to NG: He actually timed the "retracing" of the old witness's steps, and found that it was 42 seconds, not 15 seconds that the witness testified took him to cover 55.5 feet. Also, he himself yelled at a man once who made him mad, so he could believe that the words "I'm going to kill you" don't necessarily mean it.
6 to NG: He's a painter, so when the discussion turned to the layout of the apartment and hearing a train go by, (he painted in a house close to a train), he paid close attention. Right after the retracing of the witness's steps, he believed the old witness may have assumed he heard the words "I'm going to kill you" but didn't really. It helped that 3 had been such a jerk to 9, and he even just helped restrain 3 from lunging at 8.
7 to NG: He had been complaining about missing his game the entire time...and when he saw that they were deadlocked in a 6-6 tie, he changed his vote to NG. 11 gave him a very tough time about this, saying he was playing games with a man's life. 7 didn't have a very convincing reason.
Foreman to NG: He reluctantly raised his hand to change with 7 and 12 after the 6-6 vote to bring it to 9-3...but why? Immediately beforehand, 5 spoke about the knife angle being all wrong, so that could have been it. However, before that he brought up the psychologist's testimony that the boy had homicidal tendencies, but 11 shot that down by saying many people...even people in the room may be judged to have the same tendencies, and that doesn't mean you'll act on them. This was illustrated beautifully when 3 lunged at 8. Also helpful to note: right after that argument, he had a little bonding moment with 8 at the window, talking about one of his games in coaching football.
12 to NG: This guy was never really sure about anything. When the angle of the knife was discussed and 5 said no experienced knife fighter would stab overhand, he changed his mind...but just for a little while.
12 to Guilty: This guy went back to guilty after 3 and 4 claimed that the only thing that mattered was the female eye-witness to the murder was the only thing that mattered and you could throw out all the other evidence. This brought the vote back to 8-4.
10 to NG: He was one of the three last holdouts. When he saw that the vote had turned to 9 to 3 in favor of NG, he exploded. He was then promptly shunned and shut down after his rant of bigotry. For the rest of the play he sulked and caved, going along with the NG vote, even though he believed otherwise.
4 to NG: It took 9's observation that the female witness had glasses just like four to finally convince him that there was a reasonable doubt: nobody wears glasses to bed, and the woman's eyesight was now called into question.
12 to NG: This guy really was bouncing back and forth like a tennis ball. It was the glasses testimony that convinced him too...you'll notice in the movie that he has glasses as well.
3 to NG: The only thing that made this juror finally capitulate was the fact that the rest of the juror's made him realize that his anger towards his own son was influencing his vote for guilty. He broke down in tears...and the 8 vs. GROUP conflict was resolved in the climax!
5 to NG: Not only did he have some sympathy for the defendant who was from the slums as he was, but he believed that a witness couldn't possibly hear the words "I'm going to kill you" as an el train was roaring by, therefor causing him to doubt the old witnesses testimony.
11 to NG: He changed his vote at the same time as 5, so we can assume that the noise was also a motivating factor. Additionally, he raised the point that it would be illogical for the defendant to return to the scene of the crime.
2 to NG: He actually timed the "retracing" of the old witness's steps, and found that it was 42 seconds, not 15 seconds that the witness testified took him to cover 55.5 feet. Also, he himself yelled at a man once who made him mad, so he could believe that the words "I'm going to kill you" don't necessarily mean it.
6 to NG: He's a painter, so when the discussion turned to the layout of the apartment and hearing a train go by, (he painted in a house close to a train), he paid close attention. Right after the retracing of the witness's steps, he believed the old witness may have assumed he heard the words "I'm going to kill you" but didn't really. It helped that 3 had been such a jerk to 9, and he even just helped restrain 3 from lunging at 8.
7 to NG: He had been complaining about missing his game the entire time...and when he saw that they were deadlocked in a 6-6 tie, he changed his vote to NG. 11 gave him a very tough time about this, saying he was playing games with a man's life. 7 didn't have a very convincing reason.
Foreman to NG: He reluctantly raised his hand to change with 7 and 12 after the 6-6 vote to bring it to 9-3...but why? Immediately beforehand, 5 spoke about the knife angle being all wrong, so that could have been it. However, before that he brought up the psychologist's testimony that the boy had homicidal tendencies, but 11 shot that down by saying many people...even people in the room may be judged to have the same tendencies, and that doesn't mean you'll act on them. This was illustrated beautifully when 3 lunged at 8. Also helpful to note: right after that argument, he had a little bonding moment with 8 at the window, talking about one of his games in coaching football.
12 to NG: This guy was never really sure about anything. When the angle of the knife was discussed and 5 said no experienced knife fighter would stab overhand, he changed his mind...but just for a little while.
12 to Guilty: This guy went back to guilty after 3 and 4 claimed that the only thing that mattered was the female eye-witness to the murder was the only thing that mattered and you could throw out all the other evidence. This brought the vote back to 8-4.
10 to NG: He was one of the three last holdouts. When he saw that the vote had turned to 9 to 3 in favor of NG, he exploded. He was then promptly shunned and shut down after his rant of bigotry. For the rest of the play he sulked and caved, going along with the NG vote, even though he believed otherwise.
4 to NG: It took 9's observation that the female witness had glasses just like four to finally convince him that there was a reasonable doubt: nobody wears glasses to bed, and the woman's eyesight was now called into question.
12 to NG: This guy really was bouncing back and forth like a tennis ball. It was the glasses testimony that convinced him too...you'll notice in the movie that he has glasses as well.
3 to NG: The only thing that made this juror finally capitulate was the fact that the rest of the juror's made him realize that his anger towards his own son was influencing his vote for guilty. He broke down in tears...and the 8 vs. GROUP conflict was resolved in the climax!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Quote Hunt 2: Hints for the Homework
- 3 vs. the Group: look towards the end where 3 is the only one holding onto not-guilty.
- 7 vs. 11: 11 was yelling at 7 for being irresponsible. Look for where 7 changes his vote.
- 10 vs. 9: Look for the old man calling 10 out on his bigotry. There are a few times where they butt heads.
- 3 vs. 4: These guys are allies throughout most of the book, but there is a point towards the end where they disagree. Look for that.
- 3 vs. 6: Everyman likes to stand up for 9. When 3 gets fresh with 9, 6 tells him he better quit it or....
- 4 vs. 8: These two are the two smartest guys of the whole bunch. Look for where 8 is strongly questioning 4, and 4 starts to sweat.
- characterization of 10: Look for the part where 10 is being a super-bigot.
- characterization of 3: Look for where he breaks down at the end.
- characterize 8: There are several places throughout...
- characterize 11: The immigrant takes this whole process very seriously and really believes in our justice system. Look for a place where he is discussing this.
- characterize 7: This guy just wants to get the trial over with. Look for a spot where he makes that clear.
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