Showing posts with label commonly confused words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commonly confused words. Show all posts
Friday, August 31, 2012
Commonly Confused Words Quiz on Wednesday
Official Announcement: You will be taking the quiz on Wednesday, in class, through Edmodo, with some kind of technology (that will be provided). It will be very similar to the flashcards on Quizlet....so study them!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Day 4: Mnemonic Devices
Hi Class,
Happy picture day! Today we are going to split up these commonly confused words and create mnemonic devices to help you remember them!
You learned a great mnemonic device last year in science: King Henry Drank My Dad's Chocolate Milk to help you remember the metric system. ROYGBIV helped you remember the color spectrum!
So, today we will go over some of the basic commonly confused words, and then you will have the rest of the time to do one of two things:
A) Create a full-color poster for one of the pairs (or triplets) of commonly confused words with a mnemonic device to help us remember the difference in meanings of the words, and the difference in spellings.
B) Type or write neatly in ink 20 sentences, each sentence using one of the commonly confused words correctly.
Homework:
1) Don't forget that yesterday's Edmodo assignment, due at 11:59 tonight! Don't procrastinate!
2) Finish your sentences, or your mnemonic poster for this TUESDAY.
Happy picture day! Today we are going to split up these commonly confused words and create mnemonic devices to help you remember them!
You learned a great mnemonic device last year in science: King Henry Drank My Dad's Chocolate Milk to help you remember the metric system. ROYGBIV helped you remember the color spectrum!
So, today we will go over some of the basic commonly confused words, and then you will have the rest of the time to do one of two things:
A) Create a full-color poster for one of the pairs (or triplets) of commonly confused words with a mnemonic device to help us remember the difference in meanings of the words, and the difference in spellings.
B) Type or write neatly in ink 20 sentences, each sentence using one of the commonly confused words correctly.
Homework:
1) Don't forget that yesterday's Edmodo assignment, due at 11:59 tonight! Don't procrastinate!
2) Finish your sentences, or your mnemonic poster for this TUESDAY.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Commonly Confused Words, Day 3/180
Today...
- we'll review some handshakes...this time with new partners and have have new questions
- we'll introduce the three levels of quizzes you can take (Standard, CP, and Honors), and what it means
- we'll start to go over the flashcards, and introduce you to quizlet.com...a great flashcard place!
Homework:
1) Study your chosen set of flashcards...see the posts below!
2) Do another edmodo.com exit card. You have only until 11:59 pm Thursday this time, because now you know how to do it! You know where to find it!
Commonly Confused Words
Okay folks, we are about to get into the academic stuff. Time to hit you with some grammar....BOOM! We are going to go over some words that you commonly confuse with meaning and spelling. We will create some mnemonic devices to help us...and other than that, you need to practice with flashcards.
Now, there are three levels of quiz you can take, split up according to what level of English class you want to shoot for next year: Standard, College-Prep., and Honors.
Below are the links for the three groups of flashcards to study, along with the embeded flashcards that you can study right from here!
Standard: http://quizlet.com/_7y1mr
Here is the link for the college-prep list: http://quizlet.com/_7y1z0
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And here is the list for the Honors English list: http://quizlet.com/_7y2e1
Now, there are three levels of quiz you can take, split up according to what level of English class you want to shoot for next year: Standard, College-Prep., and Honors.
Below are the links for the three groups of flashcards to study, along with the embeded flashcards that you can study right from here!
Standard: http://quizlet.com/_7y1mr
Here is the link for the college-prep list: http://quizlet.com/_7y1z0
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And here is the list for the Honors English list: http://quizlet.com/_7y2e1
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Final English Homework for the Year!
Remember the commonly confused word pairs that we've been working on? Two assignments:
1) Develop your own exercise sentences for a "quiz." Write 10 sentences, based off of the ten word pairs that you have selected to work on.
2) Create a full-color mnemonic device poster for one of those pairs. Some kids choose to do an acronym or a imagery sentence to help us be able to remember the spelling and meaning difference between each word in the pair. The poster must have a picture, though the mnemonic device must be able to make sense without a picture.
1) Develop your own exercise sentences for a "quiz." Write 10 sentences, based off of the ten word pairs that you have selected to work on.
2) Create a full-color mnemonic device poster for one of those pairs. Some kids choose to do an acronym or a imagery sentence to help us be able to remember the spelling and meaning difference between each word in the pair. The poster must have a picture, though the mnemonic device must be able to make sense without a picture.
Both assignments due Friday!
Acronym example (Affect vs. Effect):
Remember
Affect
Verb
Effect
Noun
Imagery Sentence example (Whole vs. Hole): Whole Whales Have Holes
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