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More Instructional Presentations

Hi Folks,

Today we have a shortened schedule due to the social studies movie.  In English, we are continuing with presenting the Instructional Presentations!

Homework:  No new homework (but don't forget the adjectives/adverb homework that was assigned yesterday). 

Next up:  Review for Grammar Test (Apostrophes, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives)

Screenshots for today's lesson: Adjectives and Adverbs

Adverbs

Adjectives

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Presentations Day

Hello folks,

Today we will begin Instructional Presentations!  Many of you have worked quite diligently in the design and practice of these presentations, and what I've seen so far rocks!  I will be creating a page for you to view some of the powerpoints and videos online!

No Homework for today....but remember....

Action and Linking Verbs

Hello and welcome to the short week!

So, today's lesson is a review of some verbo-info: Action and Linking Verbs.

Action verbs show action, duh.  There is a zillion of them out there.

• sometimes you can't see the action: think, know, love, desire, understand - are all verbs.
• Action verbs can be put into two categories, transitive and intransitive.
• transitive action verbs: there is an object (noun or pronoun) that recieves the action of the verb
• ask who or what after the verb - and if there is an answer, that is the object of a transitive action verb!
• example: Andrew threw a football.

• intransitive action verbs: there is no object to recieve the action.
• example: Andrew threw up.

Linking verbs are boring.  They connect the subject to either a noun that renames it (called a predicate nominative), or an adjective that describes it (called a predicate adjective).  There aren't many of them in the English language.

• forms of "to be" are the most common linking verb.
• some of the trickier linking verbs are:
• appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn.
• some of those above verbs could be action verbs or linking verbs, depending on how they are used.

Homework:  Do exercises 1, 2, and 3.

Correcting Apostrophe Homework and Studying for Vocab

Hi Kids,

Today we corrected the apostrophe worksheet - many problems were highlighted as ones that you will see again in the future (wink, wink).  Vocab quiz is tomorrow.  We all created flashcards for the "bonus" words that will show up on super-challenge and extreme quizzes.

To find out what level of quiz you are taking tomorrow, you must look on Powerschool and see what level of quiz you took last time and how you did on it.  If you aced that level last time, you must take the next level up... no slacking... you're here to push your intellectual limits, kiddos!

Homework:  Study vocab.  Make us proud.  Continue to work on visual presentation.  Bring in a can.

The Whole Vocabulary List

Here are the bonus words that super-challenge and extreme must know.

absolution    A forgiveness of someone for something
begrudgingly    Doing something even if you don't want to do it
gratify    To try and please someone
redress    To try to make things right for a person who was wronged
retribution    Revenge for something done wrong to you

Here are the ten words for this unit, which all levels (challenge, super-challenge, and extreme) must know.  You don't need to know the parts of speech this time, but there isn't a word bank.

stricken    To be suffering from something
torrent    A large amount of fast and furiously flowing water
rapt    To be amazed and have your attention captured
preoccupied    To be thinking about something so much that you don't notice other things
possess    To own something and control it
expanse    A wide, open area
retaliate    To get revenge for something that someone has done to you
ameliorate    To make a situation better or easier for someone
capitulate    To give up and surrender
furtive    Secretive and sneaky in order to hide what one is doing

Plus, everyone is responsible for remembering words from the last unit.  There will be a few "blasts from the past" on EVERYONE'S quiz.

Ascend    (v.) To move upward
Deteriorate    (v.) To have the condition of something get worse and worse
Deplete    (v.) To be completely used up
Innocuous    (adj.) Harmless
Banal    (adj.) Something or someone that is so common that it is boring
Demure    (adj.) Quiet and shy
Formidable    (adj.) Threatening because of size or strength
Immaculate    (adj.) Spotlessly clean
Arduous    (adj.) When something takes a lot of effort
Err    (v.) To make a mistake

Can Drive Update

Stowell was in the lead... What happened?

On the other hand, check out what six of Mr. Stowell's home room students can haul in in ONE DAY! Tomorrow is the last day folks!

Oh no!

Just ONE day, in ONE homeroom!