Grammar Lesson and Assignment Schedule

Check here for grammar assignments.

Chapter 1 - The Sentence our first grammar unit.

L8 Complements - Linking Verbs - [Mon 9/15/08] - HW p 605 L8 #1-10 DUE TUE 9/16

L9 Complements - Objects - [Tue 9/16/08] - HW p605 L9 #1-10 DUE   TH 9/18

L10 Fragments and Run-ons - [TH 9/18/08] - HW p606 L10 #1-10 DUE FRI 9/19/08

Writing Practice Fri 9/19/08

Review Homework p30 A #1-10 B #1-10 Due MON MON 9/22/08

The Review for the test will be on MON 9/22/08 and TUES 9/23/08

TEST on "The Sentence" will be on THUR 9/25/08

Chapter 2 - Nouns Are Fun!

Contents

Lesson 1 Kinds of Nouns
Kinds of Nouns (common, proper, concrete, abstract)

L1 p 38 part A #1-10 AND p 606 L1 #1-10 due Th 10/8/09

Lesson 2 Singular and Plural Nouns

L2 p40 part A #1-10, part B all 10, AND p 607 L2 #1-10 due M 10/12/09

Lesson 3 Possessive Nouns

p 43 part A #1-10, part B #1-5, AND p 607 L3 #1-10 due W 10/14/09

Lesson 4 Compound and Collective Nouns

p 45 part A #1-10, part B all 7, AND p 608 L4 #1-10 due TH 10/15/09

Lesson 5 Nouns as Subjects and Complements
p47 #1-10 AND L5 p 608-609 #1-10 due M 10/19/09

Lesson 6 Nouns in Phrases

pp 49 #1-10 AND p609 L6 #1-10 due T 10/20/09

ADDED - old txtbk -

Appositives - Unit 3 Lesson 5

p 88 #5-15 due W 10/21/09

Noun Clauses - Unit 14 Lesson 6 p527

p 529 #11-25 due TH 10/22/09

Review p52 Part A find all 10, part B #1-10,

p 53 Practice Mastery Test #1-10 due M 10/26/09

TEST on T 10/27/09

Chapter 3 PRONOUNS (packet handouts)

L1 What is a pronoun? due F 11/13/09

L2 Subject Pronouns due F 11/13/09

L3 Object Pronouns due TUE 11/17/09

L4 Possessive Pronouns due W 11/18/09

L5 Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns due TH 11/19/09

L6 Interrogatives & Demonstratives due M 11/23/09

L7 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement due TUE 11/24/09

L8 Indefinite Pronoun Agreement due M 11/30/09

L9 Pronoun Problems Due TUE 12/1/09

L10 More Pronoun Problems due W 12/2/09

Packet Review pages #1-5 DUE TH 12/3/09

Packet Review pages #6-10 Due F 12/4/09

TEST on Monday 12/7/09

______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 4 VERBS

L1 What is a Verb? Due W 12/9/09

L2 Action Verbs and Objects Due TH 12/10/09

L3 Linking Verbs and Predicate Words Due F 12/11/09

L4 Principal Parts of Verbs Due M 12/14/09

L5 Irregular Verbs Due T 12/15/09

L6 Simple Tenses Due W 12/16/09

L7 Perfect Tenses Due TH 12/17/09

L8 Using Verb Tenses due T 12/22/09
L9 Troublesome Verb Pairs due M 1/4/09

“Who Did It” Active & Passive Voice due
Subject Verb Agreement Extra Practice Side A & Side B due
CATS Subject Verb Agreement due
Lie & Lay  - “Duke’s Dilemma” AND “Liars and Layers” featuring Moovis & Squirmy due
L16 Affect, Effect, Accept, Except due
Accepting Effective Exceptions due
Sit & Set, Rise & Raise - “Cold Spell” featuring Woovis & Rowena due

Review Review on Lessons 1-4 review handout due T 1/5/10, Lessons 5-9 review handout due W 1/6/10

TEST TH 1/7/10

First Semester Exam -

CH1 The Sentence - reviewed on F 1/8/10

CH2 Nouns reviewed on M 1/11/10

CH3 Pronouns reviewed on T 1/12/10

CH 4 Verbs reviewed on W 1/13/10

EXAM on TH 1/14/10

Chapter 5 Adjectives and Adverbs

(MODIFIERS) (Quiz will be of the unannounced variety.)

L1 Diagnostic Quiz, Introduction, Notes, What is an Adjective? HW:due

L2 Predicate Adjectives - HW: due

L3 Other Words Used as Adjectives HW due

L4 Adverbs HW due

L5 Making Comparisons - HW due

L6 Adjective or Adverb? - HW due

L7 Avoiding Double Negatives - HW: du

L8 Adjective Clauses & Review Proper Adjectives and Demonstratives - HW:due

L9 Review Comparisons & Irregular Comparisons - HW: due

L10 Review Comparisons with Adverbs - HW: due

L 11 Review Negatives and Troublesome Adjectives and Adverbs - Due in class.

TEST

CH 6 Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

L1 - due T 2/24

L2 - due TH 2/26

L3 - due F 2/27

L4 - due M3/2

Review T 3/3/09

TEST TH 3/5/09

CH 8 Sentence Structure (clauses)

L1 What is a Clause? - due

L2 Simple and Compound Sentences - due

L3Complex Sentences & Relative Pronouns - p518 OLD TEXT- due M 4/20/09

L4 Kinds of Dependent Clauses - TH 4/23/09

L5 Compound-Complex Sentences - M 4/27/09

EXTRA - U14L4 Old Text - p522 Essential & Nonessential Clauses - Due W 4/29/09

Review W 4/29/09

TEST TH 4/30/09

CH 9 Subject-Verb Agreement

L1 Agreement in # DUE T 5/5/09

L2 Compound Subjects DUE T 5/5/09

L3 Agreement Problems in Sentences WED 5/6/09

L4 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects TH 5/7/09

L5 Problem SubjectsM 5/11/09

REVIEW M 5/11/09

TEST T 5/12/09

ESSENTIAL WRITING SKILLS

CH 14 BUILDING PARAGRAPHS

L1 Types of Paragraphs

L2 Unity in Paragraphs

L3 Coherence in Paragraphs

CH 11 Punctuation

L1 End Punctuation due M 5/18/09

L2 Commas due T 5/19/09

L3 Commas, Dates, Addresses, Letters due W 5/20/09

L4 Quotations due TH 5/21/09

L5 Semicolons & Colons due F 5/22/09

REVIEW   FOR   EXAM - T

Second Semester English EXAM - T

Large English Review Game