NEW MATERIAL: Chapters 7-8
Chapter 7:
common nouns pp. 92-93
Proper Nouns pp. 92-93
singular nouns pp. 94-95
plural nouns pp. 94-95
Abbreviations and Titles pp. 96-97
Chapter 8:
Possessive nouns: test to see if the nonpossessive noun is singular or plural by covering the apostrophe and everything after it. If the word left is singular, it is a singular possesive, if the word is plural, it is plural possesive
EXAMPLE: children's home......cover the 's and the word left is children; children is plural;
therefore children's is plural possessive
singular ( 's ) pp. 102-103
plural (s') pp. 104-105
TEST
Chapter 9
We will be organizing information for writing paragraphs like in the Indian Assignment :-)
We will be studying chapter 6 "Personal Narratives". We will then begin writing our own personal narratives.
We will also review all of Unit 1.
Unit 1:
sentences: 4 types declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative
Subjects: complete and simple
simple subject is the main noun or pronoun that is doing or "is" the verb.
complete subject is the main noun along with all of its modifiers
When more than one noun or pronoun is the subject of the same verb, there is a compound subject
Predicates: complete and simple
a simple predicate is the one word verb that is the action or being verb of the entire sentence.
complete predicate is the main verb and the rest of the words following the verb
When there is more than one verb for the same subject, there is a compound predicate.
So far we have learned 2 kinds of sentence structure combinations: SIMPLE AND COMPOUND
Know the terminology:
Simple means one, compound means 2 or more.
A simple sentence has one subject/predicate combination.
Compound means 2 or more.
A compound sentence has 2 or more subject/predicate combinations in one sentence.
COMMAS:
It is important to know when to use the comma. If a sentence is "listing" more than 2 subjects or verbs in the same sentence, separate them with a comma.
When 2 simple sentences are joined together to make a compound sentence, use a comma before the "conjunction."
A "conjunction" is a word that joins two or more words or sentences together.
They are: and, but, or, or so.
When finding the subject of a sentence, always find the simple predicate (verb) first, then ask "who " or "what" about the verb. the answer will yield the simple subject.