Daily In-Class Assignments - When you return from an absence please see me
about in-class assignments you have missed.
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Week of 1/12
Literature - Zlateh p. 206 - test on Friday
Grammar - Independent Clauses, Compound Sentences, Kinds of Sentences
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Vocabulary/Spelling/LA Notes...
attitude - (according to our research - 60% attitude relates to your success
as a student; 40% - environmnet, genetics)
journal - synonym for diary
analogy - compares the relationship between words
synonym - words that have the same or similar meaning
antonym - words that have the opposite meaning
acrostic - poem using the first letter of each word
*exposition - beginning of story (characters, setting, what's happening)
climax - most exciting part of the story
rising action - events that lead to the climax
falling action - events that occur after the climax
resolution - conclusion/ending of the story
*notes/graphic organizer in student notebook
character - person or animal
setting - when or where, time or place
author's purpose - the reason a selection was written
noun - person, place, thing, or idea
compound nouns - a noun made by joining 2 or more words (single words,
hyphenated words, or separate words)
common nouns - names any one of a group of people, places, things (lowercase)
proper nouns - specific person, place, or thing (capitalized)
pronouns - takes the place of a noun
antecedent - noun that is replaced by a pronoun
1st person pronouns
(singular) (plural)
I, I'm (always uppercase) we, us, our, ours
me, my, mine,
2nd person pronouns
you, your, yours (singular or plural)
3rd person pronouns
(singular) (plural)
he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its they, them, their, theirs
[its - possessive it's - it is]
Demonstrative pronouns
nearby - this these
farther - that those
verb - expresses action or condition of a person, place, or thing
action verb can be visible or mental
linking verbs - links a noun/pronoun with a word that identifies or describes
the noun/pronoun (refer to page 17 in the grammar workbook for a list of
verbs)
helping verbs - verb that comes before the main verb and adds to its meaning
(refer to page 19 in the grammar workbook for a list of verbs)
singular helping verbs - is, was has
plural helping verbs - are, were, have
adjective - word that describes something
articles
the - definite (points to specific person, place, or thing)
a, an - indefinite (points to any member of a group of similar people,
places, things)
homophone - a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in
meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose (flower) and rose
(past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as two and too, or know and no,
or their and there.
Characterization - The way writers develop characters and reveal their traits
or qualities.
direct characterization - Writers make straightforward statements about a
character
indirect characterization - writer's present a character's thoughts, words,
and actions and reveal what characters are saying about each other