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Grammar Warm-Ups

“The Four-Eyed Weirdo”Slide2

#1

once upon a time there was a four eyed

wierdo

from

indianapolis

indiana

that moved to

detroit

michigan

against his own

volitionSlide3

Volition (noun)

a

 choice or decision made by the will

.

Synonyms: discretion, choice

Sentence: She left of her own volitionSlide4

#2

harold

hapless

a chubby kid with horn rimmed glasses fat tummy chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute round face was assigned to horribly hard high schoolSlide5

adjective

a word that describes

Let’s find all of the adjectives in the previous sentence.Slide6

Hapless (adjective)

Unlucky or unfortunate

Haplessly – adverb

Haplessness - nounSlide7

#3

poor

harold

hapless however is

inept

at every sport he had tried so far in his 13 years of life.Slide8

Inept (adjective)

Without skill or aptitude for a particular task; incompetent, Slide9

#4

unfortunately

harold

hapless also had to get all As and Bs on every report card or he would be

ostracized

at homeSlide10

Coordinating Conjunctions

FANBOYS

F – for

A – and

N – nor

B- but

O – or

Y – yet

S - soSlide11

Ostracized (verb)

to 

exclude

 from society, friendship, 

conversation, or privilegesSlide12

verb

Verbs make statements about nouns; they express actions, conditions, or states of being

Ex. She

was

very happy.

The soldiers

charged

the enemy.

Let’s find the verbs or verb phrases in the sentence.Slide13

#5

well on the 1

st

day of school

harold

cringed

at the cool treatment he

recieved

from his peers Slide14
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Cringed (verb)

to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility

;

to cowerSlide16

#6

conan

a really cool dude looked at nonathletic porky

harold

with

disdain

as if he were as low as the belly of a rat.Slide17

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

Let’s go back and circle all of the nouns in the sentences.Slide18

Disdain (noun)

a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.Slide19

#7

Conan an otherwise intelligent dude is so busy impressing his peers with his

virility

that his grades dropped to Fs.Slide20

Virility (noun)

The state or quality of being masculineSlide21

#8

conan

the flunking macho dude led

alot

of the hip dudes at school and him and his

sycophants

all wore a lot of fake gold chainsSlide22

Sycophants (noun)

a self-seeking, servile flattererSlide23

#9

poor chainless

harold

pondered

allowed wow those dudes are so awesomeSlide24

Interjection

an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.

an exclamation, especially as a part of speech, e.g., 

ah!

 or 

dear me!

.Slide25

Ponder (verb)

to consider something deeply and thoroughlySlide26

#10

harold

didnt

know about

conans

and his

freinds

appalling

grades.Slide27

Appalling (adjective)

awful; terrible.Slide28

Apostrophes

The apostrophe has three uses:

To form possessives of nouns

Singular nouns - (‘s)

Plural nouns ending in “s” - (s’)

Singular noun ending in “s” - either (‘) or (‘s) is appropriate

Plural nouns not ending in “s” – (‘s) i.e. women’s

2. To show the omission of letters – contractions, or numbers – Class of ‘20

3. To form plurals of numbers, letters, and symbolsSlide29

Apostrophe Practice

1. The plants leaves were all yellow and brown in the pot.

2. James book bag was found in the library.

3. I have two boys named Joe is my class. Both Joes last names start with P.

4. I wish Johns grades were better.

5. Its a beautiful day outside; we should go for a run.

6. My

childrens

toys are scattered all over the house.

7. The man was surprised when the dogs collar broke because its material was supposed to be quite sturdy.

8. The actors wardrobe was very stylish.

9. The producers parking spaces were all at the front of the studio.Slide30

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all he could see was

conans

cool

audacious

exterior and he wanted to be like him.Slide31

Coordinating Conjunctions

FANBOYS

F – for

A – and

N – nor

B- but

O – or

Y – yet

S - soSlide32

Audacious (adjective)

showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

showing an impudent lack of respect.Slide33

#12

they’re were other

factions

of kids in

harolds

classes but they

didnt

want to have anything to do with a four eyed weirdo eitherSlide34

factions (noun)

a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger oneSlide35

#13

their was

belinda

beautiful a

pulchritudinous

babe with long flowing hair and designer cloths that was queen of the snobsSlide36

Pulchritudinous (adjective)

beautifulSlide37

#14

her and her friends jabbed there noses in the air and they

didnt

even say hello to

harold

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#15 Quiz

with her buddies in tow

belinda

took one look at

harolds

ugly taped up glasses round face and serious expression and the whole crew dismissed him as worse than Ned Gnarly the nerdSlide39

#16

perambulating

to the only vacant desk

harolds

hands began to shakeSlide40

Perambulate (verb)

To walk or travel through or around a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way.Slide41

#18

sitting there at the desk in front of him reading the book war and peace was a

apparition

of beauty that effected his ability to moveSlide42

Affect/ Effect

Affect (v.): to produce change; to impress the mind or move the feelings of

ie

. The music affected him deeply, so deeply that he was moved to tears.

Effect (n.): something produced by a cause; consequence; result

ie

. Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening the skin.

Practice:

Circle the correct word that completes the sentence.

Missing school, skipping your homework, and sleeping during class will have the (affect, effect) of failing the class.

I was (affected, effected) greatly by the movie, the events seemed to based off of my own life.

The cold weather (affected, effected) the crops this year; the grocery store had little to offer.

She disapproved of the proposal and wrote a letter to that (affect, effect).

5. His protest had no (affect, effect) on the government’s decision to increase taxes.Slide43

Apparition (noun)

a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.Slide44

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she was beautiful and she was classy and she was wonderful and she had long curly black hair and a ghost of a smile

manifested

itself on her lovely lips.Slide45

Manifested (verb)

To become apparent through the appearance of symptoms.Slide46

#20

harold

mesmerized by the sight stared at

cassandra

classy for a full minute before he sat down; he was

smitten

.Slide47

Smitten (adjective)

struck down, laid low, suffering from

infatuated with, besotted with, in love withSlide48

#21

as the affects of her stunning beauty wore off

harold

heard

conan

shouting at him she thinks

shes

to good for usSlide49

To/Too/Two

two - number succeeding the number one; the sum of one plus one

Ex: There are

two

ducklings in the courtyard.

too - in addition, more than enough, as well

Ex: They invited Betty to the party

too

.

to - in the direction of, towards, in contact with, for the purpose of, or to the extent of

Ex: They walked

to

7-11 after school.

1. Susie ate two/too/to much ice cream, and now she has a stomach ache.

2. Jimmy wanted two/too/to eat the whole cake, but his mom wouldn’t let him.

3. Lindsay watched a “how- two/too/to” video, so she could learn how to sew.

4. The baseball team was only two/too/to outs away from winning the championship.

5. My mom bought me a shirt and a pair of jeans two/too/to.

6. I like two/too/to get my hair done every three months. Slide50

#22

a

lanky

pimply faced kid in the next desk leans over to

harold

don’t pay no attention to

conan

he whispered

hes

not as tough as he looks.Slide51

Lanky (adjective)

ungracefully thin and tallSlide52

#23

ned

gnarly a straight a student continued to inform

harold

.

cassandra

classy is to good a student to be interested in

conan

he

elucidated

.Slide53

Elucidate (verb)

make (something) clear; explainSlide54

#24

shes

shy and

shes

nice and

shes

comely

and she gets good grades and all the cool dudes are after her but she ignores them

ned

concludes.Slide55

Comely (adjective)

(typically of a woman) pleasant to look at; attractiveSlide56

#25

as

ned

concluded his sentence the teacher a short bizarre middle aged lady dressed in tennis shoes and a aqua colored dress

sauntered

in the door.Slide57

Sauntered (verb)

walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort.Slide58

#26

this may be the 1

st

day of school she said but you have homework tonight my name in case your interested in

mrs

keck

.Slide59

Keck (verb)

To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomitSlide60

#27

oh no not

mrs

keck

groaned

ned

in an

aside

to

harold

. I here she gives tons of homework calls parents and makes students write and writeSlide61

Aside (noun)

a remark that is not directly related to the main topic of discussion.Slide62

#28

everyone

transcribed

the assignment into there notebook accept

conan

from who nobody ever expected any homeworkSlide63

Transcribed (verb)

put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed formSlide64

#29

when the bell rang

harold

sallied forth

from the classroom with

ned

he had found a best

freind

.Slide65

Sallied forth (verb)

To leave a safe place in a brave or confident way in order to do something difficultSlide66

#30

and after school

harold

tells

ned

all about hisself

and his

dilemmas

.Slide67

Dilemma (noun)

a difficult situation or problemSlide68

#31

well

ned

my mom and dad are getting divorced and are fighting over me he

lamented

.Slide69

Lament (verb)

To passionately express grief or sorrowSlide70

#32

my big

dapper

brother in college who my family thinks is gods gift to parents nags me about my grades he continued.Slide71

dapper

(typically of a man) neat and trim in dress, appearance, or bearingSlide72

#33

oh poor you said

ned

. I know what you mean

i

have a sibling just like that who drives me crazy.Slide73

#34

my dad is busy with his own new life and my mom thinks that

im

a infant.

Shes

a real

shrew

about good grades too

harold

moaned and

i

always do good.Slide74

Shrew (noun)

a small

mouselike

insectivorous mammal with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes.

a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.Slide75

#35

i

no what you mean

ned

interjected

. Even if I do good I can never do

good

enough to suit my mom with who I argue

alot

.Slide76

Interject (verb)

say (something) abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption.Slide77

#36

as the weeks wore on

harold

adjusts to horribly hard high school and their terrible nagging

harridans

the teachers.Slide78

Harridan (noun)

a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman