Please take out 2 sheets of paper and a pen or pencil Thanks 3 Short Answer Response Questions Short paragraph not a short answer Address the question For one thousand dollars tell me what Im talking about It is definitely that way he is that way because of the way his mom is ID: 745211
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Grammar StationsPOP QUIZ!
Please take out 2 sheets of paper and a pen or pencil.
Thanks!Slide23 Short Answer Response Questions
Short paragraph, not a short answerAddress the question (For one thousand dollars, tell me what I’m talking about: “It is definitely that way, he is that way because of the way his mom is.”Use evidence in your paragraphREAD THE PASSAGES AND TAKE NOTES IN THE MARGINS –
HIGHLIGHT!!!Slide3Personal Narrative
Write at least a pageBe dramaticBe detailedIn your last paragraph connect the story to the promptPersonal experience – 1st
person point of viewSlide4Your Stories
That reminds me of… (goal write down 10 stories)Slide5Station #1: Apostrophes
Select One (students’, student’s, students)The students own a puppy. That is the (students’, student’s, students) puppy.
b. Only one student owns a puppy.
That is the (students’, student’s, students) puppy.Slide6Station #1: Apostrophes
The students own a puppy. That is the (students’) puppy.
b. Only one student owns a puppy.
That is the (
student’s
) puppy.Slide7Station #1
c. Contract: (It has) been a nice day.Contract: (It is) a nice day.
e. Those are (it’s or its) legs.
Those are (Don’s legs, Dons’ legs, or Dons legs) if there is only one Don, but he has two legs.
Contract (Don is) a jerk.Slide8Station #1
c. Contract this sentence:It’s been a nice day.Contract this sentence:
It’s
a nice day.
e. Those are (
its
) legs.
Those are (
Don’s
legs) if there is only one Don, but he has two legs.
Don’s
a jerk.Slide9Station Two: Spelling Test
a. Write three sentences for there, they’re, theirb. Spell def-fun-ate-leec. Those pants are (loose or lose)d. Hmm, that’s (wierd
or weird)
(Your or You’re) the best
Poverty (effects or affects) grades.
The (effects or affects) of poverty are serious.
h. Finish the quiz (then or than) go play.Slide10Station Two: Spelling Test
Write three sentences for there, they’re, theirThere – location, their – possession, they’re = they areb. Spell def-fun-ate-lee (
definitely
)
c. Those pants are (
loose
)
d. Hmm, that’s (
weird
)
(
You’re
) the best
Poverty (
affects
) grades.
The (
effects
) of poverty are serious.
h. Finish the quiz (
then
) go play.Slide11Station #3: 5 Techniques
Add a participle to combine these sentences:The dog ran swiftly. The dog navigated the obstacle course. The dog jumped through hoops and climbed over tables.
{Complete Sentence} {dependent clauses}
(
subject
) (
verb
) (
participial
phrase
)
The
boy
made
his way across the garden,
trampling
Grandma’s prize petunias beneath his soft leather toddler shoes,
crushing
her blue ribbon dreams
. Slide12Station #3: 5 Techniques
Add a participle to combine these sentences:Participial phrase as an introduction:Running swiftly, jumping through hoops, and climbing over tables
,
the dog navigated the obstacle course
.
Participial phrase as a conclusion:
The dog navigated the obstacle course
,
running swiftly, jumping through hoops, and climbing over tables
.
Participial phrase as an interrupter:
The dog
,
running swiftly, jumping through hoops, and climbing over tables
,
navigated the obstacle course
.Slide13Station #3: 5 Techniques
Add an absolute participle (noun + -ing verb) to the front, middle, or end of this sentence.The crowd rocked to
We Will Rock You
by Queen.
(Absolute Participles)
(Subject)
(Verb)
Fists clenched
,
nerves steadying
,
the man
stumbled
over to his ex-wife and her new boyfriend.Slide14Station #3: 5 Techniques
Add an absolute participle (noun + -ing verb) to the front, middle, or end of this sentence.The crowd, hands clapping and feet stomping, rocked to
We Will Rock You
by Queen.
Smoke rising and glass clinking,
t
he crowd rocked to
We Will Rock You
by Queen
.Slide15Station #3: 5 Techniques
Add an appositive (renames a noun) to this sentenceThe boy’s
flatulence
caused
people
to leave the small
store
.
(
Noun
) (
renamed with
appositive
)
The
raccoon
,
a snarl-toothed garbage eater
, guarded the apple.
The
student
,
voted most likely to succeed by his peers
, dejectedly handed the bag to the officer.
They took one look at the
entry way
,
a tiny mud room with a split foyer
, and decided not to buy the home.Slide16Station #3: 5 Techniques
Add an appositive (renames a noun) to this sentenceThe boy’s flatulence, a gut-churning cloud thick enough to taste, caused people
, who had been busy looking at used records,
to leave the small store.Slide17Station #3: 5 Techniques
Take this sentence out of the passive voice and include an active verbThe gazelle was stalked.Slide18Station #3: 5 Techniques
Take this sentence out of the passive voice and include an active verbGood:The gazelle was stalked
by a lioness
.
Better:
The lioness stalked
the gazelle.
Best:
The lioness
crouched, muscles tensed in ribbons of concrete sinew, razor claws inching among the brush in a dragging crawl, pressing the silent leaves beneath the padding of massive paws
;
with bridled breath, fleshy with yesterday’s kill, she
stalked
the gazelle, each tooth bearing its own prophesy, promising tender meat and hot blood to the sultry night air, to the sleeping wind gods of The Sahara. Slide19Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Dependent clause as intro} + {Sentence}Slide20Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Dependent clause as intro} + {Sentence}
When I was a little girl
, I didn’t have a beard.Slide21Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Sentence} + {Dependent clause as closer}Slide22Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Sentence} + {Dependent clause as closer}
I have lard, butter, and bread,
which are the essential components to a sandwich
. Slide23Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Sentence} + {interrupter} + {rest of sentence}Slide24Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Sentence} + {interrupter} + {rest of sentence}
I ate The Californian,
which slipped around the plate
, with a spoon because I didn’t have a fork. Slide25Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{independent clause} + {independent clause} Slide26Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{independent clause} + {independent clause}I did not do well in relationships; new people make me nervous and I’m often too honest.Slide27Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Write a sentence with a coordinating conjunction}
FANBOYSSlide28Station #4: Comma and Semicolon Rules
Write these sentence types:{Write a sentence with a coordinating conjunction}FAN
B
OYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
I would have had breakfast,
but
I was running behind.Slide29Station #5: Common Errors
Correct these errors:The Golden Retriever is one of those dogs that never admits defeat.I didn’t take no chances.I am feeling good today.He likes to hunt and fish.Slide30Station #5: Common Errors
Correct these errors:The Golden Retriever is one of those dogs (more than one = they) that never admit (delete “s”) defeat.
I didn’t take
any
(delete “no”) chances.
I am feeling
well
(delete “good”) today.
He likes to hunt and
to
fish.Slide31Station #6: Sentence Combos
Absolute: I sat on the highest limb of a sturdy oak tree. Its branches were reaching to the clouds. The branches were reaching as if to claim a piece of the sky.Slide32Station #6: Sentence Combos
Absolute: I sat on the highest limb of a sturdy oak tree, branches reaching to the clouds as if to claim a piece of the sky. Slide33Station 6
Participial PhraseI took small sips from a can of Coke. I was sitting on the ground in a shady corner.I was sitting with my back against the wall.Slide34Station 6
Participial PhraseSitting on the ground with my back against the wall, I took small sips from a can of Coke.