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Week of February 25-March 1
Monday 2/25 (2-Hour Late Start) MUG: Pronouns **One more tricky rule: Always use the POSSESSIVE case before an -ing word. Incorrect: I am tired of HIM whining. Correct: I am tired of HIS whining. Incorrect: The teacher was upset about HIM coming late every day. Correct: The teacher was upset about HIS coming late every day. Incorrect: Him coming late every day was annoying. Correct: His coming late every day was annoying. Quickly review Pronoun Agreement with these two exercises: Exercise 1 Exercise 2 You practice: Pronoun Case Exercise 1 Pronouns Pronouns at GrammarBook.com Pronoun Case Exercise 2 =================================================================== Tuesday 2/26 (9:00 Start & Assembly) and Wednesday 2/27 MUG: Pronouns Assignments: 1. Log in to SDMyLife 2. On your dashboard or home page, scroll down to lower right corner and open Method Test Prep 3. On the Method Test Prep Student Dashboard, scroll down to week 14, Lesson 57 (Pronoun Antecedent Agreement) Read through the rules and/or watch the video. Click the "I have read and understand this concept" box at the bottom. Move on to and complete the assessment. 4. On the Method Test Prep Student Dashboard, scroll down to week 16, Lesson 66 (Unclear Pronouns) Read through the rules and/or watch the video. Click the "I have read and understand this concept" box at the bottom. Move on to and complete the assessment. 5. At Quia: Pronouns in the Subject, Object and Possessive Case #3 . 6. At Quia: Pronoun Agreement #4 (best 3 of 4 pronoun grades will be recorded) 7. Log in to NEWSELA. Read TWO of the FOUR new articles assigned. Answer the questions for each! =================================================================== Thursday 2/28 MUG Mini-Lesson: Pronoun REFERENCE (not agreemen!) Errors View: Vague Pronoun Reference View: Pronoun Reference Errors Complete Pronoun Reference Packet Pronoun Reference Practice #2 Now do: Assignment: Complete assignment on Pronoun Reference MUG: Who/Whom, Whoever/Whomever, Who's/Whose Who's =Who is or Who has Who's in charge?=Who is in charge? Whose=shows possession Whose books are these? ============ Who=he/she Whom=him/her We do: Pretest, View Who/He trick practice packet & Cheat Sheet =================================================================== Friday 3/1 MUG: Who/Whom, Whoever/Whomever, Who's/Whose You practice: 1. Whoever/Whomever Quiz #1 2. Take the Who or Whom Quiz 3. Practice with this quiz on Who or Whom 4. Take another quiz on Who or Whom Now Complete: I'll record the better score the Who/Whom/Who's/Whose assignment at Quia (22 points) and the Who/Whom assignment at Quia (22 points) =================================================================== Week of February 19-22 Tuesday 2/19 from Mrs. Kistler and Prom Committee: Please stop in & register for Prom by Friday, 2/22 with Mrs. Kistler The deadline will NOT be extended. If you are not registered by Friday, you will not be able to attend Prom. If your date's name changes later, that is fine, but you need to be registered by Friday. MUG: Pronoun Agreement View: Celebrity Grammar with Kanye West View: Celebrity Grammar with Ariana Grande View: Slightly PG Amy's Lyric School: I and Me Pretest and Subject Pronouns Pronoun Cheat Sheet Grammar Lab Expectations We do: Continue Pronoun Agreement packet pp. 108-end Wednesday 2/20No School ***SNOW DAY!*** Thursday 2/21 Take time to complete Mrs. Lupkes Survey! MUG: Pronoun Agreement We do: Pronoun Packet You do: Practice Quiz on Pronoun Usage Practice Choosing the correct pronoun Quiz 1 Practice ChompChomp pronouns Now Complete 2 assignments: I will record the better of the two. Even if you get them all right on the first one, do both! USE your packet! USE your cheat sheet! 1. Pronoun Usage Assignment #1 (20 pts) 2. Using Pronouns Correctly #2 (20 pts) Friday 2/22 Pronouns continue! **One more tricky rule: Always use the POSSESSIVE case before an -ing word. Incorrect: I am tired of HIM whining. Correct: I am tired of HIS whining. Incorrect: The teacher was upset about HIM coming late every day. Correct: The teacher was upset about HIS coming late every day. Incorrect: Him coming late every day was annoying. Correct: His coming late every day was annoying. One more tricky pronoun situation--possessive before gerund (-ing word) Quickly review Pronoun Agreement with these two exercises: Exercise 1 Exercise 2 You practice: Pronoun Case Exercise 1 Pronouns Pronouns at GrammarBook.com Complete Quiz on Pronoun Usage Complete Choosing the correct pronoun Quiz 1 Now submit: I'll record the better score of two--no feedback will show right away! Do both! At Quia: Pronouns in the Subject, Object and Possessive Case At Quia: Pronoun Agreement Week of February 11-13 Monday 2/11 M=1:30 Dismiss for PT Conferences MUG: Verb Tense Consistency--an error tested on ACT and Common Core English tests 1. If you are absent today, view these brief videos on Verb Tense Consistency and Shifts in Verb Tense (just through 2:59) If you DON'T use correct verb tense, you'll get called out! Wrong Verb Tense Songs #1 (warning: PG) 2. If you are absent today, we will use THIS ACTIVITY to introduce Verb Tense Consistency 3. If you are absent today, we will also use THIS ACTIVITY to review Verb Tense Consistency 4. If you are absent today, we will review Verb Tense Consistency with THIS DOCUMENT 5. If you are absent today, we will practice Verb Tense Consistency with THIS EXERCISE Tuesday 2/12 9:00 Start MUG: Verb Tense Consistency We practice: Finish Worksheet Packet: "If" conditionals page Here are the "If" conditional rules If you are absent, we will use THIS ACTIVITY in class today for practice. You Practice: 1. Start with a super simple warmup 2. Tense Consistency Exercise 3. Consistency of Tense 4. English Grammar Online Quiz Complete this Assignment: 1. Complete Verb Tense Consistency Quiz #1 at Quia Wednesday 2/13 View: WWII aircraft carrier and veteran gunner It's time to begin to prepare for the ELA (English Language Arts) portion of the Common Core. The ELA test is an untimed test that contains several different types of questions. Students answer multiple choice questions based on short passages they read and write responses to open-ended questions based on stories, articles, or poems they listen to or read. Again, drill improves skill, so we will be practicing regularly until test time utilizing Newsela, a data base of current event non-fiction stories tailor-made for classroom use. The current event stories are both student-friendly and can be accessed in different formats by reading level. Real life newspaper writers rewrite a story four times for a total of five Lexile (reading) levels per story. All articles have embedded Common Core aligned quizzes that conform to the reading levels for checking comprehension. What is Newsela Join NEWSELA-- Your Class Code is WXB8W7 Read: Matching Grade level to Lexile levels in Newsela Reading Lab Expectations and Assignment: 1. Since electronic devices are not allowed during Common Core or ACT or any standardized testing, get used to that and tuck cell phones away. 2. 9 articles have been assigned to you. You MUST read the Elie Wiesel article. 3. Then choose TWO of the other nine articles to read and answer questions. 4. Log in to see the articles. 5. For each article, choose the lexile level closest to your grade level (so either MAX or one of the top 2 numbers). 6. When you finish reading, go to the activities link on top right. 7. Click the Quiz link and answer the 4 questions for each article. Results come directly to me. 8. Again, read the Wiesel article and any TWO of the other articles to read and answer the 4 questions for each. This is much like what the ELA Common Core exams will be like. Practice makes progress! Readers become leaders! Thursday 2/14, Friday 2/15, Monday 2/18 No School for Inservice and President's Day ============================================== Week of February 4-8 Monday 2/4 Mrs. Lupkes will share information on senior year Tuesday 2/5 Mrs. Lupkes will share information on senior year Wednesday 2/6 Assignment at Quia: Complete Review of Mrs. Lupkes 2-day Presentation Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Packet-Pre-test Click here for a review of ALL the rules! Rules: 1. Whenever each, either, neither, ones (someone, anyone), bodies (somebody, nobody" is the subject, the verb MUST be singular. (Also add Every and Many a or Many an Each of the girls is carrying a backpack. Every girl and boy carries... Many a girl carries a 2. Whenever "both, few, several, many" is subject, the verb must be plural Both of the girls are carrying a backpack. 3. If "some, all, any, none, most" is the subject, look inside the phrase to determine if the verb is singular or plural. Some of the cake is gone. Some of the cookies are gone. 4. Singular subjects joined by "or" take singular verb. Jason, Jen or Pat does the dishes every night. 5. Compound subjects joined by "and" take plural verbs. Jason, Jen and Pat are coming for dinner. View ACT review videos: 1. Tricky scenarios on the ACT with SV agreement Thursday 2/7 (SNOW DAY!) Friday 2/8 (2 HOUR LATE START) Find your SV agreement packet with Cheat Sheet. Go over ACT passage and last page. Do 2-sided worksheet (Handbook Section 11) together Assignment: complete these 4 assignments. (I will keep the better 22 point and the better 18 point assignment. Use the Cheat Sheet.) 1. SUBMIT S-V Agreement ASSIGNMENT #1 at Quia (22 pts) 2. Submit S-V Agreement Assignment #3 (22 pts) 3. SUBMIT S-V Agreement ASSIGNMENT #2 at Quia (18 pts) 4. SUBMIT S-V Agreement Assignment #4 (18 pts) |
