SEPT. WEEK 3SEPT. 15-19

American Lit: Finishing up personal narrative and moving into Native American

Oral Tradition

9/15 J#7When it comes to weather and the seasons, people say it can impact our moods more than we imagine. In a single paragraph, answer these questions using descriptive writing details [ like you are doing for your personal narrative ]

A. Overall, what is your favorite

season and type of day?

B. Why?

C. How would you say this season and type of day impact your mood?

Today:Early

Collection of Personal

Narratives… due tomorrow

Time to read your new

book!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDir9-UoPjo

Hard work today reading and staying focused will earn your hour

the chance to watch The Bucket List

starting end of the hour Tuesday and all of Wednesday and Thursday.

Not reading – we’ll start the Native American unit tomorrow.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 16TH

ADVISORY SCHEDULE Please staple your draft as the stapler comes around.

Please pass your STAPLED drafts across to the last row.

Last person in that row puts them in the tray.

9/16 MUGS#2: Grammar Pretest--AParts of the Sentence - Subject/Verb

Instructions: Find the subject and verb in the following sentences.

Subject/s = _____________ Verb/s =___________

1. Here is my shoe! EX.: S= shoe V= is

2. The little boy hit the big girl.

boy – subject hit - verb

3. You seem unhappy today.

you – subject seem - verb

4. Down the road hopped the rabbit.

rabbit – subject hopped - verb

5. Are we going out on Halloween?

we – subject are going - verb

MUGS#2 Pretest A, cont.6. Have the men come all the way from Europe?

men – subject have come - verb

7. The soup tasted good in the cold weather.

soup – subject tasted - verb

8. The passenger should have been stopped at the gate.

passenger – subject should have been stopped - verb

 9. The mail could have arrived earlier.

mail – subject could have arrived - verb

10. Don't go into that house!

(you) – subject do go - verb

Put everything

away…

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17TH

5- question grammar PRETEST B

MUGS#3 9/17

Movie to follow

Reviewing other parts of speech:

What are conjunctions?

• Connecting words

FANBOYS:

• For• And• Nor/ Neither• But• Or• Yet• So

What are interjections?

• Words which show emotion and frequently are followed by an “!”

• Wow! • Yikes!• Hey!• Aw!

9/17 MUGS#3: Grammar Pretest--BParts of the Sentence -

Instructions: Find the subject/s and verb/s in the following

sentences.

• 1. There were no pies, cakes or cookies on the shelves.

S= pies, cakes, cookies V= were

2. Oh, neither Jane nor Tarzan would return to civilization.

S= Jane, Tarzan - subjects; V= would return

9/17 MUGS#3: Grammar Pretest--B

3. Barbara and her friends sat on the floor, ate goodies, and

listened to records.

S= Barbara, friends V= sat, ate, listened

4. The brothers swam, fished, and rowed the boat on their

vacation.

S= brothers V= swam, fished, rowed

5. Wow, this lesson is short and fairly easy.

S= lesson - V= is

The Bucket List

FRIDAY, SEPT. 19TH

The Bucket List

Grammar first today…then the film

9/18 MUGS#4: Grammar Pretest--CPredicate Nouns

A predicate noun completes a linking verb and renames the subject.

Predicate nouns complete only linking verbs. The linking verbs include the following:

is, am, are, was, were, be, being, and been; the sense verbs look, taste, smell, feel, and sound; and verbs like become, seem, appear, grow, continue, stay, and turn.

Example: Their parents are medics in the US Marine Corps.

Subject = parents

Linking Verb= are

Predicate Nominative= medics [ renames the noun “parents”]

• http://dailygrammar.com/Lesson-101-Predicate-Nominative.htm

FRIDAY, SEPT. 19TH

The Bucket List

Grammar first today…then the film

Meet me in the LIBRARY LAB on TUESDAY to type up your final copy of your narrative.

FOR NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, SEPT. 23RD

9/19 MUGS#5: Grammar Pretest--DPredicate Nominative -

S= V= PN=

1. My favorite pets were a squirrel and a rabbit.

S= pets V= were PN= squirrel/rabbit

2. Our chief crops are corn, wheat, and hay.

S= crops V= are PN= corn/wheat/hay

3. Mr. Jones is an accountant and a big game hunter.

S= Mr. Jones V= is PN= accountant/hunter

4. The owners of the race car include Bill, Pete, and Sam.

S= owners V= include PN= Bill/Pete/Sam

5. My favorite holidays are Christmas and Easter.

S= holidays V= are PN= Christmas/Easter

Remainder of Hour Today:20-25 minutes: Quiet Reading

• On a half sheet of paper answer the following 3*2*1 and give to me on

your way out the door:

3: Briefly list & describe three

characters

2: Identify two things you really like

so far about the novel

1: Idenifty one question you’d ask the

author, if you could

Last 10 minutes:

Watch 6-Word narrative video if

we had a nice, quiet reading

time