12.15 - Sentences and Roots

At the beginning of class today, everyone wrote seven sentences in their writer's journals. This selection of sentences was a mix of simple and compound sentences with the compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions, adverbial conjunctions, or semicolons. Once everyone had written these sentences, people exchanged journals and identified the subjects, verbs, sentence type, conjunction (if applicable), and appropriate punctuation.

While people were working on this, I collected six sentences as examples. We then looked at these six sentences as common examples and discussed their use of grammar and punctuation as it related to simple and compound sentences.

Following this, I handed out the set 10 roots and prefixes word list and practice sheet. The remaining 20 minutes of class were left to begin working on these sheets. Work that was not completed should be completed as homework.

Handouts:

Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Word List
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Practice Sheet


Homework:

Complete the set 10 roots and prefixes word list and practice sheet in preparation for the quiz on Friday.

Prepare for the simple sentence and compound sentence quiz tomorrow.

Prepare for a quiz on The Road tomorrow (you will be responsible for up to page 250).

Finish The Road for Wednesday.

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Revisions:

Due Friday, Dec. 19

Paragraph on Motifs in The Road

Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet for The Road (pgs 3-33)