ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 52
WARMUP:
· Rewrite the following 6 sentences so that the meaning is clear:
1. He saw the deer using his binoculars.
2. Walking along the beach, a rock scraped my foot.
3. Juana only has algebra three days this week.
4. In a tiny cage at the dog pound, we felt very sorry for the little bulldog.
5. I saw her make a thrilling slalom run on my cousin’s television set.
6. The governor agreed to punish every driver who endangers the lives of others without delay.
Discussed contractions and the purpose of apostrophes, the rules that govern them (and the exceptions)
practiced identification on handout, “Apostrophes in Contractions” – it’s, who’s etc.
Open book to page 348 and listen to a reading of “The Necklace” from Literature book (pages 348 – 358) - 20 minutes
ENGLISH homework:
Use study guide to review for exam.
For online practice, try these links:
· Our Literature book can be found, online at
o www.my.hrw.com Username – rfc2017 Password – onlinebook
· Apostrophe practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html
· Plural practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/288.html
o And http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/391.html
· Author’s Purpose: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?TUAG7034
· Fact or Opinion: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html
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