Monday, November 17, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 54

·         WARMUP: Completed ex. 7 from Writer’s Choice book page 638 (include SURE or UNSURE)

·         Next, we discussed and took notes on the trick for deciding when to use “who vs. whom”

·         We returned to ex. 7 and checked our answers using the who, whom trick

·         Did the same for Whoever, Whomever…took additional notes on the trick to determine proper use of “whomever vs. whoever” – practiced identification with overhead “Exercise 8: Whoever and Whomever”

Making Inferences About Characters  Read each description and decide whether it best fits Madame Loisel, Monsieur Loisel, or Madame Forestier. Write the name of the character the description best fits.

1. A person used to being rich and comfortable with privilege is _________________
2. A considerate person willing to make sacrifices to please someone else  ____________
3. A vain person filled with envy for those who are better off ____________________
4. A person comfortable with his/her station in life_____________________________
5. A self-centered person who thinks little of anyone else’s happiness_____________
6. A person who suggests lying as a way to buy time __________________________

·         Complete “Practice in Possessives”

·         Why don’t writers always write chronologically? For each of the 5 organizational methods listed below, tell when you think a writer would choose it when writing an essay? In other words, what might the writer be writing about?

1.      Chronological order

2.      Spatial order (“space”)

3.      Cause and effect

4.      Comparison/Contrast

5.      Order of importance

ENGLISH homework:

Use study guide to review for exam.

For online practice, try these links:

·         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

·         www.my.hrw.com

o   Username – rfc2018

o   Password – onlinebook