ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 53
WARMUP: Use your phones (or somebody’s phone) to answer the following:
· 1. Define each of the following: marauders, reconciliation, absconded, omniscient, quarry, sensory details
· 2. Tell which story each of the vocabulary words above came from?
Check Exam Review guide answers
Practice identifying plurals and possessives.
Put the 5 steps on the writing process in order…then write down the difference between revising and editing.
- Drafting
- Editing
- Revising
- Prewriting
- Publishing
· Return Human Footprint papers
· Assemble “The Deep Sea” paragraph
· Complete MOOD/TONE handout –
- informal (OMG: “I think…” or “If you ask me…”
vs. formal - tone = the author’s tone = his tone of voice = Sarcastic, humorous, bitter, critical mockery, serious, ironic, sympathetic, angry
· Complete THERE/THEIR/THEY’RE 1 - 5
REMEMBER: To show joint possession, use ‘s with the last noun only; if two people SHARE the same thing, they also SHARE an APOSTROPHE;
· Have you seen Joyce and Greg’s new camper?
· Hernando’s and Maria’s expectations were quite different.
ENGLISH homework:
Use study guide and today’s practice exam to review for final exam.
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