September 17--Monday
Practice use of end punctuation and
question marks plus capitalization
Write the following sentence correctly
in your relay section:
Have you read “The adventure of the
Specked Band” by sir arthur Conan
Doyle
Helpful Resources
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Nouns pages 294-298
Pronouns pages 300-314
Verbs pages 315-323
Adjectives pages 326-335
Adverbs Pages 339-343
Prepositions pages 346-350
Conjunctions and Interjections pages 356-358
Is this
homework?
You will use page n your
agenda in completing
the assignment.
September 18, 2012—ALL (copy guessed
and guest into your relay section) HAVE
OUT your homework.
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guessed (v.) past tense of “to guess,” which means “to predict or estimate” (“He didn’t know
the answer, so he guessed.”)
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guest (n.) a visitor to a home or business (“I was a guest at my friend’s party.”)
September 19 Wednesday:
• wave (n.) a ridge or swell moving along the surface of the water
(“an ocean wave); (v.) to move back and forth or up and down
(“to wave goodbye”)
• waive (v.) to give up a claim or right voluntarily (“to waive your
right to an attorney”)
September 20, 2012—ALL (copy into
your relay section)
• core (n.) the center or most important part of something
(“An apple’s seeds are in its core.”)
• corps (n.) a special branch of the armed forces; a group of
people acting together (“the Marine Corps”)
September 21, 2012 __ALL--FRIDAY
• prophet (n.) one who speaks with divine inspiration or
predicts the future (“God spoke through his prophet.”)
• profit (n.)advantageous gain; return on an investment (“the
profit from a good business”)
September 21, 2012—ALL (copy into
your relay section)
• assistants (pl. n.) helpers (“I need three assistants to help me with
my project.”)
• assistance (n.) aid or help (“The hurricane victims need assistance
with food and shelter.”)
September 24, Monday--ALL
• shone (v.) past tense of “to shine” (“There were no clouds last
night, so the stars shone brightly.”)
• shown (v.) past participle of “to show” (“The math teacher has
shown his students how to divide fractions three times already.”)
September 25, 2012--ALL
• Use 8 out of the 12 homophones from this
week’s warm-ups in as few sentences as possible.
Each sentence must use AT LEAST TWO
homophones.
• Example: My assistants waved goodbye when they left
my room. (declarative)
CREATE YOUR OWN SENTENCES Try to create sentences in
the 4 types:
Exclamatory
Imperative
Interrogative
Declarative
September 27, 2012
Indefinite pronouns refer to unknown
people, places, or things. These words are
always replaced by a singular pronoun:
Each
either
anybody
Anything no one
somebody
Anyone
something
everything
Nothing nobody
someone
September 27, 2012--ENHANCED
REVIEW: Indefinite pronouns refer to unknown
people, places, or things. These words are always
replaced by a singular pronoun:
Each
Anyone
Nothing
neither
either
something
nobody
anything
anybody
everything
someone
everybody
Write the following correctly into your relay section:
1. Each girl who danced wore a flower in ____hair.
2. Everyone should proofread ________work before
handing it in to Mrs. Watson.
September 28, 2012--ALL
ALL—REVIEW FOR 6 WEEKS TEST