Grammar Loop 6 Journal #1
Date: ________
Directions: Write the question and the answer in your
journal:
1. Based on the feedback from your grammar diagnostic,
what are your GRAMMAR GOALS for this year?
2. Language expresses emotion and feelings. How could
you use grammar and diction (word choice) to make
language cold, formal, and impersonal?
3. Language projects aesthetics and artistic qualities.
What are some of the best adjectives a writer can use
to describe olfactory or tactile sense impressions?
4. Write a sentence with a common noun, an action verb, and
twelve other words, all of them adjectives or adverbs. (+
one conjunction, if needed).
5. What does this sentence remind you of?
Grammar Loop 6 Journal #2
Date: ________
1. Write two separate sentences that are related in content.
2 sent. min = ½ point each
2. Rewrite the sentences, combining them into an I,ccI
compound sentence. ½ point
I,ccI = independent clause + coordinating
conjunction + independent clause
3. Rewrite the sentences again, combining them into a D,I
complex sentence. ½ point
D,I = dependent clause + independent clause
OR an an ID complex sentence
ID = independent clause + dependent clause
4. Determine which of the variations you think is best, and
write a description explaining why. 2 sent. min = ½
point each
5. Write the sentence and boxes as shown:
"It
I--Parts of speech
II--Parts of a sentence
III--Phrases
IV--Clauses, sent. type
yearns
me
not
if
men
my
garments
wear."
Grammar Loop 6 Journal #3
Date: ________
1. Write a sentence that contains six interjections in
quotation marks, followed by a proper noun and an
intransitive active voice verb. Limited to 8 words
2. Write a compound sentence with four nouns, all of
them verbals (infinitive or gerund phrases that function
as nouns); the sentence should contain no conjunctions.
No word limit
3. Write the sentence and boxes as shown below. Then, using
grammar terms, identify how each word/phrase/clause
functions for each level:
This
I--Parts of speech
II--Parts of a sentence
III--Phrases
IV--Clauses, sent.
types
is
the
desert
where
the
elves
decimated
the
trolls.