Tuesday Sept 6
#1 Accept vs. Except:
Accept: to agree or consent to, to take or receive Example: I accepted the award money willingly.
Except: but, with the exception of, excluding Example: I got to keep all of it except for about $100 in taxes.
Select the correct word: Are you going to (accept except) her apology?
#2 Nouns: words that represent persons, places, things, activities, or ideas/concepts.
Examples: Person-Pedro, man, girl, Sam Activities—reading, swimming, thinking
Places-high school, jail, home
Things-body, toy, pencil, rock, tree
Ideas/concepts—love, hate, separation
Write one sentence----using at least 3 different types of nouns; remember to capitalize proper nouns.
#3 Capitalization:
Rule 1: Capitalize the first word of a sentence. Example: The weather is changing.
Edit: Correctly capitalize words in the following sentence: can you believe he got a ticket to see the jazz?
#4 Periods: The period signifies a full stop.
Rule 1: Use a period at the end of a complete sentence that is a statement.
Example: I know that you would never break my trust intentionally.
Edit: correctly use end punctuation in the following sentence. I cannot believe that he came so late to class
#5 Plural nouns: refer to two or more persons, places, things, activities, or ideas/concepts.
Write a sentence with at least 2 plural nouns in it. Underline the plural nouns.
#6 Nouns
Edit: underline all of the nouns in the following sentence.
You will not believe the amount of money he got from his first week working at Walmart.
#7 Plural nouns
Edit the sentence to have correct use of plural nouns.
The girls were able to pick up their backpack and cell phone at the end of the fire drill.

Wed. Sept 7
#1 Plural noun rules:
•Most plural nouns are formed by adding an s. (an apple, three apples)
•To form the plural of nouns that end in s, x, z, ch, sh, add the letters es. (a box, two boxes; a bus, six buses)
•To form the plural of nouns that end in y after a consonant, change the y to an i, then add es. (twenty, twenties; bunny, bunnies).
•To form the plural of nouns that end in y after a vowel, add only the letter s. (day, days; donkey, donkeys)
•There are NO apostrophes in plural forms of nouns!
Choose the incorrect form of plural noun. a.
cats b.
kites c.
foxes d.
squashs
#2 Periods.
Rule 2: If the last word in the sentence ends in a period, do not follow it with another period.
Examples: I know that M.D. She is my sister-in-law.
Please, shop, cook, etc. I will do the laundry.
Edit: Place periods correctly where needed in the following sentences.
I wonder if she will get her B.A She is such a smart girl
#3 Nouns
Underline the nouns in the following sentence.
The aliens sat on my Subaru and drank soda.
#4 Capitalization
Rule 2: Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence. Example: “Look out!” she screamed.
Edit: capitalize all words that need to be in the following sentence:
he said, “this is my cat named sebastian.”

#5 Irregular plurals: some nouns have irregular plural forms.
The words man, woman, and child have irregular plural forms: men, women, and children.
The plural forms of deer and sheep are the same word as the singular form.
The plural forms of calf, half, wolf, and most words that end with the sound of f, change the letter and sound to a v in the plural.
Calves, halves, wolves.
The plural of many nouns that end in o is formed by adding es.
Choose the incorrect form of plural noun. a.
dictionaries b.
tomatoes c.
radioes d.
families
#6 Accept vs. Except
Practice: I can’t believe your teacher is going to (accept except) that essay.
#7 Plural nouns
Edit: correct all of the plural nouns in the sentence.
The three woman came upon 2 wolfs up the mountain and a deer on their way back down.

Thurs Sept 8
#1 Proper nouns: names of people, specific places, and particular groups and events. Proper nouns are always capitalized! Examples: Willy Wonka, Halloween, Utah, Taiwan, West Valley City, Liberty Park, Central Intelligence
Agency, Horizonte Instruction and Training Center.
Underline the proper nouns in the following sentence.
Elsa went to Horizonte on Wednesday to begin her classes, and was surprised to see so many Hondas in the parking lot at
Maverik.
#2 Plural nouns
Correct the plural nouns in the following sentence: The four man walked up to the valet and handed him four twentys.
#3 Period usage
Place correct punctuation in the following sentence: The dog sat on the lawn
#4 Accept vs. Except
Practice: I got all of the answers right (accept except) for the ones about Nigeria.
#5 Capitalization
Rule 3: Capitalize a person’s title when it precedes the name. Do not capitalize the title when the title is acting as a description following the name.
Examples: Principal Skinner opened the door.
Mr. Skinner, the principal of Sunnydale High, will be here soon.
Rule 4: Capitalize the person’s title when it follows the name on the address or signature line.
Example: Sincerely, Mr. Skinner, Principal
Edit: Capitalize the words that require it in the following sentence. did you see how this judge only gave him probation--- I have never seen judge taylor do that.
#6 Plural nouns
Choose the incorrect form of a plural noun.
#7 Plural Nouns
Choose the incorrect form of plural noun. a.
monkeyes b.
pencils c.
data
A. bags b. teacher’s c. cups d. coffees

d.
ponies
Fri. Sept 9
#1 Plural Nouns a.
wolfs b.
calves c.
halves d.
hairs
Choose the incorrect form of plural noun.
#2 Capitalization of titles
Use correct capitalization in the following sentence:
The elementary school principal is making his way out to talk to our security guard dan.
#3 Accept vs. Except:
Choose the correct word:
I don’t think the bank will (accept except) your student ID if you want to cash that check.
#4 Capitalization
Rule 5: Capitalize any title when used as a direct address.
Examples: Hey Mom, will you give me some money?
Will you take my temperature, Doctor?
Write a sentence using a title in direct address and properly capitalize.
#5 Plural nouns
Identify the correct use of plural nouns:
#6 a.
witnesses b. calfs c. deers d. boxes
Collective nouns: nouns that stand for an entire group, but are generally thought of as singular.
Examples: family, committee, and furniture are collective, because even though each noun contains more than one element, it is thought of as one group; therefore, it is singular.
Underline the collective nouns in the sentence:
#7 Capitalization
The audience cheered the team on during the championship game.
Use correct capitalization in the following sentence:

can you believe the bees lost that many games in august?