Phone 435-654-0640, extension 3768 Email breanne.dedrickson@wasatch.edu SIS Teacher Webpage Link Midterm is Wednesday, December 7th End of term is Friday, January 13th Daily Grammar Julius Caesar Journals 6 Traits Essay Book Report (due Thursday, January 5th) Narrative/Argumentative Paper Attendance policy Phone policy Dress code policy Late work policy RESPECT Be kind Don’t talk while someone else is talking Clean language No food or drink No cell phones Be on time Participate and be prepared No cheating or plagiarism “Cool to Care” cards Thank you notes home Extra credit Class party Fun learning activities Leave early or for intervention Seating choice Verbal warning Proximity Seat change Call home PASS Parent/Student/Teacher meeting Class change Book we are studying Notebook for notes and journals Pen or pencil Book report book Folder or binder As soon as you walk into class, sit down and follow the prompt on the board. It will either be a quick-write, journal, or grammar sentence. If you are not on-task when the bell rings, you will be marked tardy and lose participation points. Continue working on the activity as I take roll. Participate in class activities. Pick up after yourself. 3rd/4th: Announcements are not a time to visit. Work on homework or watch announcements. If you are off-task, you will stay for the next intervention, and you will lose participation points. Daily objectives Learning activities Homework Establish class routines Understand Parts of Speech Analyze the theme in JC Act II scene ii Comprehend a Shakespearean play Using external text features, create a piece of informational text that demonstrates your comprehension of the play Noun Action Verb Linking Verb Helping Verb Verb Tense Conjunction person, place or thing (Ashley, WalMart, desk) the action in the sentence (hiking, run) links the subject to the rest of the sentence (He is funny. I am nice.) helps the action verb in the sentence because it can’t stand alone (He is running.) Past, Present, Future joins words and phrases together coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) subordinating conjunctions (when, because) Pronoun Article Preposition Adjective Adverb Infinitive Gerund Participle replaces the specific noun (he, she, it, there, they) sets-up or qualifies a noun (a, an, the) describes where or when (in, at, by, from, of, near, outside) describes a noun (pink, blue, orange, 2, 5, 9, soft, long, funny) describes a verb (fast, high, slow, sloppily, quickly) verb phrase (to walk, to run, to sleep) the verb acts like the noun (Running is fun. Swimming is great exercise.) the verb acts like an adjective (Running shoes, Hiking boots, Swimming trunks) QUIZ ON THESE PARTS OF SPEECH NEXT TIME! send holly and me a postcard when youre visiting william faulkners house in oxford mississippi