Grammar Rule for the Week:
Use a hyphen to
separate compound
numbers from twentyone to ninety-nine,
fractions used as
adjectives, and to show
a span of numbers
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Gossamer (adj): something
light, delicate, or tenuous
Sentence Correction:
The gossamer flowers were
only one fifth of the budget
for the wedding.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Gregarious (adj): living in
groups; social
Sentence Correction:
The little boy was surprisingly
gregarious for three fourths of
the morning.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Halcyon (adj): calm or
peaceful; happy
Sentence Correction:
From 1996 2001, the people of
afghanistan wished for more
halcyon times.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Holocaust (n): widespread
destruction; especially by fire
Sentence Correction:
The holocaust in California
caused many people to donate
money therefore, ninety nine
million dollars was raised.
Journal Entry 1:
What do you think makes a
good leader? Give an
example of a good leader
in your life and why they
are a good leader.
Grammar Rule for the Week:
Use a colon when you
write the time in
numerals, before a list
of items, and after the
salutation of a business
letter.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Indolent (adj): lazy
Sentence Correction:
The following students were
considered indolent by their
teacher johnny sally susie and
tom.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Intrepid (adj): fearless; bold
Sentence Correction:
The student was intrepid when
he walked out of class at 1159,
one minute before class ended.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Inclement (adj): stormy; harsh
Sentence Correction:
Dear Julie
The inclement weather prevented
me from reaching you.
Sincerely
Tom
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Irascible (adj): easily angered; hottempered
Sentence Correction:
At 340, the irascible student
calmed down and left the class
quietly.
Journal Entry 2:
What are the positive and
negative effects of cell phone
technology? Give two
examples of each. You can
list them.
Grammar Rule for the Week:
Use a semicolon to
separate main clauses not
joined by a conjunction
and to separate main
clauses that are joined by
a conjunctive adverb
(however, furthermore,
moreover, nevertheless,
therefore).
Vocabulary Word
` for Today:
Kowtow (v): to be overly polite and
flattering; to fawn
Sentence Correction:
Its sometimes better to kowtow
than to ignore someone
however, this could be a bad
decision.
Vocabulary Word
` for Today:
Languid (adj): drooping; sluggish
Sentence Correction:
There ferns are looking very
languid today they need a large
amount of water.
Vocabulary Word
` for Today:
Loquacious (adj): given to excessive
talking
Sentence Correction:
You should never be loquacious
while in class.
Vocabulary Word
` for Today:
Lugubrious (adj): exaggeratedly or
affectedly mournful (sad)
Sentence Correction:
The earthquake in Haiti caused
many people to be lugubrious
nevertheless many people also
chose to help the victims.
Journal Entry 3:
Select one rule in your home
or school that you think
has failed, and tell why you
think so. Then, provide a
better rule in its place and
explain why it is better.
Grammar Rule for the Week:
Underline or italicize titles
of books, magazines,
newspapers, plays,
movies, television series,
long poems, paintings,
sculptures, long musical
compositions, works of art,
spacecraft, and ships.
Vocabulary Word
` for Today:
Nadir (n): the lowest point
Sentence Correction:
The nadir of Romeo and Juliet is
when both the protagonists die.
Vocabulary Word
` for Today:
Obdurate (adj): hard; unmoved by
persuasion
Sentence Correction:
Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the
television series NCIS has a very
obdurate personality.
Vocabulary Word
` for Today:
Obsequious (adj): fawning; servile
Sentence Correction:
In the movie Hercules, Hades
has some very obsequious
sidekicks.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Pariah (n): an outcast
Sentence Correction:
Odysseus was considered a
pariah in the epic poem The
Odyssey.
Journal Entry:
Describe the positive and
negative effects of the dress
code policy in your school.
(Give at least two examples
positive and two examples of
negative effects.)
Grammar Rule for the Week:
Use the correct forms of
their (poss.), there (a
place), and they’re (they
are); your (poss.) and
you’re (you are); its (poss.)
and it’s (it is).
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Pilfer (v): to steal insignificant items
Sentence Correction:
Its important to protect your
possessions from the pilfering
that goes on at this school.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Pogrom (n): an organized persecution or
massacre
Sentence Correction:
Their were a large number of
people killed in pogroms in
they’re own towns during the
Holocaust.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Polyglot (n): using several languages
Sentence Correction:
They’re are many polyglots in
Europe; your certain to
encounter them if you travel
their.
Vocabulary Word for Today:
Potable (adj): fit to drink
Sentence Correction:
The school announced that it’s
water was not potable.
Journal Entry:
If you were granted two
supernatural powers for one
week only, what powers would
you choose, and why? What
would you do with your
powers?