Day 15 – Subjects and
Subjects in Unusual
places
Objectives
 Identify and Understand theme in fiction.
 Determine theme and analyze its development.
 Identify and understand the subject of a sentence and Subjects in Unusual
places.
Homework:
Study vocabulary Quiz moved to Wednesday!
LOTF Chapters 2-4 and worksheets due 9/17
Warm Up –
Identify prepositional phrases, verb phrase, and
subject of the following sentences:
1. Don’t feed the animals in that cage.
2. Carol, please give me your homework.
3. The warm breezes were a sign of spring
Vocabulary: Lesson 2 English I
1B Foundations
 Take out your Vocabulary book.
 Your quiz has been moved to Wednesday.
 Create 1 sentence for each vocabulary word.
 Vocabulary Sentence Compositions:
1. Sentences must have underlined term
2. Context reveals definition(context clues)
3. Prepositional phrase opener or interrupter
4. Must have 7 action verbs and 3 linking
Grammar Time!
EXERCISE
For the following sentences: Underline the Subject. Circle the verb.
Put parentheses around all the prepositional phrases in these sentences.
1.Mrs. Kwan later became the director of the museum.
2.I am the recipient of a scholarship at the state university.
3.It rained hard during the night.
4.The boy climbed carefully up the tree.
5.Mary and Betty were the best golfers on the team.
6.I’d like a red jacket like yours.
7.They live in Wisconsin across the state line.
8.For six summers I went to Colorado for my vacation.
9.What is the name of your favorite book?
10.The dome above your head looked like the sky.
Get out your worksheet from Friday and check your work
11. They live down the street from us.
12. Put the camera on the table.
13. The boxer fell outside the ring.
14. Phil jumped from the porch onto the grass below.
15. Everyone except Sue took the test.
16. The field of wheat rippled in the evening breeze.
17. My grandmother dozed quietly with her hands in her lap.
18. Near the edge of the marsh a solitary blackbird perched on a cattail.
19. The clock with the luminous hands shone in the darkness.
20. Burning gases push a jet through the sky.
30. A flight from New York to Chicago takes only a few hours.
31. My dog caught the ball and ran off.
32. The men hid for a week.
33. My best friend sat next to me in this picture.
34. My grandfather’s farm lies in a little valley.
35. My mother usually sets these plants in the east window.
36. Begin before noon.
37. A houseful of visitors means a lot of work for me.
38. Each of us needs extra time.
39. One of the horses is limping.
40. The deer ran into the weeds.
• Each person needs a worksheet.
 Complete the worksheet and follow the directions on
the top of each section.
 Make sure that you are using your notes on Subjects
1. Class, read the chapter for tomorrow.
2. Tell us about the career of a highway patrol officer, Sherry.
3. Jose will explain the reasons for the popularity of those jobs.
4. The class will describe some careers in medicine.
5. List the requirements, Eduardo, for a career as a travel agent.
6. Students should respond to the career survey with a yes or no.
7. Review these articles about computers.
8. Take notes about the information in the textbook.
9. Jamye, report your findings to the class.
10. The class will research more about careers on the internet.
1. Have you been practicing your saxophone lessons?
2. In major league baseball, who holds the record for the most
home runs in a season?
3. Which freedom does the First Amendment guarantee?
4. Didn’t you receive my e-mail message?
5. Have you heard the best part of all?
6. How does the magician make the rabbit to disappear?
7. Would you like to live in an igloo?
8. Does the salsa taste too spicy?
9. Have advances in science helped people with cancer?
10. Do your grades indicate your behavior in class?
1. There is a copy of that picture in this brochure about the artist.
2. Here in an article about the cruise to Greece.
3. There haven’t been many snowstorms in Charlotte lately.
4. Here in this antique crib rests the newborn baby.
5. There are four new CD’s on my desk.
6. Under the bridge is a popular swimming area.
7. In the preserve for black rhinos lives a safari guide.
8. In the closet at the end of the hallway are the janitor’s supplies.
9. Through the wind and in the rain traveled the door-to-door salesman.
10. In the refrigerator in the back of the kitchen is a carton of moldy Velveeta.