Do Now
1. 1. Copy down your homework and take
out your homework from the weekend.
2. Bubble in your answers to Friday’s
vocabulary quiz.
ONLY 8 SCHOOL DAYS UNTIL THE 1st
QUARTER INTERIM!
Notes
 If you never received a grade for the first paper, you MUST
come to office hours and speak with me about
discrepancies/plans.
 If you did not turn your paper into turnitin.com, your paper
will receive a zero until you turn it in. Any papers that have
not already been submitted will receive a half letter grade
deduction until they are submitted (this is true for the
SECOND paper, not the first).
Objectives
 Compose a poem about what it means to be an American.
 Create a visual way to memorize the definition of
vocabulary words.
 Use sentence-combining techniques, effectively avoiding
problematic comma splices, run-on sentences, and
sentence fragments, especially in sentences containing
compound subjects and verbs (SST 601).
Agenda
 Do Now (10)
 Grammar: Appositive Phrases (25)
 Composition:
 Why Make English Official? The Pro Side (10)
 Poetry and “American” Definition (10)
 Vocabulary: Illustrations (10)
 Props!
 Exit Ticket (10)
Homework
 Complete grammar worksheet.
Grammar
 Read the sentences at the top of your worksheet.
Answer the question: What do you notice about each
“a” sentence? What do all of the phrases in bold have
in common?
Some answers…
 All of the phrases in bold…
 Modify something
 Could not be a sentence on their own
 All of them are separated from the original sentence
with a comma
 They make the sentence more interesting
Guided Notes
 The boldface phrases are appositive phrases, one of
the sentence parts that shows the difference
between professional writing and student writing.
 These phrases are an efficient way to combine related
ideas into one sentence.
 Appositives are noun phrases that identify adjacent
(nearby) nouns or pronouns. They can occur as
sentence openers, subject-verb splits, or sentence
closers.
More Examples
 The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen
table.
 The insect, a large cockroach, is crawling across the
kitchen table.
 The insect, a large cockroach with hairy legs, is
crawling across the kitchen table.
 The insect, a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has
spied my bowl of oatmeal, is crawling across the
kitchen table.
Punctuating Appositive Phrases
 An important point to remember is that a nonessential appositive is
always separated from the rest of the sentence with comma(s).
When the appositive begins the sentence, it looks like this:
 A hot-tempered tennis player, Robbie charged the umpire and tried to
crack the poor man's skull with a racket.
When the appositive interrupts the sentence, it looks like this:
 Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis player, charged the umpire and tried
to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.
And when the appositive ends the sentence, it looks like this:
 Upset by the bad call, the crowd cheered Robbie, a hot-tempered
tennis player who charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor
man's skull with a racket.
On Your Worksheet
 Read the examples of sentences with appositive
phrases and highlight the appositive phrases in each.
 Turn the page. We’ll practice the first exercise
together.
Activity: Why Make English Official
 Class will be split in three groups.
 You must remain in your seat the entire time and keep
your hands to your self.
 Nothing can be passed, thrown, or moved from one
group to another.
 You must follow all directions given to you.
 You will have 5 minutes to complete an assigned task.
Composition
 Take out your poems that you should have finished
this weekend.
 Turn to a partner and share your poem.
 Beneath your poem, write your definition to
“American”. It should look like this:
 American (adj.):
 *This will be used in your essay!
Poem Example Start
Being American means being able to work hard to be
what ever you want to be,
It means opportunity for everyone from sea to shining
seas.
It means helping out your fellow man or woman when
things get rough,
And persevering and working together when things get
tough…
Vocabulary
 You will have 5 new words every week (2 of these are
included on your 11th grade vocab wall).
 Vocab quizzes will take place every three weeks.
 If you use a vocabulary word in class (old or new), you
will receive a “prop” for 11th grade raffle prizes!
 For each word, draw a visual to help you remember
the meaning of the word and write a sentence
describing how the picture will remind you of the
definition.
Berate
 To scold or criticize
someone angrily
Ameliorate
 To make
something
better
Baleful
 Something that is harmful or threatening
 Baleful and baneful overlap in meaning, but baleful
usually applies to something that is menacing or
predicts evil: a baleful look. Baneful most often describes
something that’s actually harmful or destructive: baneful
effects of their fight.
Circumvent
 To surround (an enemy for example) OR to get
around; avoid
Compunction
 Compunction – a feeling of unease because of guilt
Exit Ticket
1. Unscramble the following sentence, underlining the appositive
phrases and using commas, where necessary:
 Ms. Harvey
 about appositive phrases
 an English teacher at Muchin College Prep
 an important part of writing more professionally
 loves teaching her students
2. Create your own example of a sentence containing an
appositive phrase. Be sure to underline your appositive phrase
and add commas, where necessary.