Day Fifty-One

Friday December 13
Periods B, E

Monday December 16
Period F

Today in class you had time to:

• annotate your article from me and the web page you printed from the library
• categorize your information into 3 or 4 categories
• answer your question

Grammar Review Terms of the Day:

Prepositional Phrases and Appositives
Study these notes about the two types of phrases and how to tell them apart. Click here!
Here's a quiz.
Information on all of these concepts is clearly spelled out on this page, and if you scroll down to the bottom, there's a practice quiz and a key that you can download.


Independent and Dependent/Subordinate Clauses
A nice teacher somewhere out on the Internet put together this presentation on the concept. Study it.
I love this quiz! It tells you why you got it wrong (if you get it wrong).
And there's a part two!

Day Fifty

Thursday December 12
Period B, E, F

Today we went to the Information Commons to look for a web page to go along with the article I gave you for our research project. You were able to print one out there, or if you couldn't find one in the time you had in the lab, you could find and print one out at home.

Also, we did a review of persuasive elements. You were able to keep this handout to study from.

Grammar Review Terms of the Day:

Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives
Confused about the concept? Read about predicate nominatives here and predicate adjectives here
This is a review worksheet: click! Here are the answers: click!
Here's a quiz.
Another quiz (kind of challenging)

Day Forty-Nine

Tuesday December 10
Periods B, E

Wednesday December 11
Period F

Countdown to Final Exam:
10 Days (Pd. B, E)
9 Days (Pd. F)

Today you chose your question for the research project and annotated the article I gave you. You answered questions about the Thomas Paine speech AND about persuasive speeches in general. This was all due in class today.

Next class, we will go to the library so that you can find a website to add to your question.

Grammar Review Terms of the Day:

Direct and Indirect Objects
Study them using this website
Here's a fun online quiz!
Here's another!
Oh, you like those worksheet pages? Here are the worksheets. Do them. Now check your answers here.

Day Forty-Eight

Monday December 9
Periods B, E, F

Countdown to Final Exam:
11 Days

Today we read another inspirational speech, this time given by Thomas Paine.

I gave you the handout for our in-class project, Question-Based Research. You'll choose your topic in class tomorrow.

You also took the comma quiz.

Grammar Review Terms of the Day:

Simple and Complete Subjects and Predicates
Review them using these handouts (answers here).
Study subjects on this website and predicates on this website.
Worksheets plus answers for you to do on your own on this page.

Day Forty-Seven

Thursday December 5
Periods B, E

Friday December 6
Period F

Here is the rubric for the Caleb's Crossing essay...in case you misplaced yours. It is due on Thursday 12/12. If you turn it in on Monday (whether you have class or not), you can get 2 extra credit points.

We went over your comma homework and then took the practice quiz. The real quiz will be next class period.

Then we went over all of the persuasive speaking devices as well as pathos, logos and ethos again. We applied them to Patrick Henry's speech.

Day Forty-Six

Wednesday December 4
Periods B, E, F

Today I checked your comma homework.

We went over the final information on your Caleb's Crossing paper. It is due next Thursday, December 12. If, however, you turn it in on Monday December 9, you will get 2 extra credit points towards your paper. (This deadline counts EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE CLASS on Monday December 9! You can find your way to my classroom to drop it off.) The rubric is under "handouts"--and don't forget you will need all of your graded steps to turn in along with your final draft.

Next, we read Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention" and you took notes on some rhetorical (speaking) techniques.

Day Forty-Five

Monday December 2
Periods B, E

Tuesday December 3
Period F

Today you had to complete the following assignment in your grammar workbook (except for period F, who already completed it):

Page 165, Ex. 1
Page 166-170, Ex. 1 & 2

This is due next time we have class.

You also filled out the Unit 3 Wrap-Up form, which is in the handouts folder on the right.

We began taking notes on Unit 4, the Revolutionary Period.