September 27, 2011

Homework Grammar textbook

page71 exercise 1 #1-10 page 72 exercise 2 #1-10

Vocabulary pg 32

Do Now

Journal

Do you enjoy shopping or dread it? What

makes it a pleasure or a pain? Give a

story.

Chapter 2 Parts of Speech

THE NOUN

Noun

A word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea.

Some examples of: Persons- Jessye Norman, teacher,

chef, Dr. Ling Places- Grand Canyon, city, Nambia,

kitchen Things- lamp, granite, Nobel Prize,

Golden Gate Bridge Ideas- happiness, self-control, liberty,

bravery

Note:

*Some nouns are made up of more

than one word-These nouns are called

compound nouns

Compound noun

Two or more words used together to form a noun; may stand alone but means something else when combined.

Examples:– one word - firefighter, Greenland – two words - Hoover Dam, prime

minister– hyphenated word - brother-in-law,

spit-up

There are two kinds of basic nouns

Proper NounNames a particular

person, place, thing or idea and is always capitalized.

Common Noun

Names any person, place, thing or idea

Jackson Pollock

city artist

Derek Jeter Wednesday

man Sears Tower

Asia building

New York City day

continent

Proper Nouns Jackson Pollock Derek Jeter New York City Sears Tower Asia Wednesday

Common Nouns day continent building city man artist

September 28, 2011

Homework Vocabulary workbook page 33

– Vocabulary quiz Friday!

TWO sided Grammar Worksheet

Do nowJournal Entry : Write a paragraph on one of the

following topics. Use at least 20 detail words describing the topic you choose.

1. Your bedroom

2. Your house

3. Your school

4. Your neighborhood

5. Yourself

6. Your mother, father, or another relative

7. Your best friend

8. A place where you went on a vacation

Basic nouns can be either concrete or abstract

Concrete nounNames a person, place, or thing

that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell)

Ex: clouds, bushes, milk, Carl, bus, letter, tape, Brooklyn Bridge

Abstract noun

An idea, feeling, quality or characteristic

Ex: liberty, health, truth, faith, courage

document

history crown

truth heritage

buffalo snow time

courage museum

Common Nouns

Concrete

document crown snow museum buffalo

Abstract

truth courage time history heritage

Collective noun

Names a group that is

made up of individuals.

–Ex: mob, team, band

herd, litter, pod

bunch, variety, bundle

September 29, 2011

Homework Grammar worksheet Vocabulary pg 34

– Quiz tomorrow

Do Now Grammar pg 74

exercise 4 Pg 75 exercise 5

The Pronoun

A word used in place of one or more nouns

Personal Pronouns

Singular PluralFirst person I, me, my,

mineWe, us, our, ours

Second person You, your, yours

You, your, yours

Third person He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its

They, them, their, theirs

Antecedent

the word or word group that a pronoun stands for (or refers to). An antecedent can come before or after a pronoun.

Examples:– Frederick, have you turned in your report?

• Pronouns

• You and your

• Antecedent

• Frederick

More Examples

1. When Alex Rodriquez doubled in the winning run, he began to celebrate

2. Don’t bring your sneakers; leave them in your locker.

3. Lisa is someone who works hard.

If time Review A pg 75

September 30, 2011

Homework TWO SIDED

WORKSHEET! Bring Grammar text,

BOTH notebooks, and SPELLING Monday

Do Now Vocabulary Quiz

Reflexive (“self”) pronoun

Refers to the subject of a sentence and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

Ex: Wendy poured herself cereal.

Intensive (“self”) pronoun Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun

and is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.

Ex: I myself prefer the opera.

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

First person Myself, ourselves

Second person Yourself, yourselves

Third person Himself, herself, itself, themselves

Demonstrative Pronoun

Points out a specific person, place, thing or idea:

Ex: Those are mine.

That is great!

This That These Those

Note:

This, that, these, and those CAN ALSO be used as ADJECTIVES! To modify a noun or pronoun.

When they are used in this way, they are called demonstrative adjectives.

Demonstrative Pronoun: Did you order this? Demonstrative Adjective: Did you order this salad?

Relative Pronouns Introduces a subordinate clause

*that, which, who, whom, whose*– (a subordinate clause does not express a

complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence)

– The shirt that you like is mine.-John, who is 10, plays golf.-The Miracles, which was the first group

discovered by Barry Gordy, had a lead singer named Smokey Robinson.

October 3, 2011

Homework Spelling Unit 3 three times

each Grammar pg 79 exercise 6

Do Now

Journal #6

If you could eat only one type of food for a month, what would it be? How do you think you would feel

about it after?

Interrogative Pronoun - Introduces a question

Ex: What is your dog’s name?

Whose book is this?

Interrogative Pronouns

What Which Who Whom Whose

October 4, 2011

Homework Spelling pg 27

– Quiz Friday

Grammar worksheet Spelling Bee in class

Friday!! Test Next Friday

Do Now Grammar pg 79-80

Exercise 7

Indefinite Pronouns Refers to one or more persons, places, things

or ideas that may or may not be specifically named.

• Is there anybody out there?

• Both of the girls forgot their lines.

• Someone took my seat.

• I would like some of that lo mein. **Copy chart on page 78

Who vs. Whom

The pronoun who has different forms in the nominative and objective case.

Who – nominative Whom – objectiveWhen to use who or whom in a question, follow these steps: Rephrase the question in a statement If the answer to the question is HE use the pronoun WHO If the answer to the question is HIM use the pronoun WHOM

With (who, whom) are you going to the dance?(Who, Whom) is the president?

October 5, 2011

Homework BRING LITERATURE TEXT TOMORROW!! Along

with Grammar, two notebooks, and spelling workbook Grammar Text page 82 exercise 8 #1-10 Spelling page 28

– Quiz Friday– Spelling Bee Friday

Test Next Friday

1. (These, This) is Barbara’s favorite book.

2. From (who, whom) did you get that copy?

3. (That, Those) is the small orphan named Annie.

4. (That, Those) are Jonathan’s books.

5. (Who, Whom) taught Jay about books?

6. With (who, whom) does Jerry live?

7. (This, These) are Diane’s sisters and her husband.

8. (Who, Whom) does Carl meet?

9. (Whom, Who) does the stranger want?

10. (This, These) is food for the poor.

1. This

2. Whom

3. That

4. Those

5. Who

6. Whom

7. These

8. Whom

9. Whom

10. This

Underline the pronoun, or pronouns in each. Identify them as PER, INTEN, DEM, REL, IND or INTER

1. These are Elberta peaches, which are very popular in the U.S

2. Nobody really knows where the fruit came from originally.

3. We read a story that may or may not be true.

4. Who started the story?

5. A man in Georgia, whose name was Sam Rumph, grew peaches.

6. One of them was particularly beautiful.

7. Elberta peach itself is very firm.

The Adjective

A word used to modify a noun or a pronoun

Modify = describe An adjective modifies ONLY nouns or

pronouns by telling:

what kind ?

which one?

how many?

What kind? Which one or ones?

How much or how many?

Korean children

seventh grade several days

busy dentist these countries

five dollars

braided hair any book no marbles

October 6, 2011

Homework Spelling pg 29

– Quiz tomorrow!– Spelling Bee tomorrow!

Literature pg 569 # 1 and 5 Test Next Friday

Do Now

Journal #7

How do you feel about loyalty between friends? Write a story of your own or make one up.

October 7, 2011

Homework

Grammar pg. 83 ex. 10, and pg. 84-85 Review B

Test Friday!!

Do Now

Spelling Quiz Notes Spelling BEE!

**The most commonly used adjectives are a, an, and the.

– These adjectives are called articles

Articles

Indefinite = A, An (Unspecified)

Definite = The (Specific)

A and an are called INDEFINITE ARTICLES because they refer to any member of a general group

• A frog croaked.• An orange is a good source of vitamin C.

The is called the DEFINITE ARTICLE because it refers to someone or something in particular.

• The frog croaked.• Where is the orange?

Noun vs. Adjective If it stands alone… noun If it’s describing…adjective

Copper = noun

Copper coin = adj.

Baseball = noun

Baseball game = adj.

Proper Adjectives

Formed by a proper noun.

*Note that proper adjectives, like proper nouns, are capitalized and adjectives (common adjectives) are generally not capitalized.

Proper Nouns Proper Adjectives

A singer from Turkey A Turkish singer

Food from Japan Japanese food

A country in the Middle East

A Middle Eastern country

From the continent of Africa

From the African continent

Demonstratives

THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE – When they modify a noun or pronoun, they

are called DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

– When they are used ALONE, they are called DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

HAPPY THREE DAY WEEKEND!

October 11, 2011

Period 1– Grammar pg. 87-88 Chapter Review A,B,C,D– Literature pg. 569 #2,3,4,6,7,8– Test Friday!– Vocabulary pg. 38-39 Completing the

Sentence and Synonyms and Antonyms• Quiz Next Tuesday!

**DUE ON THURSDAY**

Homework

October 11, 2011

Literature pg 569 #2,3,4,6,7 and 8– Test Friday

Vocabulary pg 38-39 Completing the Sentence– Quiz Next Tuesday

Do Now: Noun or Adjective

bean gold coin Labor Day weekend

football Milan spring

White House gold football game

Persian Gulf spring weather

Super Bowl Super Bowl party

Milan fashion Labor Day

bean soup White House security

Persian Gulf pearls

Nouns Adjectives

Bean Bean soup

Football Football game

Spring Spring weather

Super Bowl Super Bowl Party

Milan Milan Fashion

White House White House security

Gold Gold coin

Labor Day Labor Day weekend

Persian Gulf Persian Gulf pearls

Test Two Break Down Proper and Common Nouns Abstract and Concrete Nouns Pronouns

– Personal– Reflexive– Intensive– Interrogative– Demonstrative– Relative– Indefinite

Adjectives and the word is modifies Adjectives vs. Nouns Nouns-Pronouns- Adjectives “After Twenty Years”

– Plot– Setting– Characters and Vocabulary