September 3rd, 2014Journal

If you lived 2000 years ago, which would be the best to own: a horse, a cow, or a dozen chickens? Why?

Quote“If I were you, I’d run away. If you were me, you’d be good looking.” –Samurai saying

Word of the DayWe can tell from Ms Salisbury’s mistakes on the slides that she is a fallible person, even though she claims to be perfect.

Fallible (adjective)• Liable to make a mistake

Reminders• Your Review Worksheet is

due today!• If you have not turned your

journals in yet, you currently have a zero for that assignment and are probably at an “F.” Turn it in for points!

• AUPs• Grammar Textbook• Check your grades (Please,

PLEASE, PLEASE!)

Review• Helping verb• Adjective• Comparative• Superlative

Adverbs• Adverb • Modifies or describes a

verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• Usually ends with “ly”• Example: Stitch loudly

rocked out to Elvis.• Example: The unruly way

Stitch acted made Lilo unpleasantly angry.

Pronouns• Pronoun • A word that takes the

place of one or more nouns.• Examples: he, she, it,

those, them, etc.• Example: Eric gave Ariel

a ring, and she loved it!• Example: Ariel and Eric

are a cute couple, aren’t they?

Pronouns• Personal pronoun • Pronouns that are used

to refer to specific people or things. DO NOT USE IN ESSAYS!• I, me, we, us, ourselves,

myself, our, mine, you, yourself, your.• Example: I think that he

minions are cute!• Example: Do you know

Mr. Gru?

Pronouns• Subject Pronoun

• Object pronoun

• When a personal pronoun is the subject of a sentence• Example: He hit the

ball.

• When a personal pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition.• Example: She ran into

him.

Pronouns• Antecedent • The noun or group of

words that a pronoun refers to.• Example: *NSYNC is

awesome, and I love them!• Example: There is

glitter all over the place, and it is making a mess!

Pronouns• Possessive Pronoun • A pronoun in the

possessive case. It shows who or what has something. May take the place of a possessive noun.• Example: His dog

makes me laugh.• Example: There is a

butterfly on her dog’s nose.

Pronouns• Indefinite Pronoun

• Interrogative Pronoun

• A pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing.

• Example: It is incredibly hot in here!

• Example: That is just nasty.

• A pronoun used to introduce an interrogative sentence.

• Who, what, where, when, why, how?

• Example: Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Demonstratives• Demonstrative

Pronoun

• Demonstrative Adjective

• A pronoun that points out something and takes the place of a noun

• Example: Those were delicious.

• Example: That is so ugly!

• Points out something by answering “Which one?”

• Example: This is the best hotdog I have ever had!

• Example: That is the best color in the world!

Intensifiers

• Intensifier • Amplifies the meaning of the word it modifies.

• In your own writing, I would prefer to not see these!

• Examples: very, quite, really (not real!), almost

• Example: The T-Rex has a really big head and very little arms.

• Example: Lewis is really smart and super cool.

Pronoun Pass• I am going to read a story. Every time I

say a pronoun, you need to pass the paper in your hand. Each paper contains a different prize/punishment. Pass fast and hope you wind up with something good! If you wind up with more than one paper, you are OUT.

• If you get out, you need to practice your spelling words until the game is over.