Warm-Up Week 1.1 – Monday • Word of the Day (vocabulary)

• At Mossy Creek the baseball field is adjacent to the gym.• I think adjacent means _________________.• Definition:

• Spelling Spotlight • Their• There• They’re

• Grammar • It will be cloudy Saturday, but it will be hot.

Warm Ups Week 1.18/4 W.O.D

• At Mossy Creek the baseball field is adjacent to the gym. • What I think adjacent means:• Definition:

Spelling • their / there/ they’re

Grammar • It will be cloudy Saturday, but it will be hot.

Warm-Up Week 1.1 – Tuesday• Word of the Day (vocabulary)

• He was bewildered by all of the choices on the menu.• I think bewildered means _________________.• Definition:

• Spelling Spotlight • your• you’re

• Grammar • Create a sentence of your own that imitates the “expert

sentence” of the week. Be sure you use two independent clauses joined with a comma and a conjunction (FANBOY).

Warm Ups Week 1.18/4 W.O.D

• At Mossy Creek the baseball field is adjacent to the gym. • What I think adjacent means:• Definition:

Spelling • their / there/ they’re

Grammar • It will be cloudy Saturday, but it will be hot.

8/5 W.O.D

• He was bewildered by all of the choices on the menu. • What I think bewildered means:• Definition:

Spelling • your / you’re

Grammar • Sentence you created.

Warm-Up Week 1.1 – Wednesday• Word of the Day (vocabulary)

• The cafeteria tries to cater to the taste of all students by offering a variety of meal choices. • I think cater means _________________.• Definition:

• Spelling Spotlight • it‘s• its

• Grammar Practice:Using FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) combine each set of sentences to form a compound sentence. Brian wanted to learn to speak Spanish before he went to Mexico. He enrolled in a conversational Spanish class. I'm very unhappy with the grade I made on my biology exam. I know I should have studied more. Jose wants to try out for the baseball team. He does not know when tryouts will be held.

Warm Ups Week 1.18/4 W.O.D

• At Mossy Creek the baseball field is adjacent to the gym. • What I think adjacent means:• Definition:

Spelling • their / there/ they’re

Grammar • It will be cloudy Saturday, but it will be hot.

8/5 W.O.D

• He was bewildered by all of the choices on the menu. • What I think bewildered means:• Definition:

Spelling • your / you’re

Grammar • Sentence you created.

8/6 W.O.D

• The cafeteria tries to cater to the taste of all students by offering a variety of meal choices.

• I think cater means _________________.• Definition:

Spelling • Its / it’s

Grammar • Brian wanted to learn to speak Spanish before he went to

Mexico, so he enrolled in a conversational Spanish class.• I'm very unhappy with the grade I made on my biology exam, and I know I should have studied more.• Jose wants to try out for the baseball team, but he does not

know when tryouts will be held.

Warm-Up Week 1.1 – Thursday• Word of the Day (vocabulary)

• Because the tiger cub had been raised by humans, he was very docile. • I think docile means _________________.• Definition:

• Spelling Spotlight • to• Too• Two

• Grammar • Identify the compound sentence below that is written incorrectly.• In a complete sentence explain why the sentence in incorrect.• Rewrite the sentence correctly.

A. I hoped it would rain today, for I hoped to stay in bed and read all day. B. Laura Lee likes to run, and likes to travel to new places. C. The best part of summer is going to the beach, but I didn’t go this year. D. Shannon will coach softball, or she will coach basketball.

Warm Ups Week 1.18/7 W.O.D

• Because the tiger cub had been raised by humans, he was very docile.

• I think docile means _________________.• Definition:

Spelling • too / to / two

Grammar • Sentence B is incorrect because the second independent

clause does not have a subject. • Laura Lee likes to run, and SHE likes to travel to new

places.

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