Warm-up 10/29 His room smelled of cooked grease, lysol, and age. Maya Angelou, I know why the Caged Bird Sings

Practice The staff lounge smelled of, spicy chili, Porto’s chocolate cake, and coffee that had been left in the pot for too long.

More Sentence Imitating 11/10 Her cleats, shin pads, and sweats were in her backpack, slung over her shoulder and heavy with homework.

Your Imitation My _________, _________, and ____________were in my backpack, slung over my shoulder, and heavy with ____________.

I walked back to my room wet and dried myself with a pair of jeans. I put on long underwear, pants, a long-sleeved shirt, shoes, and my parka. I stood in front of the heater. -Willy Vlautin, The Motel Life

Then I heard a scrape, a thud, and a yelp. -Byars, Duffy, and Meyers, The SOS File.

Warm-up 11/9 The place holds an odor I love. Of wood and stale sweat and of the tough rubber skins of all the basketballs ever dribbled here. I breathe deep to take this inside me. ----Tony Johnston, Any Small Goodness (2003)

Warm-Up Sentence Combining 11/13/09 Directions: Combine the following choppy sentences into one, well-written sentence. Peter stayed after school. He stayed after school on Wednesday. He was caught passing a note in class. He was passing a note to Gabriel. He was caught by Mr. Peers.

Forming Possessives Three Rules 1.If the word is singular, add ‘s 2.If the word is plural, and ends in s, add ‘ 3.If the word is plural, but doesn’t end in s, add ‘s

Practice The notebooks cover The childs toy The notebooks covers The childrens toys

Ba Da Bing! When I went into the kitchen, I saw my mom at the stove, stirring a pot. Mmmm, I thought, chili!

Ba DA Bing! I went to the Los Angeles Zoo, and I saw the loudest, Siamang monkey, I have ever heard, screeching at the top of its lungs. I thought to myself, I wish I had earplugs.

Example of Ba Da Bing Clinging to my leg, Aidan watched as the roller coaster veered along the track. We stood in line for about 15 minutes when he turned to me and said, “Mom, I changed my mind.” Great, I thought, all that time in line for nothing.

“Ba Da Bing” Ba=Where did your feet take you? Da= What did your eyes see? Bing=What were you thinking at the time?

Ba Da Bing Warm-UP It was three a.m., two hours before the local Best Buy store was to open on black Friday. Hundreds of eager shoppers stretched from the entrance of the store, around the corner, and down the street, bundled in their warmest clothes, toting sleeping bags, and sipping Starbucks to fend off the cold. I should have gotten here earlier, I thought to myself.

Sentence Combining I have hair the color of carrots in an apricot glaze, skin fair and clear where it isn’t freckled, and eyes like summer storms. »-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (2004)

Combine the following sentences to create two, fluent sentences. Jared Grace took off his red shirt. He turned it inside out. He put it on backwards. He tried to do the same with his jeans. That was beyond him.

Jared Grace took off his red shirt, he turned it inside out, and he put it on backwards. He tried to do the same with his jeans, but that was beyond him.

Participles An “ing” verb at the beginning or end of a sentence Example: The diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey. With Participle: Hissing, slithering, and coiling, the diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey.

More Examples of Participles Shifting the weight of the line to his left shoulder and kneeling carefully, he washed his hand in the ocean and held it there, submerged, for more than a minute, watching the blood trail away and the steady movement of the water against his hand as the boat moved. Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea

Flying through the air on the wings of a dream, the Olympic long jumper thrustthe weight of his whole body forward. Dripping with sweat, Melody froze, hoping with all of her might that they wouldn’t hear the noise.

Examples from First Period Swerving, swimming, and hunting for fish in the YMCA Pool, the polar bear found the fish. Staring through glass, looking at the people who came to see him at the zoo, the polar bear sneezed. Swimming in the vast ocean with a coat as white as snow, the polar bear tried to catch his next meal. Swimming in icy cold water, is what polar bears like to do.

Your Turn-Rearrange the following sentence using a participle beginning. The baby crawled away from his mother quickly, reaching for the cat’s tail.

Staring intently at the boy, the bear eats him. Looking for people that go out hunting, the deer trots in the forest, trying to hide. Staring intently at the boy, the gorilla decides to kill him. Growling, the raccoon saw people, and ran up the tree.

Absolute-two word combination, a noun and an ing or an ed very added onto a sentence. Example: Instead of “The cat climbed a tree.” You can add two absolutes to give it detail. “Claws digging, feet kicking, the cat climbed the tree.”

The mountain climber edged along the cliff. With an absolute: Hands shaking, feet trembling, the mountain climber edged along the cliff. Practice- The figure skater glided across the ice.

Warm Up Wednesday, 4/21 Which of the following is a compound sentence? How do you know? A. Julietta wore sandals and shorts on her trip to the beach last weekend. B. I think about going in my room now, but it smells like the inside of an old lunch bag in there. C. When you think about it, it’s amazing all the stuff he didn’t see.

Warm Up 10/21 It was like nothing on earth we had ever seen before. Fred, Sam, and I stood in front of strange trees and giant ferns. A rocky cliff rose behind us. A volcano smoked ahead of us. It was like nothing on earth we had ever seen before. Fred, Sam, and I were standing in front of strange trees and giant ferns. A rocky cliff was rising behind us. A volcano was smoking ahead of us.

Warm Up 4/23 Reflect on your reading for this week in a short paragraph. Include the following information: Title of your book Author of your book How much time you have spent reading this week on average Your opinion of the book you are reading currently. The approximate number of pages you have read this week! Be ready to share.!

Warm Up 11/2 He dashed into the house while the smell of hose water and burning plastic drifted up over the patio.

More Verbs… Stepping out of the overheated car, Hector found himself shivering. He zipped up his flimsy nylon windbreaker and pulled the drawstring of the small hood snugly around his face, although he knew this made him look like a turtle without a shell. -Lynn Rae Perkins, Criss Cross (2005)

Warm-Up 11-4 It was like nothing on earth we had ever seen before. Fred, Sam, and I stood in front of strange trees and giant ferns. A rocky cliff rose behind us. A volcano smoked ahead of us.

Warm Up 2/21 Third Period Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them. »Andrew Clements Frindle

FANBOYS For And Nor But Or Yet So

Today I woke up like I do everyday, but then out of nowhere, I got a nosebleed. I had soccer practice at the Arcadia Park, but nobody was there.

Fanboys Cont. When you join two independent clauses using a FANBOY, you are creating a compound sentence. Another Example: Thanksgiving dinner was delicious, but I am tired of leftovers.

Compound Sentences Continued I think about going in my room now, but it smells like the inside of an old lunch bag in there. –Gennifer Choldenko, Al Capone Does My Shirts (2004)

Compound Sentences Continued He tried to stare into her fiery gaze, but he couldn’t stop looking at the purple vein bulging in her forehead. -Brian Meehl, Out of Patience

Compound Sentences Continued The dark scares us, for we don’t know what is waiting in the dark.

Compound Sentences Continued I could remember every detail of the whole night, but it had the unreal quality of a dream.

Compound Sentences Continued Mom says finishing everything on his own plate is one thing, but dad usually finishes everything on everyone else’s plates too. -Sarah Littman, Confessions of a Closet Catholic (2005)

Susan PatronThe Higher Power of Lucky (2006) Lucky Trimble crouched in a wedge of shade behind the Dumpster. Her ear near a hole in the paint-chipped wall of Hard Pan’s Found Object Wind Chime Museum and Visitor Center, she listened as Short Sammy told the story of how he hit rock-bottom. How he quit drinking and found his Higher Power. Short Sammy’s story, of all the rock-bottom stories Lucky had heard at twelve-step anonymous meetings-alcoholics gamblers. Smokers, and overeaters-was still her favorite. Sammy told of the day when he had drunk half a gallon of rum listening to Johnny Cash all morning in his parked ‘62 Cadillac, then fallen out of the car when he saw a rattlesnake on the passenger seat biting his dog, Roy.

Toby was a bear. He loved pancakes and didn’t mind stealing them from our campsite.. One day, he made off with more than 20. Run-On Sentences

Type A Run-On Toby was a bear he loved pancakes and didn’t mind stealing them from our campsite one day he made off with more than 20!

Type “B” Run-On Toby was a bear and he loved pancakes and he didn’t mind stealing them from our campsite so then one day he made off with more than 20!

Your Turn 1. Write a three-sentence, fluent paragraph. Example: One day, I decided to run the mile with the p.e. class. I ran slowly, but I managed to complete the loop without stopping. My time was 9:23.

Type “B” Run-on One day, I decided to run the mile with the p.e. and class and so I ran slowly and I managed to complete the loop without stopping and my time was 9:23.

Type A Run-On One day, I decided to run the mile with the p.e. class I ran slowly I managed to complete the loop without stopping My time was 9:23.

AAAWWUUBBIS!!!

As After Although While When Until Unless Because Before If Since

Comma Causers! If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you a house. If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you furniture for your house. If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you a K-Car. If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love. If I had a million dollars, I'd build a tree fort in our yard.

My hair wakes up stupid.

My sweat smells like peanut butter. »-Wendy Maas, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Is it, or isn’t it? He paced.

And mosquitoes.

Stacy gasped.

Eric stirred.

And gnats.

Another corpse.

Jeff shrugged.

Amy turned.

To look.

Jeff nodded.

Jeff sighed.