Although the average grade on the Great Expectations test was 22/35 Mrs. Reynolds did not curve the grades.

April 3, 2008 My mother and father’s favorite poems are the Road not Taken, and the People, Yes although neither one of them can recite there poem word for word.

April 9, 2008 Most of the girls in our class liked the poem about the dance but everyone likes the poem about Sunday afternoon because it reminded her of summer.

April 23, 2008 Every student should have brought their vocabulary worked saved on their computer no “paper copy” will be needed but we will correct them in class.

May 5, 2008 I sent notes to Ms. Otto, my english teacher, Mrs. Martin, my math teacher, and Mr. Knickerbocker, my history teacher. Diagrams Conjunctions Direct objects, indirect objects

diagrams 1.The green and swishy ball rolled down the hill. 2.Tom and Larry will run and jump down the street. 3.My pen pal and your best friend arrived late. 4.Bill plays drums in a rock band. 5.I told Bob a story about fish and frogs. 6.Our class bought the school flag for spirit games.

May 7 Astronats trainees go through the following 5 phases of training classroom work flight training survival training mission training and special training. Subjective complements

Mixed practice 1.The wise much older sister was happy with the party. 2.Her boyfriend gave her a blue hoodie and a box of chocolate cookies. 3.Later Max and Jack stopped by after the lacrosse game. 4.Katie was excited to have all her friends with her on her birthday.

May 15-diagrams Text book pages Appositives (or understood you) Place the appositive in parentheses beside the noun or pronoun it identifies.

Participles Participles function as adjectives so they are placed on a panhandle under the noun or pronoun they modify

Gerunds Because gerunds act as nouns, they can be subjects, complements, objects of a prep. Or appositives. When a gerund acts as a subject, direct object, or predicate nominative, it is places on a pedestal and a step above the main horizon. When the gerund acts as an object, it is placed on a step below the diagram

Infinitives can act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. When the infinitive acts as a noun, it is put on a pedestal and a pan handle. When an infinitive is used as an adjective or adverb, it is diagramed like a prepositional phrase.

Let’s practice 1.The governor announced the appointee, his wife. 2.Give to Colonel Gray, the commandant, this message. 3.Laughing, she turned toward me. 4.Carefully detailed reports will be available. 5.Exercising can be a form of relaxation. 6.By exercising, you can improve your physical fitness. 7.This is the road to take. 8.Our goal is to drive across the continent.