Tuesday and Wednesday, December 9 and 10, 2014 I can correctly write in the possessive form. I can demonstrate comprehension of text. I can write a reflection.

Grammar Rule 6 When two or more persons possess something individually, each of their names is possessive in form. EXS: Ms. Martin’s and Ms. Blair’s cars…(the care of two different women) Ashely’s and Daniella’s tennis rackets (individual, not joint, possessive) Jason’s and Eric’s haircuts (two different haircuts)

Grammar Rule 7 Who is Who’s 1991 ’91 Of the clock O’clock Let us Let’s Use an apostrophe to show where letters, words, or numerals have been omitted in a contraction. A contraction is a shortened form of a word. EXS: Who is Who’s 1991 ’91 Of the clock O’clock Let us Let’s She will She’ll I am I’m You are You’re We had We’d She has She’s I had I’d

Grammar Contractions Possessive Pronouns Who’s (who is) is at bat? Whose bat is that? It’s (it is)roaring. Listen to its roar. You’re (you are) too busy. Your friend is busy. There’s (there is) a kite. That kite is theirs. They’re (they are) tall trees. Their trees are tall.

Grammar Rule 8 Use an apostrophe and an s to form the plurals of all lowercase letters, some capital letters, and some words that are referred to as words. EXS: Grandma always tells me to mind my p’s and q’s. Neither the I’s not the U’s are readable on this printout.

Chapters 19-20 Chapter 19 Ishmael asks Esther and the other rehabilitating staff members, “Why do they do it?”. What are your thoughts? What stops Ishmael from dating girls for too long? Ishmael goes for an interview and talks about being in a “congested box”. What is the box? Based on Ishmael’s interview, why do you think he was chosen? Why does Ishmael get so frustrated with “city” people? What does Ishmael’s uncle say that shows he does not believe that Ishmael is going to New York?

Chapter 19-20 Chapter 20 What new experience does Ishmael have while in New York? What does Mr. Tamba mean when he tells Ishmael “when you are in Rome, you do as the Romans do.” ? Explain what Ishmael means when he says, “It seemed we were transforming our sufferings as we talked about ways to solve their causes and let them be known to the world.”

Reflection Write a reflection over one of the following quotes. What are your thoughts, questions, feelings over the quotes? “I have bee rehabilitated now, so don’t be afraid of me. I am not a soldier anymore; I am a child.” “I’ve come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in the process that I kill another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end.” “I was sad to leave, but I was also pleased to have met people out of Sierra Leone. Because if I was to get killed upon my return, I knew that a memory of my existence was alive somewhere in the world.”