Journal Entry #70 Title: Things in the classroom Look at the objects around the room, make a list of five words and give them personification throughout a poem. You have 7 minutes to write your poem. Be ready to share. You may not sit there and do nothing. Use your brain and think!

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Tuesday: Mom: Mom is used here as a proper noun, so it should be capitalized. Were…two-hour: A plural subject is used (Mom and I), so were is the proper verb form. Numbers under 10 should be written. sister’s house, : Sisters indicates more than one sister. Sister’s indicates possession. A comma is added to set off introductory elements. and blowing: Verb tenses should agree in structure (picking / blowing). And should also be added. vehicles: This word was misspelled. drifts, and we: A comma separates two complete sentences with a conjunction (and). saw: The past tense of to see is saw. than: Then is mainly an adverb, often used to situate actions in time. Than is a conjunction used in comparisons. © Presto Plans

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Tuesday: upcoming: Upcoming was misspelled. season, we’re hiring: Commas are used to separate introductory elements from the rest of the sentence. We’re is a contraction for we are. Were is the past tense of the verb to be. Hiring was also misspelled. our team, visit: Are is a form of the verb to be. Our indicates possession. to: Too is a synonym for also or means an excess of something. To should be used here as a preposition. your friends who: You’re is a contraction of you are. Your is the possessive form. Friends indicates more than one friend. Who is used to refer to the subject of the sentence (friends) . Whom refers only to the object of the sentence. © Presto Plans