Honors Paideia A Agenda 9/8/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Distribute AOW (Due 9/18) Complete the Warm Up Review the Essential Questions and Objectives Grammar Notes and Practice Writing Notes and Practice Review Public Speaking Rubric Leadership Presentations Complete a Closure Question

Honors Paideia B Agenda 9/9/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Distribute AOW (Due 9/17) Complete the Warm Up Review the Essential Questions and Objectives Grammar Notes and Practice Writing Notes and Practice Review Public Speaking Rubric Leadership Presentations Complete a Closure Question

As he ran across the room, Tom accidentally broke the big vase of flowers. To the original sentence a secondary clause containing a pronoun has been added. Pronoun- is a word that takes the place of a noun. The pronoun he replaces Tom. Clause- a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Independent Clause- Contains a subject, verb, and a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence- Tom accidentally broke the big vase of flowers. Dependent Clause- Contains a subject, verb, but lacks a complete thought. As he ran across the room

Remember: First label the nouns, verbs, articles, subject, and object in the sentence. Then label the adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, prepositional phrase, phrases

Nouns, Verbs, Articles, Subject, Object Jane played the harp. Allen drank the milk. Sarah fluffed the pillow. Agnes made the bed. Todd planted the flowers.

Label the adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, and prepositional phrases in each sentence. Jane enthusiastically played the euphonic harp to the audience. Allen greedily drank the cold milk from the glass. Sarah happily fluffed the new pillow on her bed. Agnes angrily made the disheveled bed for her brother. Todd regretfully planted the flowers on the grave.

Grammar Practice- Now label the pronoun, independent and dependent clauses. When she arrived on stage, Jane enthusiastically played the euphonic harp to the audience. As soon as he sat down for dinner, Allen greedily drank the cold milk from the glass. Before her grandmother retired for bed, Sarah happily fluffed the new pillow on her bed. After she got in trouble, Agnes angrily made the disheveled bed for her brother. When he was finally alone, Todd regretfully planted the flowers on the grave.

Diction Practice “n you at the ivory-n-ebony/ crooning “I Left My Heart…” to momma,/ winkin n smiling n jazzin n profilin/ n sangin n sangin/ n sangin n soundin/ sweeeeeeeeeeee t. -Williams, “The Famous Door” The words in this poem imitate the way someone talks. Why do you think Williams uses these kinds of words instead of standard English words? What does the diction add to the total effect of the passage? How would the impact of the passage change if we wrote the lines like this: And you at the piano/ singing to momma,/ winking and smiling/ and singing/ and sounding sweet. Write a short poem that captures the way you sound when you talk to your friends. Use slang and creative spelling to make your poem sound like talking when you read it aloud.

Create the Following Table Group Members Content/ Information Grade Presentation Grade One Question or Comment

Honors Paideia A Agenda 9/10/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. No Warm Up Begin the Test Complete the Assessment Reflection Complete the Leadership Presentations

Honors Paideia B Agenda 9/11/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. No Warm Up Begin the Test Complete the Assessment Reflection Complete the Leadership Presentations