Thursday, October 3, 2013

Root Word of the Day None – study for Friday’s quiz. Take the review quiz again. How did you do? Did you improve? Word of the Day Indolent; Indolence Having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful, lazy: “an indolent person.” Which one of the words is a noun– “indolent” or “indolence?” How do you know?

Number your paper 1-20 on the left side of your left margin line (it’s red). Take the review quiz for questions 1-15 WITHOUT checking your notes. 16 – Write the word that completes this sentence: In grammar when a word modifies another word it ____ the description. 17 – An adjective modifies two types of words, they are ____ and ____. 18- An adverb modifies three types of words, they are ____, ____, and _____. 19. Print only the adjective and the word it modifies from this sentence for this answer: He looked like a nervous wreck. 20. Print only the adverb and the word it modifies: Justice was served quickly--- the guilty verdict for The Texans came in less than two hours.

Words that modify (change the description, therefore describe) nouns or pronouns In chapter 4 locate five sentences with adjectives and copy them into your notebook. Circle the adjective Draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun that it modifies

A word that modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb In chapter 4 locate five sentences with adverbs and copy them into your notebook. Circle the adverb Draw an arrow to the adjective, verb, or another adverb that it modifies

Subject – the actor of the verb Verb – a word of action or a word that shows state of being The subject and the verb must agree in size and number. Find a place on the first page of chapter one where the narrator breaks this rule.

A word that helps a noun or pronoun in the phrase give more information about another part of the sentence

A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with the noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition.

The noun or pronoun at the end of a prepositional phrase that the preposition is showing the relationship between another part of a sentence. KEY Preposition – red word Prepositional phrase – underlined Object of the preposition - green word Sample from That Was Then, This Is Now I had been hunting all over town for a job.

Pronoun – a word that takes the place of a noun Antecedent – the word that the pronoun takes the place of Agreement – the pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number, case, and gender

The pronoun that is linked to the subject through the linking verb

 To receive half credit for your missed answers on a quiz, you must do the following.  Show me, in your notebook, a page labeled “Quiz Corrections.” Below the heading, include the following: 1. The question you missed 2. The correct answer 3. The date of the notes where the answer was given to you in advance (you can find that be going to “Logan Logic 2014” on my webpage). 4. A sentence explaining how you chose the wrong answer and how you intend to prevent this error in the future.