Caught’ya! Grammar With a Giggle “A Beast’s Search for Meaning” The tale of an adolescent beast’s journey through Winston Campus Junior High and his search for life’s meaning.

“A Beast’s Search for Meaning” Header e very year students in room G207 are regaled with details from the dramatic story of a beasts search for meaning Caught’ya Sentences 1-5 Monday:

Every year students in room G207 are regaled with details from the dramatic story of “A Beast’s Search for Meaning.” Skills Learned  Paragraph indentation (story opening)  Capitalization- (sent. opening & title)  Quotation marks- (around a short story)  Apostrophe- (singular possessive: beast’s)  Period- (sent. closing) Monday’s Correction:

Monday’s Vocabulary: regale: to entertain; to delight; to capture verb (shows action) regale (-d) (-s) (-ing) adverb (modifies verbs) Noun (person, place, object, abstract idea) adjective (modifies nouns) regaling

however students are all ways surprised to discover that the protagonist in this story is a atypical beast Monday (Cont.):

Monday’s Correction (Cont.) : However, students are always surprised to discover that the protagonist in this story is an atypical beast. Skills Learned  Transition word (showing contrast)  Capitalization- (sent. opening)  Comma- (opening w/ transition word)  Spelling- (homophone & “an” before word beginning with vowel)  Period- (sent. closing)

Monday’s Vocabulary (Cont.) : atypical: not typical; unusual verb (shows action) adverb (modifies verbs) atypically noun (person, place, object, abstract idea) adjective (modifies nouns) atypical Greek prefix: not/without

he maybe covered in green fur and oozing warts but students often admire his inoffensive personality Tuesday:

Tuesday’s Correction: He may be covered in green fur and oozing warts, but students often admire his inoffensive personality. Skills Learned  Capitalization- (sent. opening)  Spelling (homophone)  Compound Sentence (I,cc I)  Period- (sent. closing)

Tuesday’s Vocabulary: inoffensive: not offensive; harmless; gentle verb (shows action) adverb (modifies verbs) inoffensively (common adverb suffix) noun (person, place, object, abstract idea) adjective (modifies nouns) inoffensive Latin prefix: not

his name is bubba beast and four much of his life he has bin utterly in love with hilda hippo. you’ll soon understand why the saga of bubba and hilda has captured the hearts, and minds of many 7th grader’s Friday:

Friday’s Correction: His name is Bubba Beast, and for much of his life he has been utterly in love with Hilda Hippo. You’ll soon understand why the saga of Bubba and Hilda has captured the hearts and minds of many 7th graders. Skills Learned  Capitalization- (sent. opening & proper nouns)  Compound Sentence (I, cc I); don’t use comma between compound subjects.  Spelling- (homophones)  Apostrophe- (no apostrophes with plural nouns)  Period- (sent. closing)

Friday’s Vocabulary: utterly: completely; entirely; very verb (shows action) utter adverb (modifies verbs) utterly (common adverb suffix) noun (person, place, object, abstract idea) adjective (modifies nouns)

Friday’s Vocabulary (Cont.): saga: a long, heroic tale or story verb (shows action) adverb (modifies verbs) noun (person, place, object, abstract idea) saga adjective (modifies nouns)

***Introduction Paragraph Challenge*** Review the following paragraph and create a T-chart list of all the nouns & verbs (all types of each) at the bottom of your page: Nouns Verbs Every year students in room G207 are regaled with news from the dramatic story of “A Beast’s Search for Meaning.” However, students are always surprised to discover that the protagonist in this story is an atypical beast. He may be covered in green fur and oozing warts, but students often admire his inoffensive personality. His name is Bubba Beast, and for much of his life he has been utterly in love with Hilda Hippo. You’ll soon understand why the saga of Bubba and Hilda has captured the hearts and minds of many 7th graders.

Nouns = Red Verb = Green Every year students in room G207 are regaled with news from the dramatic story of “A Beast’s Search for Meaning.” However, students are always surprised to discover that the protagonist in this story is an atypical beast. He may be covered in green fur and oozing warts, but students often admire his inoffensive personality. His name is Bubba Beast, and for much of his life he has been utterly in love with Hilda Hippo. You’ll soon understand why the saga of Bubba and Hilda has captured the hearts and minds of many 7th graders.