1. Monday January 12, 2014 SSR time! 1) If you didn’t turn in your work on Friday, lay it on your desk; it is due TODAY! 2) 3-4: get out report cards! 3) You need writers’ notebook.

2. Cognitive Commodity 1/12-1/16… pg. 54 Cognitive Commodity #1: What do you notice about the following sentence? “In the barn, someone has set up speakers and amps and even two enormous, industrial-sized lamps…” -Lauren Oliver, Delirium

3. Pride Parkway 4.Label verb Action or Linking 3.Underline the verb twice 2.Underline the subject once 1. Place ( ) around prepositional phrases STEP 1: Direct Object ASK: “Who?” or “What?” STEP 2: Indirect Object ASK: “To whom?” “For whom?” “To what?” “For what?” Predicate Adjective- the verb Links the subject to an ADJECTIVE Predicate Noun- the verb Links the subject to a NOUN -OR-

4. How to find a Direct Object: 1. Place ( ) around prepositional phrases 2. Underline the subject once 3. Underline the verb twice 4.Label verb Action or Linking “In the barn, someone has set up speakers and amps and even two enormous, industrial-sized lamps…” -Lauren Oliver, Delirium

5. Indefinite Pronouns… pg. 55 Singular: One Each (n)Either Someone Somebody Something Anyone Anybody Anything No one Nobody Nothing Everyone Everybody Everything Plural: Both Few Many Others Several Either: (look at O.P.) Some None All More Most Any

6. Mood words/ Emotions... Pg. 56 **FRONT and BACK** Glue Mood/Moment/Character on the front Glue Emotions/Feelings/Behavior on the back

7. Who was Eudora Welty? Eudora Welty in the 1930's. Courtesy of James Patterson

8. Vocabulary Sort (look in your folders) Can thoroughly explain Have seen before but not sure of the meaning Don’t know at all appalling fragility flutter agape indistinguishable communicative poverty solemn cane almanac