1. Warm Up: Edit-Me Monday
Appositives: An appositive is a phrase that identifies a noun. An appositive follows the nouns it identifies and is usually separated from the rest of the sentences by commas.
Example:
The Galapagos Archipelago , a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, is located on the equator.
Copy the sentences. Underline the appositive in each sentence. Draw a box around the noun it identifies.
1.Galapagos, a province of Ecuador, is home to a large variety of plants and animals.
2.Archipelago comes from the term galapago, the Spanish word of saddle.
3.The shells of some tortoises on the islands resemble a galapago, a type of British riding saddle.
4.Giant tortoises, perhaps the most famous animals in the Galapagos, can weigh over 500 pounds and can live for more than 150 years.
5.One male Galapagos giant tortoise, Lonesome George, was from Pinta Island in the Galapagos.
6.Lonesome George, one of the last known survivors of his species, was thought to be between 60 to 90 years old when he died.

2. Warm Up: Test Prep Tuesday
In most stories, authors do not state the theme directly. To figure out an author’s message, you need to look for key details and see how they develop over the course of the text.
Read the passage, “Holden and Pops” by Evan Gerlachen.
“When you’re at your grandfather’s after school, be sure to do something other than sit by yourself playing video games, Holden.”
“I know, Mom, but what else is there to do?” whined Holden, washing cereal bowls.
“Have you ever tried to show him one of your games?” At least you’d be doing something together,” Mom suggested.
“Oh, Pops wouldn’t be interested,” Holden shrugged as they headed out to the car. “Plus he’d never catch on—you know how he is about big, scary technology.”
As Holden got out of the car, Mom tried once more. “You know, Pops might surprise you. Keep your options open. You might even ask him about ‘big, scary technology’ some time.” Holden puzzled over her words on the way into school.
What do the details in this part of the story suggest about how people sometimes judge others?
What theme or lesson might be starting to develop in this part of the story? Explain your answer by using details from the story.

3. Warm Up: Word Work Wednesday
An analogy is a comparison. For example, we can draw an analogy, or comparison, between a bird and an airplane.
Example: count is to calculate as (expand is to contract, plead is to annoy, turn is to twist, tire is to refresh).
The answer is turn is to twist because they have the same meaning like count and calculate.
Directions: Copy the question in each of the following. Choose and write the answer that best completes the analogy.
peculiar is to usual as (loud is to musical, odd is to ordinary, wrong is to incorrect, angry is to mad)
one is to many as (last is to the most, cost is to price, soldier is to regiment, copy is to original)
increase is to heighten as (crease is to fold, exclude is to include, lower is to involve, fear is to greet)
donate is to accept as (remember is to recall, serve is to pay, perceive is to notice, give is to take)
clear is to cloudy as (timid is to fearful, small is to tiny, bright is to dark, fine is to expensive)
lucky is to unfortunate as (distant is to far, lost is to misplaced, found is to lost, tired is to weak)

4. Warm Up: Thoughtful Thursday
Often a prompt will ask you to develop your essay by providing textual evidence. Textual evidence includes direct quotations and references to specific information found in the reading. Gather evidence by reading texts closely and drawing information from them.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Read the paragraph. Write your own paragraph (5 – 6 sentences) explaining the relationship between courage and failure. Support your ideas using evidence from the passage.

5. Warm Up: Poetry Friday Metaphors Similes
Directions: Copy the sentences and fill in the blank for the similes and metaphors.
Metaphors
Similes
Beauty is__________.
Angels dance on a_________.
Green with___________.
A light bulb went off in her/his___________.
Money grows on_____________.
Read between the___________.
My life is going up/down____________.
I’m at a___________.
Let your fingers do the__________.
The light came in like a __________.
Springtime after winter is like_______after________.
Comparing apples to oranges is like____________.
As wild as a___________.
You are as pretty as___________.
Your skin is as soft/rough as_____________.
The cars headlights are as bright as___________.
An annoying laugh is as painful as____________.
The weather is as moody as ___________.
The years go by as fast as____________.
...as __________ as a rabbit’s foot.
…as worthless as a(n) __________.
…like a(n) __________ after dark.
…like a(n) __________ in a downpour.
…as bright as a(n) _____________.
Fly like the_______ .