1. Grammar lessons
Marking period 1

2. WEEK 1: YOUR VS YOU'RE
Your: possessive pronoun, shows ownership​
Ex: Your locker is messy.​
You’re: contraction of you are​
Ex: You’re in trouble!​

3. WEEK 2: their, there, they're​
Their: shows possession​
Ex: Their children are naughty.​
There: pronoun​
Ex: The children are over there.​
They’re: contraction of they are​
Ex: They’re getting the children ready for school.

4. WEEK 3: AFFECT VS EFFECT
Affect: verb, to cause a change​
Ex: The late night affected Sam’s test score. ​
Effect: noun, a result​
Ex: An effect of the poor test score was that Sam was grounded

5. WEEK 4: PRINCIPAL VS PRINCIPLE​
Principal: noun; the head of an organization or a sum of money.​
Ex: The principal spoke at the assembly.​
Principle: noun; a basic truth or law​
Ex: The teacher taught us many important life principles.

6. WEEK 5: CAPITAL VS CAPITOL​
Capital: city, money, punishable by death, or letter​
Ex: The residents of the state capital held a protest.​
Capitol: a building where lawmakers meet​
Ex: The capitol has undergone extensive renovations

7. WEEK 6: WEATHER, WHETHER, AND WETHER
Noun: the condition of the atmosphere​
Ex: The weather is supposed to be cold and rainy.​
Verb: to expose to the elements or to safely come through, survive​
Ex: The building weathered the storm.​
Whether​
Conjunction: introduces possibilities (similar to "if")​
Ex: Whether you want to or not, you must attend school.​
Wether​
Noun: male sheep ​
Ex: The wether ran through the pasture.

8. WEEK 7: SIT VS. SET ​
Set: verb, to place an object​
Ex: She set the book on the table.​
Sit: verb, to be seated​
Ex: You need to sit down in your chair.​
Sat: verb, past tense of sit​
Ex: The dog sat in the window all day