1. Language Arts: Friday, March 22, 2019
Handouts: * Grammar #62 (Word Usage, Part 5, than to whose) * Practice Quiz over Grammar Chapter 10 & Answer Key
Homework: * Grammar #62 (Word Usage, Part 5, than to whose) * STUDY for Grammar Unit Test #10, Word Usage Review Grammar Lessons #58 – 62. Test is Monday.
Assignments due: * Grammar #61 (Word Usage, Part 4, leave to sit)

2. Starter #1: Open your comp book to the first blank page
Starter #1: Open your comp book to the first blank page. Write down the following heading and prompt, but do NOT start answering it until after you complete today’s grammar assignment:
Friday, March 22, QW #53: No Place Like Home
What makes a home a home? In other words, what should a home be like? Explain.
Remember to write in complete sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons. If you are not sure how to spell a certain word, just sound it out and circle it.

3. Lesson Goal: Finish learning about correct word usage.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Identify four pairs of word that are commonly misused for each other.
Apply the correct word usage in any given sentence.
Determine which words are in error and which are used correctly in any given sentence.

4. Starter #2: Today we are going to conclude our lessons about correct word usage with four new pairs
than
introduces the second part of a comparison
A viola is larger than a violin.
then
means “at that time”
Let’s eat dinner, and then we’ll play tennis.

5. Starter #3: The second set of words are . . .
their
is the possessive form of they
They put on their uniforms.
they’re
is the contraction of they are
They’re playing basketball tonight.
there
means “at that place or that point” or “in that matter”
She is there now.
He stopped there for applause.
His anger was justified there.

6. Starter #4: The third set of words are . . .
means “in the direction of”
We are going to the bank.
too
means “also” or “to an excessive degree”
May I go, too?
The soup is too hot.
two
indicates the number between one and three
Jo drank two glasses of juice.

7. Starter #5: The fourth two words are . . .
who’s
is the contraction of who is
Who’s going to the movie?
whose
is the possessive form of who is.
Whose tickets are these?