1. Language Arts: Monday, March 18, 2019
Handouts: * Grammar #58 (Word Usage, Part 1)
Homework: * Grammar #58 (Word Usage, Part 1), due tomorrow, BOC
Assignments due: * None

2. Starter #1: Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page
Starter #1: Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following:
Mon., March 18, QW #49: Parent-Child Connection
In what ways are you just like one or both of your parents? What personality traits or habits do you share with either or both of them?
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: Learn 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 beginning a new unit in grammar, one that targets the most common mistakes made in word usage when choosing between two words that sound alike or are similar. To learn how to identify these words and use them correctly, we need to examine them in pairs.

5. Starter #3: The first two words are . . .
accept
means “to receive”
Linda accepted the reward.
except
means “other than”
Kim knew all of the answers except two.

6. Starter #4: The second two words are . . .
all ready
means “completely prepared”
The Flints were all ready for their vacation.
already
means “by this time”
I already mowed the lawn.

7. Starter #5: The third two words are . . .
all together
means “in a group”
The puppies ran all together.
Altogether
means “completely”
Albert was altogether sure of the song’s title.

8. Starter #6: The next term is a common mistake, but it does not involve confusing two words. This mistake is a spelling error. People make this term one word, when it is really two. Can you guess what it is?
a lot
means “very much”
The term “a lot” is always two words, never one.
Mr. Alvarez called the hospital often.
She showed much courage.
This is an overused term, and it is better (more precise, more clear) to use the words often, many, or much, instead of a lot.