1. Monday Novel assignment (due Monday) Lit Circles Infinitives
Vocabulary

2. Book Club Daily Eight—1 Dec. 08
Book Title: _____________________________________
Pages Read: Start __156___ Finish __180__
Discussion Director: Write two questions for discussion
Connector: Write two examples of outside connections to the novel.
Summarizer: Write a summary of your reading for today:
Illuminator: What two passages did you share?
Illustrator: Attach your picture.

3. Book Club Daily Nine—2 Dec. 08
Book Title: _____________________________________
Pages Read: Start __181___ Finish __205__
Illustrator: Attach your picture.
Discussion Director: Write two questions for discussion
Connector: Write two examples of outside connections to the novel.
Summarizer: Write a summary of your reading for today:
Illuminator: What two passages did you share?

4. To succeed takes courage, foresight and luck.
An infinitive is a verb form that comes after the word “to” and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
To succeed takes courage, foresight and luck.
Alone in her cubicle, all she wanted was to survive.
Afraid to move, she froze in terror.
His goal, to break into Fort Knox, was never achieved.
The student’s hope was to finish the paper before school started.
Rozakis, Laurie. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Grammar and Style. New York: Alpha Books, 1997 (138-39).

5. Don’t Get Confused: TO in infinitives and prepositions
Don’t confuse infinitives with prepositional phrases that begin with “to.” Remember that a preposition always ends with a noun or pronoun; an infinitive always ends with a verb.
Infinitive (verb):
Remember to wash behind your ears!
Preposition (noun):
We walked to the car wash.

6. Even in New York, fans did not manage to buy the hype.
The infinitive phrase includes the infinitive and the object of the infinitive or any modifiers related to the infinitive.
Even in New York, fans did not manage to buy the hype.
The seemingly simple decision to appoint a Democrat caused controversy.
The gap provides a way to give Democratic candidates an edge in close elections

7. The respondents believe their neighbors are willing to vote for a woman.
Two nonprofit organizations from opposite sides of the political spectrum plan to release a report blasting 25 Army Corps of Engineers water projects
The corps has been trying to recast itself in a more ecosensitive light.
Now Congress has to decide whether it wants to continue to be part of the problem, or if it wants to be part of the solution.

8. Writing with Infinitives
One sentence with an infinitive subject
Eg: To eat is my favorite pasttime
One with and infinitive object
Eg: I love to eat.
One with a predicate noun
Eg: My dearest wish is to eat myself into a coma.
One with an adjective infinitive
Unwilling to eat cow brains, she tipped over.
One with an adverb infinitive
Eg: She is unwilling to eat cow brains.

9. ·One sentence with an infinitive subject
·One with and infinitive object
·One with a predicate noun
·One with an adjective infinitive
·One with an adverb infinitive