1. Grammar Lesson 43 Vocab Luxuriant – abundant, lush in growth Luxurious – rich, sumptuous, or given to pleasure

2. Irregular Comparison Adjectives PositiveComparativeSuperlative Little (amount, not size)lessleast Good, wellbetterbest Bad, illworseworst Farfartherfarthest Many, muchmoremost

3. Little or few/ Much or many Use little, less and least with things that cannot be counted Use few, fewer, and fewest for things that can be counted Use much with things that cannot be counted Use many for things that can be counted Avoid double comparisons – do not use more with er or most with est

4. Grammar Lesson 44 Vocab Hetero- (opposite of homo- ) – means not the same, different Heterogeneous – having unrelated or dissimilar parts Heterophony – sound made by two or more different performers playing the same melodic line with slight variations Heteronyms – words with the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings

5. Commas, Part I: Dates, Addresses, Series Commas – used to clarify meaning of phrases or sentences, group words that belong together, and separate words that don’t belong together Parts of a date Place a comma between the day and the year – May 3, 1947 When dates are in the middle of a sentence, place a comma after the year When using the day of the week in a date, place a comma after the day

6. Parts of an Address Use commas to separate parts of an address and the names of geographical places or political divisions Place a comma after the street and another after city in an address Place a comma after the state or country when it appears with the city in the middle of a sentence Use commas to separate the names of geographical places or political divisions – Seattle, Washington or San Salvador, El Salvador

7. Words in a series Use a comma to separate three or more words or phrases in a series Eisenhower directed the invasions of Sicily, Italy, Normandy, and Germany.

8. Grammar Lesson 45 Vocab Epoch – particular period of time marked by distinctive activities or events Epic – long, narrative poem centered upon a specific hero

9. Appositives Appositive – A word or group of words that immediately follows a noun to identify or give more information about the noun See board for diagramming Appositives, when used properly, improve writing Two choppy sentences combine to make one good sentence with an appositive The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. The First Amendment is part of the United States Constitution. The First Amendment, part of the United States Constitution, guarantees freedom of religion.