1. GRAMMAR DAY #21 TAKE OUT YOUR GRAMMAR/QUICKWRITE SHEET MONDAY/TUESDAY-PICK UP A NEW ONE ON THE BOX WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY-GO GET IT FROM YOUR FILE FOLDER

2. #1-CAPITALIZATION maya asked, “is ben carson, m.d., connected to johns hopkins hospital in baltimore, maryland?”

3. #2-PUNCTUATION 22 East Dow Gettysburg PA 17325 May 20 2013

4. #3-PARTS OF SPEECH: Adverbs Circle all adverbs Suddenly, the perched birds flew away.

5. #4-PARTS OF SPEECH: Verbs Circle the correct verb. Paulo must have ________ (come, came) early.

6. #5-SENTENCE COMBINING 1.The mojave rattlesnake reaches two to six feet; and this snake’s bite may cause temporary paralysis. 2.The mojave rattlesnake reaches two to six feet, this snake’s bite may cause temporary paralysis. 3.The mojave rattlesnake, whose bit may cause temporary paralysis, reaches two to six feet.

7. Literary Device: Allegory DEFINITION: story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. EXAMPLE: Animal Farm; Dante’s Inferno; Lord of the Flies; Masque of the Red Death; The Giving Tree; Yertle the Turtle

8. Allusion: Once in a Blue Moon A “blue moon” is a second full moon within the same calendar month, a phenomenon that occurs approximately every three years. It is thought that calendar makers traditionally pictured the first full moon in red and a second full moon in the same month in blue.

9. Allusion: Once in a Blue Moon This phrase describes something that occurs very rarely. Examples: I almost always turn in my homework on time; but once in a blue moon, I get lazy and decide to take the consequences of skipping an assignment. Once in a blue moon, a candidate comes along who genuinely seems to care more about his constituents than about his or her own career.