1. Unit 1, Lesson 2 Blue Team 9.17.14

2. Strategy: Understand Common Mistakes Complete Usage Common Mistakes # 1-4 in Kaplan Packet Subject-Verb Agreement When Subject Follows Verb Subject-Verb Agreement When Subject and Verb are Separated Subject-Verb Agreement When the Subject Seems Plural Confusion of Simple Past and Past Participle Practice by answering #5 on page 143 and #8 on page 147 Additional practice: pages 176-187

3. Sentence Errors Unit 1

4. Strategy: Understand Common Mistakes Complete Usage Common Mistakes # 1-4 in Kaplan Packet Subject-Verb Agreement When Subject Follows Verb Subject-Verb Agreement When Subject and Verb are Separated Subject-Verb Agreement When the Subject Seems Plural Confusion of Simple Past and Past Participle Practice by answering #5 on page 143 and #8 on page 147 Additional practice: pages 176-187

5. Vocabulary Unit 1

6. Review: Vocabulary Provide the correct vocabulary word for each of the following antonyms: a.assuage b.focus c.unrealistic d.disparage

7. Review: Vocabulary a.assuage: provoke b.focus: digress c.unrealistic: pragmatic d.disparage: advocate

8. 9. ambivalent simultaneously experiencing opposite feelings; uncertain synonyms: conflicted, equivocal, mixed

9. 10. esoteric (adjective) intended for or understood only by a small group synonyms: obscure, hidden

10. 11. ingenuity (noun) quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful synonyms: brilliance, genius, dexterity

11. 12. substantiate (verb) to support with proof or evidence; to verify synonyms: validate, justify, affirm

12. 13. sentiment (noun) an attitude, feeling, or opinion; refined or tender emotion synonyms: position, tendency; softheartedness

13. 14. abstruse (adjective) difficult to understand synonyms: perplexing, complex

14. 15. eradicate (verb) to get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots; to abolish synonyms: annihilate, erase

15. 16. autonomy (noun) independence; self- determination synonyms: sovereignty, self- rule

16. Strategy: Predict an Answer/Find a Synonym Robert was extremely ___ when he received a B on the exam, for he was almost certain he had gotten an A.

17. Strategy: Predict an Answer/Find a Synonym Robert was extremely ___ when he received a B on the exam, for he was almost certain he had gotten an A. A.elated B.dissatisfied C.fulfilled D.harmful E.victorious

18. Strategy: Predict an Answer/Find a Synonym Predict an answer, and then turn to page 96 to make actual selections. 3. With the discovery of a(n) ___ alternative fuels source, oil prices dropped significantly. 4. The product of a ___ religious home, he often found ___ in prayer. 5. Our ___objections finally got us thrown out of the stadium. 6. We should have ___trouble ahead when the road ___ into a gravel path. 7. The ___of the house, fresh lobster, was gone, so we ___ourselves with crab.