Homework
Think about what you will include on your name poster tomorrow in class. You may bring markers,magazines, colored pencils, etc. to help you complete the activity. I will have the paper you will be using. This activity will be completed by the end of the class period and will be used to write a descriptive paper. Remeber, the name poster is used to describe you.

Writing Homework
Using the story beginning on p. 134 of your English text, find a specific detail for each of the following to demonstrate how the story is:
*a taste of historical truth
*precise as to agricultural detail
*precise as to ethnic background
*precise as to the weight of labor

Also, on a separate sheet of paper, write a one-paragraph description of your favorite season.

TEst
Test tomorrow -- S,C,CX,C-CX -- Be able to write all definitions discussed in class -- look at the previous days' assignments on this site.

Test and writing assignment
All classes -- test Friday -- S,C,CX,C-CX -- follow the guidelines listed on Monday's homework

All classes -- Due Friday -- rough draft of the following topic: Write a 4-5 paragraph composition about your favorite sport. Be sure to include each type of sentence (S,C,CX,C-Cx)

Test papers for 2nd and 4th periods will go home on Friday because of the EXPLORE test being given tomorrow.

Test
All classes -- test Wednesday -- list subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns

Subordinating conjunctions --after, although, as,
as if, as long as, as though, because, before, if, since, so that, than, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, while

Relative Pronouns -- who, whom, whose, which, that

All classes -- test Friday -- S,C, Cx, C-Cx

Be able to write all definitions given in class on Monday

simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, compound-complex sentence, clause, independent clause, dependent clause

Be able to list the coordinating conjunctions --- and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet

Test
Periods 1,4,7 -- Test Friday -- list prepositions L-W
Test Friday -- Identify and label subjects, verbs, prepositions, objects of prepositions, and conjunctions

Periods 2,5,6 -- Test Friday --Complete the study packet sent home today -- be able to identify complete subject and predicate, simple subject and predicate, prepositional phrases

HOmework and test
periods 1,4,7 -- begin studying prepositions A-I (Test Thursday) and L-W (TEst Friday).

Periods 2,5,6 -- book page 331 (Ex. 6 #1-10) and workbook p. 55 Ex. 1 #2-20 even

Test
All classes -- test tomorrow

Be able to identify sentences, fragments, fused sentences, and comma splices. Be able to correct fused sentences, comma splices, and fragments.

A sentence contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
A fragment does not express a complete thought.
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences joined incorrectly.
The two types of run-ons are the comma splice (two or more sentences joined with only a comma) and the fused sentence ( two or more sentences with no punctuation between them).

Know the above definitions to write on the test.

Test
Test tomorrow -- Study workbook pages243-251 -- Be able to apply the rules and write a paragraph.

Bibliographies
All classes -- Bibliographies are due tomorrow.

1st, 4th, 7th -- workbook pp. 246 (Ex.2 even #'s); 248 #8-15

2nd, 5th, 6th -- p. 244 (#16-20); 246 (#1-5); 248 (1-5)