Tuesday, September 25, 2007

ASSIGN YOURSELF: (1st, 2nd, 3rd period) Pronoun Assignment: on page 127 of your small Grammar Handbook, work on #s 1-10. Write the complete sentence and fill in the correct pronoun. (4th period) Create 10 sentences with 10 different pronouns. Underline the pronoun of each sentence.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: Johnny said, "Sixteen years is not long enough" to live a life. Why does Johnny want to be knowledgeable now?

OBJECTIVE: *Identify pronouns. *Identify the plot of a story.

Class Assignment: Work on #s 1-20 of Exercise 2 on page. 430. Write the correct pronoun only.

Class also wrote down all of the pronouns on pages 429, 435, 437, & 439 of the Writer's Choice book.

Some classes got a chance to copy notes for "The Outsiders" plot.

Monday, September 24, 2007

ASSIGN YOURSELF: Create 5 sentences. Rewrite each sentence using a pronoun in the place of every noun.

DO NOW: Dally is not necessarily a "thinker." Explain why he is not by using the definition on the IB Learner Profile handout and examples from the novel.

OBJECTIVE: *Identify pronouns. *Identify character conflict (man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. society). *View The Outsiders

Class Assignment:

Finish viewing The Outsiders. Class discussion.

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