Block Day, December 8 & 9 ~ First Semester Coming to a Close

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West's 6th period, here's a teacher survey for the lovely Mrs. West
(WEST CLASS! Please scroll to the bottom for West's agenda)

Study Guide for Semester 1 Final

 (100 pts.)

• 50 pts. - Roots (matching)
• 20 pts. - Grammar (multiple choice)
• 15 pts. - Short story terms
• 15 pts. - SAT vocab.

Grammar Review

1. Fragments - For a group of words to be a sentence, you need a subject, a verb and a complete thought. (Independent Clause) If you are missing one of these, then you have a fragment.

😢 Example: Although my spoken Spanish is not very good. I can read the language with ease.

• Although my spoken ........... is a fragment. It does not form a complete thought.

😌 Example: Although my spoken Spanish is not very good, I can read the language with ease.

      2. Run-ons - Independent clauses that have not been joined correctly.

 😢 Example: Social media is a means of communication for most teenagers it almost seems like they have forgotten how to communicate one on one.

• This an example of a fused sentence. No punctuation and no conjunction. Yikes!

😢 Example: Social media is a means of communication for most teenagers, it almost seems like they have forgotten how to communicate one on one. 

• This is an example of a comma splice. Two independent clauses joined by a comma without a conjunction.

😌 Example: Social media is a means of communication for most teenagers, for it almost seems like they have forgotten how to communicate one on one. 

• Use a comma and a conjunction.
• There are (3) other options: 

1. Use a semicolon after teenagers
2. Make to separate sentences. A period after teenagers, capitalize it
3. Restructure: Because social media...... , it almost.........

_______________________Please take notes for the following:____________________________

       3.  Subject-verb Agreement - 

•  Make the verb agree with its subject, not with words that come in between. Knock out prepositions!
• Make subjects joined withe and plural.
• With subjects joined with or or nor (either or neither....nor) make the verb agree with the part of the subject closer to the verb.
• Treat most indefinite pronouns as singular.
• Treat collective nouns as singular.

       4. Pronoun-antecedent Agreement

• Replace the plural pronoun with he or she is (or his or her).
• Make the antecedent plural.
• Rewrite the sentence so that no problem with agreement exists.

Thank you Olivia G. You are the dank meme winner today!

West's Class

Peer Editing

• Three rounds of proof readers (Save your partner! The grade comes from errors per page.)
• Check for paragraph flow, good characterization, correct dialogue and general lesson of the story.
• Get 15 points for this process. EC to papers turned in before I leave on Friday.

Review 

• Read through grammar at top of this page.
• Record at least three review questions/answers for our review game on Monday.

Advent Activity

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