Tuesday, January 10 ~ Whoop! Whoop! It's Grammar Tuesday!

Roots 

• ortho - straight, correct
• prim, prime - first
• sen - old

 

Grammar - All Hail the Comma

EQ: Why do we use commas?

If you cook Julian will do the dishes.
While we were eating a spider crawled across the table.

Comma Rules to Live By -

1.  Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses.
Ex: Everyone has heard of love at first sight, but I fell in love at first kiss.

Tip: No comma needed if there are NOT two independent clauses.
Ex: Good money managers watch their spending and save their money.

2. Use a comma after an introductory clause or phrase.
Ex: When Ms. B was ready to iron, her cat tripped on the cord.

Practice - Add or delete commas. Perhaps the sentence is correct.

a. Alisa brought the injured rabbit home, and made a splint out of twigs for its injured ear.

b. After her planned retirement in the year 2065, a very tired and slightly crazy Ms. B plans on admitting herself to the funny farm.

c. Brandon always wanted to go to Japan but he was afraid to fly.

d. While I was driving a school bus ran a red light.

e. Kenny pushed the car to the side of the road, and poured a bucket of water on the raging flames.

f. Lit by bright halogen lights thousands of origami cranes sparkled like diamonds.

g. As the morning bell sounded, Hannah's heart raced with joy because she knew she was going to English.

h. If you bring up the blog, and record your roots you might receive a sucker.

Poetry

 MEMORIZATION: "If" by Rudyard Kipling
This stanza due on Block!

If you can keep your head when all about you   

    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

    But make allowance for their doubting too;   

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

    Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

    And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

POETRY
*Click here for a quick review of some devices.
*Review Poetic Devices using "Firework" by Katie Perry or Chris Sligh.
Copy the lyrics below to your Poetry Notes. Then label as many poetic devices as you can.

"Firework"
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind 
Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin Like a house of cards 
One blow from caving in

Do you ever feel already buried deep Six feet under screams
But no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there’s still a chance for you
‘Cause there’s a spark in you
You just gotta

Ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night Like the Fourth of July

‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on show them what you’re worth
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you’re a firework Come on let your colors burst
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
You’re gonna leave before they know

If you only knew
What the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Like a lightning bolt
Your heart will glow
And when it’s time you know

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It’s always been inside of you, you, you
And now it’s time to let it through

HW: Poetry Device Quiz
         Finish "Firework"