LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday, 11
Starter: Explain the importance of the comma in the warrant. Give at least one other example of your own, where a comma shows an example of a change in meaning.
A woman once saved the life of a man by changing a single comma in a warrant. A criminal had been sentenced to imprisonment and death in Siberia. On the bottom of the warrant it originally read - `Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia.’ The woman changed the punctuation so that the instructions read: `Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia.’ The man was set free.
Notes:
*ellipsis - indicates an omission of words within something that is being quoted, . . . and indicates lengthy pauses and trailed-off sentences. An ellipsis is three periods with a space between each. . . .
*dash - Dashes, like commas, semicolons, colons, ellipses, and parentheses, indicate added emphasis, an interruption, or an abrupt change of thought.
Examples:
You are the friend, the only friend, who offered to help me.
You are the friend—the only friend—who offered to help me.
I pay the bills; she has all the fun.
I pay the bills—she has all the fun.
I wish you would…oh, never mind.
I wish you would—oh, never mind.
You are the friend, the only friend, who offered to help me.
You are the friend—the only friend—who offered to help me.
I pay the bills; she has all the fun.
I pay the bills—she has all the fun.
I wish you would…oh, never mind.
I wish you would—oh, never mind.
Rule 1. Words and phrases between dashes are not generally part of the subject.
Example: Joe—and his trusty mutt—was always welcome.
Rule 2. Dashes replace otherwise mandatory punctuation, such as the commas after Iowaand 2013 in the following examples:
Without dash: The man from Ames, Iowa, arrived.
With dash: The man—he was from Ames, Iowa—arrived.
Without dash: The May 1, 2013, edition of the Ames Sentinel arrived in June.
With dash: The Ames Sentinel—dated May 1, 2013—arrived in June.
Rule 3. Some writers and publishers prefer spaces around dashes.
Example: Joe — and his trusty mutt — was always welcome.
Assignment: Eight Grade Usage Practice
1. Go to http://www.testprepreview.com/common-core-test-prep.htm. Complete 1-10 – questions pertaining to Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. (You will need to write your answers on paper). Check your answers. For each one you missed, explain on your paper, why you missed it.
2. Click “back to directory”. If you scored at least a seven on the above, scroll down to the English category. Pick the area you need more practice on. When you are confident you understand the concept, select a different one. Each time you are not confident that you have mastery of the concept, continue to try some more before moving on. When you check your answers, explain why you missed those that you missed.
3. Record the activities and scores, on today’s date, in your planner.
MAY 12 AND 13
ASSESSMENT TESTING FOR ALL STUDENTS MAKE SURE THEY GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP AND GET A GOOD BREAKFAST EACH MORNING. WE TEST IN THE AFTERNOON, 6TH HOUR. NO STARTERS FOR BOTH DAYS.
FOUNDATION ART
ASSIGNMENTS: Intro to two point house
Intro to color on Tuesday for final projects
Fair book Covers
Final Projects
perspectives should be getting done and turned in
Drawing
Assignments: Final
Fair book Cover
Oil pastel landscapes
All other assignments should be in
8th grade art
Assignments: Print making
Fair Book Cover
Final Sculpture
all other assignments should be in.
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