Download Sixth Grade OMG Week 10

OMG Week 10
DAY ONE
I always am very hungry before my mom's lunch break.
Cara herself lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, but she wanted a new life for
herself.
The office, which was located at 55 Pine Street, was affected by the
various tornadoes.
Simple or Compound or Complex Sentence?
Parts of Speech? (Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective,
Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection)
Parts of the Sentence? (Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object,
Prepositional Phrase)
DAY TWO
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Sentence One Rules
Capitalize first person pronoun I.
Pronouns = replacement words for nouns
Pronouns
Singular
Plural
First person:
I, me
we, us
Second person:
you
you
Third person:
he, she, it
they, them
him, her, it
Certain titles are not capitalized if a possessive adjective or article
comes before. If it is used as a name, title is capitalized.
a. my mom vs. Mom
OR his doctor vs. Doctor Lu
Use an apostrophe s to indicate possession.
5. Period at the end of the sentence.
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Sentence Two Rules
Capitalize the names of people.
An intensive pronoun is one ending in -self or -selves that is used
to emphasize the preceding noun or pronoun (its antecedent).
Capitalize specific places (countries, cities, states).
When a geographical name has two or more elements, separate
with comma.
Unless geographical name with multiple parts occurs at the end of
the sentence, final word should be followed by a comma.
A reflexive pronoun is one ending in -self or -selves that is used as
an OBJECT in the sentence and refers to the subject.
Sentence Three Rules
Capitalize the first letter of the sentence.
A relative pronoun is used to join a dependent clause to its
antecedent in the independent clause.
a. 4WT = who, whom, whose, which, that
An appositive is a word or phrase that follows a noun and explains
its meaning. A nonrestrictive appositive adds extra information and
is surrounded by commas.
Capitalize words in an address. Write out address numbers
numerically.
Affect = verb
Effect = noun
a. Remember, A Very Easy Noun
When a word ends in -o and is preceded by a consonant, add -es to
make plural. When a word ends in -o and is preceded by a vowel,
add an -s to make plural.
Homework (DUE DAY THREE)
1. Write EACH sentence with its various rules.
a. You should have a simple, compound, and complex sentence.
b. I will grade each sentence individually and take the average
of the three.
2. Handout