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Novel assignment (due Monday)
Lit Circles
Infinitives
Vocabulary
Book Club Daily Eight—1 Dec. 08
Book Title: _____________________________________
Pages Read: Start __156___ Finish __180__
1. Discussion Director: Write two questions for discussion
2. Connector: Write two examples of outside connections to
the novel.
3. Summarizer: Write a summary of your reading for today:
4. Illuminator: What two passages did you share?
5. Illustrator: Attach your picture.
Book Club Daily Nine—2 Dec. 08
Book Title: _____________________________________
Pages Read: Start __181___ Finish __205__
1. Illustrator: Attach your picture.
2. Discussion Director: Write two questions for discussion
3. Connector: Write two examples of outside connections to
the novel.
4. Summarizer: Write a summary of your reading for today:
5. Illuminator: What two passages did you share?
An infinitive is a verb form that comes after the word “to” and
functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
• To succeed takes courage, foresight and luck.
• Alone in her cubicle, all she wanted was to
survive.
• Afraid to move, she froze in terror.
• His goal, to break into Fort Knox, was never
achieved.
• The student’s hope was to finish the paper
before school started.
Don’t Get Confused:
TO in infinitives and prepositions
Don’t confuse infinitives with prepositional
phrases that begin with “to.” Remember
that a preposition always ends with a noun
or pronoun; an infinitive always ends with
a verb.
• Infinitive (verb):
– Remember to wash behind your ears!
• Preposition (noun):
• We walked to the car wash.
The infinitive phrase includes the infinitive and the object of
the infinitive or any modifiers related to the infinitive.
• Even in New York, fans did not manage to buy the
hype.
• The seemingly simple decision to appoint a Democrat
caused controversy.
• The gap provides a way to give Democratic
candidates an edge in close elections
• The respondents believe their neighbors are
willing to vote for a woman.
• Two nonprofit organizations from opposite sides
of the political spectrum plan to release a report
blasting 25 Army Corps of Engineers water
projects
• The corps has been trying to recast itself in a
more ecosensitive light.
• Now Congress has to decide whether it wants to
continue to be part of the problem, or if it wants
to be part of the solution.
Writing with Infinitives
• One sentence with an infinitive subject
– Eg: To eat is my favorite pasttime
• One with and infinitive object
– Eg: I love to eat.
• One with a predicate noun
– Eg: My dearest wish is to eat myself into a coma.
• One with an adjective infinitive
– Unwilling to eat cow brains, she tipped over.
• One with an adverb infinitive
– Eg: She is unwilling to eat cow brains.
·One sentence with an infinitive subject
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·One with and infinitive object
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·One with a predicate noun
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·One with an adjective infinitive
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·One with an adverb infinitive