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Reading Quiz 2/14/13
Answer the following questions about the
reading by writing a statement about
each of the following topics:
1) F. Scott Fitzgerald
2) The Roaring 20s
3) Zelda Sayre
4) The Great Gatsby
Warm Up 2/20/13: Noun Practice
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Identify the types of nouns: it names person,
place, thing, concept, concrete/abstract,
singular/plural
 Angelinos–
 dream –
 America –
Write a sentence using all of the nouns listed above.
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Copy first 5 bullet points
Personal pronouns – he, she, her him …
Reflexive pronouns – myself, himself,
herself…
Intensive – (Noun + pronouns same as above)
Demonstrative – this, that, there.
Relative – introduces a dependent clause; who
whom, whomever…
Write 1 sentences using a pronoun and the
antecedents. Underline the pronoun and circle
the antecedents.
Warm Up 2/22/13
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Make a list of 4 Action verbs
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Make a list of 4 Linking Verbs
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Create a sentence using an action verb.
Warm Up 2/26/13 WASC Review
Copy Questions and work with a partner to
answer.
1. What are the after school clubs offered
at LHS?
2. What are the volunteer opportunities at
LHS and around the community?
3. What types of athletics are offered at
LHS?
Warm Up: 2/27/13
Define the following terms in your own
words
 characterization Indirect characterization
 Direct characterization
Describe the character “Dexter” as you
know him so far.
Warm Up 2/28/13
Predict what aspects of the 1920s
American society we should expect to
find in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
Formulate an opinion about whether
Fitzgerald, the author, might be
influenced by the Roaring 20s era and
how he will use his surroundings to
write his novel.
Warm up: 2/28/13 The Transitive Verb
(Copy the definition ) A transitive verb has two
characteristics.
 It is an action verb, expressing a doable activity
 it must have a direct object, something or
someone who receives the action of the verb.
 When no direct object follows an action verb, the
verb is intransitive.
Here are some examples of transitive verbs: (choose 1 example and copy:
1. Alicia wrote a love poem on a restaurant napkin.
Wrote = transitive verb; poem = direct object.
Warm Up 2/28/13 Cont.’d
An intransitive verb has two characteristics.
First, it is an action verb, expressing a doable
activity like arrive, go, lie, sneeze, sit, die,
etc.
 Second, unlike a transitive verb, it will not
have a direct object receiving the action.
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Here are some examples of intransitive verbs, copy at least one:
Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the classroom door with only seven seconds
to spare.
Arrived = intransitive verb.
James went to the campus cafe for a steaming bowl of squid eyeball stew.
Went = intransitive verb.
To escape the midday sun, the cats lie in the shade under our cars.
Lie = intransitive verb.
Warm Up 3/4/13 Grammar Review
Make a list of:
A. 3 nouns
B. 3 pronouns
C. 3 active verbs
D. 1 Linking verbs
Extra credit: write a sentence using a transitive
verb. Label the parts of the sentence that
show it is a transitive verb.
Warm Up 3/5/13
Make a list of adjectives that describe
the following characters in “Winter
Dreams”
 Dexter
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Judy
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