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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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Create a news story about the events from
chapter 3 or 4.
 Will your angle be hard news or gossip news?
 Indicate which by pretending to be a reporter for
either a hard news website or a gossip site.
 Include the 5Ws– Who, What, Where, When, Why
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Root Word of the Day
 geo– earth or ground
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Word of the Day
 geophysics- science treating of the forces that
modify the earth
▪ What other words can you come up with that have
something to do with the earth or the ground that are
spelled with the Greek root word “geo?”
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Words that modify (change the description,
therefore describe) nouns or pronouns
 In chapter 4 locate five sentences with adjectives
and copy them into your notebook.
▪ Circle the adjective
▪ Draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun that it modifies
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A word that modifies an adjective, verb, or
another adverb
 In chapter 4 locate five sentences with adverbs
and copy them into your notebook.
▪ Circle the adverb
▪ Draw an arrow to the adjective, verb, or another adverb
that it modifies
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Subject – the actor of the verb
Verb – a word of action or a word that shows
state of being
The subject and the verb must agree in size
and number.
 Find a place on the first page of chapter one
where the narrator breaks this rule.
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A word that helps a noun or pronoun in the
phrase give more information about another
part of the sentence
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A group of words that begins with a
preposition and ends with the noun or
pronoun that serves as the object of the
preposition.
The noun or pronoun at the end of a prepositional
phrase that the preposition is showing the
relationship between another part of a sentence.
 KEY
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 Preposition – red word
 Prepositional phrase – underlined
 Object of the preposition - green word
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Sample from That Was Then, This Is Now
 I had been hunting all over town for a job.
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Pronoun – a word that takes the place of a
noun
Antecedent – the word that the pronoun
takes the place of
Agreement – the pronoun must agree with its
antecedent in number, case, and gender
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The pronoun that is linked to the subject
through the linking verb
 To receive half credit for your missed answers on
a quiz, you must do the following.
 Show me, in your notebook, a page labeled “Quiz
Corrections.” Below the heading, include the
following:
1. The question you missed
2. The correct answer
3. The date of the notes where the answer was given to you in
advance (you can find that be going to “Logan Logic 2014”
on my webpage).
4. A sentence explaining how you chose the wrong answer and
how you intend to prevent this error in the future.