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Monday, September 23, 2013
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Root Word of the Day
 Exo– out of, outside
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Word of the Day
 exocrine - secreting externally
▪ What other words can you come up with that have
something to do with being out of or outside that are
spelled with the root “exo?”
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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
 Pair off in groups within your table--- if you have
an odd number of members, one group can be a
trio:
1. Elect a scribe, a visual organizer, and a spokesperson
2. The visual organizer will create a web that organizes
everything the group already knows about the Civil
Rights Movement on a piece of blank white paper, as
directed on page 34.
3. Read “Kids on the Bus: Overlooked Role of Teenagers
in the Civil-Rights Era” (35-36)
4. The scribe will write down the answers to the
prompts in Lesson 9 (Daybook pp34-36)
 Spokespeople will alert teacher when their group has
completed all the tasks for Extension #1.
 While your group waits, read the second part of the
excerpt on pages 35-36.
 Work together to answer the questions on page 36--scribe will submit your answer
 You may have time to complete lesson 10 (37-38).
 Again, students will work together on the question for
page 38 but the scribe will write your agreed upon answer.
 We will keep working until every spokesperson indicates
that their group is willing to share about lesson 9.
 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.