Your Guide to Language Arts 9/Palfreyman
 
What you need to do

Read. Or work on your reading journal. Or discuss with your group your papers.
 
What you need to do

Work on My Access essays. All three DUE Tuesday, January 11.
 
What you need to do

Learning Log
1. Combine the following sentences:
  • Maybe his effort really mattered.
  • Maybe his attitude really mattered.
  • His job could be more than a meal ticket.
2. Write down the mnemonic device below:
  • thAn=compAre
  • thEn=nExt
3. Write THREE sentences for each word: THAN and THEN.
4. Write TEN words that describe second quarter.

Poet of the Week
Naomi Shihab Nye (Folder #20)

QUIZ
Commonly Confused Words--Come during Pride Time to make it up!
 
What you need to do

Read! Or work on your reading journal!

 
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Learning Log

1. Combine the following sentences:
  • Tony liked the extra money.
  • The recognition pleased him even more.
  • The recognition acknowledged his efforts.

2. Write 12-15 lines on any topic you want; pay attention to sentence fluency; make sure you have simple, compound, and complex sentences.


Assignment
Quiz Review: Commonly Confused Words
(Folder #19)---DUE Monday, December 20.
 
What you need to do

Wednesday Word
  • Check out the Wednesday Word list on the board for this week's word: counterfeit.
  • If you need a new "Wednesday Word" handout, you can get it from the back of the file cabinet; it's in the Wednesday Word folder.
Assignments
  • Borrow a classmate's "Comma Splices" handout and correct your own--just the odds.
  • Complete "Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences" (Folder #18).
 
What you need to do

Write essays using My Access!

All three essays are DUE January 6----and they are worth 75 points!
 
What you need to do

DUE
  • Palfreyman's Q2 Midterm Workout
  • Q&A Rough Draft 2 (Come talk with me about this if you were absent.)

Learning Log
1. Combine the following sentences:
  • He said this to her.
  • "There must be some mistake."
  • She just smiled.
  • She assured him otherwise.
2. Make a list of things you need to look at or revise on your rough draft.
3. Write 10 lines on a topic of your choice.

Assignment
Revise your rough draft! Rough Draft 3 is DUE Wednesday, December 15.

 
What you need to do

Read! Work on your reading journal!
 
What you need to do

DUE
Learning Log: December 6 and 9

Learning Log
  • Choose a topic to write about.
  • Write--pay attention to sentence fluency; work in simple, compound, and complex sentences.
  • Write 18-25 lines.

Assignment
  • Palfreyman's Q2 Midterm Workout (Folder #16)--DUE MONDAY, DEC. 13
  • Comma Splices (Folder #17)--DUE MONDAY, DEC. 13