Capitalize names of people, titles used in front of a person

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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Capitalize names of people, titles used in front
  of a persons name, places, days, months,
  holidays, and special events.

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Vocabulary Word

• Altercation (n)a noisy dispute

Sentence Correction
The altercation on friday between joe and sam was
recorded on cell phones and posted on the
internet over the labor day weekend.
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Vocabulary Word

• Aborigine (n)an original inhabitant

Sentence Correction
The aborigines of north america celebrated
thanksgiving with the pilgrims.
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Vocabulary Word

• Amalgam (n)a mixture of different elements

Sentence Correction
The amalgam of students at mt. tabor is a good
picture of diversity.
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Explain how this picture demonstrates the
EXTERNAL CONFLICT (Man vs Nature). Give specific
details from the picture.
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Journal 1 Write two good paragraphs in formal
writing (No contractions!)
Begin your entry with, If we had gone a
different way and tell the story of this
picture.
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Capitalize names of nationalities, languages,
  direction words referring to parts of the
  country, school subjects named after a country or
  followed by a Roman numeral, and the first and
  all important words in titles of books.

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Vocabulary Word

• Ambrosial (adj)delicious fragrant divine

Sentence Correction
According to the cookbook, the food of greece,
the food in southern greece is ambrosial.
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Vocabulary Word

• Ambulatory (adj)able to walk or move

Sentence Correction
The french patient was ambulatory after the
surgery he fell in love with the american nurse.
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Vocabulary Word

• Apex (n)highest point, summit

Sentence Correction
The apex of the book around the world in eighty
days was when phileas fogg almost lost his bet.
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Explain how this picture demonstrates INTERNAL
CONFLICT (Man vs Self). Give specific details
from the picture to support your answer.
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Use apostrophes to show ownership, form
  contractions, and in place of omitted numbers in
  a year.

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Vocabulary Word

• Bedlam (n)uproar confusion

Sentence Correction
The teachers class was bedlam it took five
administrators to control it.
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Vocabulary Word

• Bellicose (adj)warlike quarrelsome

Sentence Correction
The students bellicose behavior made the teacher
send him out of class.
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Vocabulary Word

• Bona fide (adj) made in good faith genuine

Sentence Correction
The teenagers offer to wash the dishes was a bona
fide one, even though he didnt follow through on
it.
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Identify the flashbacks in the following scene
and what effect they have on the viewer.
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Journal 2 Write two good paragraphs in formal
writing (No contractions!)
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Fragments may lack a subject, verb, or both, or
  may be punctuated incorrectly to form an
  incomplete thought.

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Vocabulary Word

• Brouhaha (n)hubbub uproar furor

Sentence Correction
Creating a brouhaha in class.
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Vocabulary Word

• Buffoon (n)a clown, comedian, or laughable person

Sentence Correction
The buffoon in first period.
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Vocabulary Word

• Cacophonous (adj)harsh-sounding or
  confused-sounding

Sentence Correction
The cacophonous music was coming from.
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Explain how the following video clip from the
1975 JAWS movie shows FORESHADOWING. Give
specific details from the clip.
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• A run-on sentence is two or more complete
  sentences written as though they were one
  sentence a comma splice is a type of run-on with
  only a comma separating the two sentences.

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Vocabulary Word

• Circumvent (v)to avoid by going around to
  encircle to outwit

Sentence Correction
Many people believe that you cannot circumvent
your fate, others believe that you have no fate.
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Vocabulary Word

• Cogitate (v)to ponder or think intently

Sentence Correction
The teacher encouraged the students to cogitate
about the question many students answered quickly.
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Vocabulary Word

• Comatose (adj)unconscious inactive

Sentence Correction
After the surgery, Tom was comatose, he was moved
to intensive care.
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Explain how the following video clips demonstrate
different MOODS. Give specific details from the
clips. Divide your box like this
Original Mary Poppins Trailer Remix Mary Poppins Trailer
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Journal 3 Write two good paragraphs in formal
writing (No contractions!)
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Use commas to separate three or more items in a
  series, two or more adjectives before a noun, or
  to separate parts of a date.

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Vocabulary Word
Cryptic (adj)secret mysterious
Sentence Correction
The cryptic message was received with worry
confusion and anticipation.
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Vocabulary Word
Debonair (adj)charming, light-hearted
Sentence Correction
Handsome charming John is considered to be
debonair by the girls in his class.
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Vocabulary Word
Demagogue (n)leader who promises things to
people to gain power
Sentence Correction
The demagogue Hitler took power on January 30
1933 in germany.
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Explain the symbolism of one part of the Great
Seal the back of the dollar bill.
The Pyramid 13 levels, unfinished
The Eye
1776
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Use commas to set off a noun in a direct address,
  set off appositives and non-essential clauses,
  and after an introductory adverb clause.

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Vocabulary Word
Disheveled (adj)--untidy
Sentence Correction
When you are living in my house a disheveled room
is not allowed.
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Vocabulary Word
Doggerel (n)loose, irregular verse bad poetry
Sentence Correction
The book of doggerel poems written by terrible
poets is not read by many people.
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Vocabulary Word
Dulcet (adj)sweet melodious, soothing
Sentence Correction
Sally is warm milk or soft music more dulcet
before trying to sleep?
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Describe the setting (time and place) in this
picture, giving specific details to support your
description.
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Journal 4 Write two good paragraphs in formal
writing (No contractions!), finishing the story
Begin your story with, A hand reached out of the
mist, startling her.
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Use a singular verb with a singular subject and a
  plural verb with a plural subject.

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Vocabulary Word
Egregious (adj)flagrant out of the ordinary
Sentence Correction
The boys wants to confess to the egregious
mistake.
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Vocabulary Word
Emaciated (adj)painfully thin wasted
Sentence Correction
The class are shocked at the pictures of the
emaciated children in Africa, they decides to
raise money for them.
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Vocabulary Word
Exodus (n)a mass departure
Sentence Correction
The roaches is running from behind the
refrigerator in an exodus.
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Explain how this picture demonstrates an
ALLUSION.
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Grammar Rule of the Week

• Subjects joined by and take a plural verb.
  Singular subjects joined by or or nor take
  singular verbs.

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Vocabulary Word
Expletive (n)an obscenity offensive language
Sentence Correction
Susie and Sally uses an expletive towards their
teacher, they was suspended for the infraction.
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Vocabulary Word
Expunge (v)to strike out to erase to remove
Sentence Correction
Neither the teacher nor the administrator agree
to expunge the zero given for cheating.
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Vocabulary Word
Fiasco (n)a failure
Sentence Correction
The players and the fans agrees that the game was
a fiasco.
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Explain how this pictures shows an IDIOM and what
it means.
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Journal 5 Write two good paragraphs in formal
writing (No contractions!), finishing the story
Begin your story with, A hand reached out of the
mist, startling her.