HAIRY BEAST AND FRIENDS

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HAIRY BEAST AND FRIENDS

• Caughtya!
• Grammar with a Giggle

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every day in this spot you will be regaled with
news from the dramatic story of general animal
hospital
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Every day in this spot you will be regaled with
news from the dramatic story of General Animal
Hospital.

• Paragraph
• Proper noun (title)
• Quotes

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hairy beast an inoffensive beastie with green fur
was a hideously ugly but gentle animal
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Hairy Beast, an inoffensive beastie with green
fur, was a hideously ugly, but gentle, animal.
Commas Appositive phrase Around words,
phrases, clauses not essential to meaning
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HAIRY, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS AN APPOSITIVE PHRASE?
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Kids, dont get frustrated!
Appositive Phrase A word, phrase or clause that
means the same thing as (i.e., synonym) or
further explains another noun (pronoun)
Hairy Beast, the hunky star of General Animal
Hospital, loves grammar with a giggle!
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Hairy Beast and Friends MSA/Grammar Drill
once he was madly in love with hilda hippo a
comely hippopotamus with a hard hart
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Hairy Beast and Friends MSA/Grammar Drill
Once he was madly in love with Hilda Hippo, a
comely hippopotamus with a hard heart.
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Hairy Beast and Friends MSA/Grammar Drill
fickle hilda however decided that hairy beast
was to ugly for her
likely to change frequently without good reason
Yeah girl, lookin good! Who does Hairy Beast
think he is? I am way out of his league!
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Sentence Correction
Fickle Hilda, however, decided that Hairy Beast
was too ugly for her.
Whats a hottie like Hilda Hippo ever gonna see
in a hideous monster like me?
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hilda the mean lady could no longer stand harrys
repulsive warty visage
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Hilda, the mean lady, could no longer stand
Harrys repulsive, warty visage.
Comma two adjectives, appositive Apostrophe
possessive Visage a persons face or facial
expressions
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HAIRY, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS AN APPOSITIVE PHRASE?
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Kids, dont get frustrated!
Appositive Phrase A word, phrase or clause that
means the same thing as (i.e., synonym) or
further explains another noun (pronoun)
Hairy Beast, the hunky star of General Animal
Hospital, loves grammar with a giggle!
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Main Idea
Hi Classssssss! Im an Birtha Boa from General
Animal Hossssspital. I hear youve been editing
our ssssscript sssssso we dont sssslip up.
Thanks! Im here to teach you about Main
IdeaFollow me!
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Everything you read is about something, right?
Of courssssssse it is!
Main Idea is the something the text is about.
?

• The most important idea.
• What the text is mainly about.
• The main point the author want you to understand.

Think of it this way.
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Before I let you loosssssse, here are some
hintssssss

• Look for answers that tell about the ENTIRE text,
  not just specific details.

• Read the entire selection carefully-dont make
  sssssilly misssstakes!

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From yesterday
Hilda, the mean lady, could no longer stand
Harrys repulsive, warty visage.
Today
so she wrote him a nasty vituperative letter to
tell him of her feelings
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She wrote him a nasty, vituperative letter to
tell him of her feelings.
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4321 rue street hogtown florda 32609 september 5
2007
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4321 Rue street Hogtown, florida 32609 september
5, 2007
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dear hairy your a grotesque ugly beast. i do
not love you. their, thats it! hatefully
yours hilda
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Dear Hairy, Youre a grotesque, ugly beast. I
do not love you. There, thats it! Hatefully
yours, Hilda
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hairy beast recieved this letter, an odious
display of Hildas contept on november 8 2007
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Hairy Beast received this letter, an odious
display of Hildas contempt, on November 8, 2007.
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he cried copious tears tore out tufts of green
fur and demolished his apartment like a wild beast

• After you edit, underline the strong, vivid
  verbs in the sentence.
• Circle an example of figurative language.

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He cried copious tears, tore out tufts of green
fur, and demolished his apartment like a wild
beast.