Grammar Rule for the Week:

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• Use a hyphen to separate compound numbers from
  twenty-one to ninety-nine, fractions used as
  adjectives, and to show a span of numbers

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Googol (n)the figure 1 followed by 100 zeroes

• Sentence Correction

• Eighty eight million doesnt seem so large when
  compared to a googol.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Gossamer (adj) something light, delicate, or
  tenuous

• Sentence Correction

• The gossamer flowers were only one fifth of the
  budget for the wedding.

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Journal Entry

• What do you think makes a good leader? Give an
  example of a good leader in your life and why
  they are a good leader.

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• Use a colon when you write the time in numerals,
  before a list of items, and after the salutation
  of a business letter.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Halcyon (adj) calm or peaceful happy

• Sentence Correction

• I am looking forward to a halcyon summer no
  school, no homework and no due dates.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Gregarious (adj) living in groups social

• Sentence Correction

• The little boy was surprisingly gregarious at 430
  in the morning.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Gyrate (v) to revolve around a point or axis

• Sentence Correction

• Stock prices gyrated around last weeks high
  until they dropped again at 400 Wednesday morning.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Harbinger (n) forerunner herald

• Sentence Correction

• Due to the fact that he was a harbinger in the
  contest, he received the following an iPod, cds,
  and movie tickets.

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Journal Entry

• What are the positive and negative effects of
  cell phone technology?

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• Use a semicolon to separate main clauses not
  joined by and, but, or, nor, yet or for and to
  separate main clauses that are joined by a
  conjunctive adverb (however, furthermore,
  moreover, nevertheless, therefore).

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Hirsute (adj) very hairy

• Sentence Correction

• The familys new collie was very hirsute they had
  to get him groomed weekly.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Holocaust (n) widespread destruction especially
  by fire

• Sentence Correction

• The holocaust in Haiti caused many people to
  donate money therefore, 58 million dollars was
  raised.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Impropriety (n) improper conduct bad manners

• Sentence Correction

• His impropriety kept him from getting a date to
  the prom however, he did eventually straighten up.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Indolent (adj) lazy

• Sentence Correction

• If you are indolent during the AWED project you
  will fail you will take English II again next
  year.

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Journal Entry

• If all printers were determined not to print
  anything till they were sure it would offend
  nobody, there would be very little ever
  printed.Benjamin Franklin. What do you think
  about censorship? Give an example to support your
  opinion.

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• Underline or italicize titles of books,
  magazines, newspapers, plays, movies, television
  series, long poems, paintings, sculptures, long
  musical compositions, works of art, spacecraft,
  and ships.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Intrepid (adj) fearless bold

• Sentence Correction

• The intrepid actor was a big hit in the movie
  Nine.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Inclement (adj) stormy harsh

• Sentence Correction

• Due to inclement weather, the ship, Popeye,
  capsized.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Irascible (adj) easily angered hot-tempered

• Sentence Correction

• I become very irascible if I miss an episode of
  The Office.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Intinerary (n) the route of a journey

• Sentence Correction

• The intinerary of the trip revolved around the
  viewing of the Mona Lisa.

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Journal Entry

• Describe a character you have recently met in
  your reading. Why is this character memorable?
  What are his or her outstanding traits? What
  problems has the character overcome?

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• Use the correct forms of their (poss.), there (a
  place), and theyre (they are) your (poss.) and
  youre (you are) its (poss.) and its (it is).

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Jettison (v) to discard to throw away

• Sentence Correction

• If you dont jettison youre trash, mice will
  infest the classroom.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Juxtapose (v) to place side by side

• Sentence Correction

• I like to justapose theyre dog with my dog to see
  which one is bigger.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Kowtow (v) to be overly polite and flattering
  to fawn

• Sentence Correction

• Its sometimes better to kowtow than to ignore
  someone.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Languid (adj) drooping slugglish

• Sentence Correction

• There ferns are looking very languid today.

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Journal Entry

• Select one rule in your home or school that you
  think has failed, and tell why you think so.
  Then, provide a better rule in its place and
  explain why it is better.

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• In formal writing (research papers, essays,
  etc.), avoid using first or second person (I, me,
  we, us, our, you, your)

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Loquacious (adj) given to excessive talking

• Sentence Correction

• You should never be loquacious while in class.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Lugubrious (adj) exaggeratedly or affectedly
  mournful (sad)

• Sentence Correction

• I think many people were very lugubrious during
  the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Maelstrom (n) a powerful whirlpool turmoil

• Sentence Correction

• As I entered the store, I was engulfed by a
  maelstrom of holiday shoppers.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Mellifluous (adj) smoothly flowing sweet

• Sentence Correction

• Our dinner party really needs mellifluous music
  playing in the background.

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Journal Entry

• If you had to choose an animal that you resemble
  most either in physical looks or personality,
  what animal would it be? Explain why you would
  choose that animal based on who you are.

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• When abbreviations are formed from the first
  letters of several words, omit the periods and
  use all capital letters. Abbreviations related to
  time and dates are capitalized.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Nadir (n) the lowest point

• Sentence Correction

• The nadir of my day is at 6 am when I have to
  wake up.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Obdurate (adj) hard unmoved by persuasion

• Sentence Correction

• Many students are obdurate in believing the
  A.W.E.D. project is actually a lot of fun.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Obsequious (adj) fawning servile

• Sentence Correction

• The cunning thief disguised himself as a nasa
  employee willing to work for a place to stay
  overnight.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Ostracize (v) to exclude from a group to banish

• Sentence Correction

• The F.B.I. agent was ostracized when disguised as
  a mean old man.

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Journal Entry

• Television, movies, and video games are often
  blamed for the rising violence in our society.
  Which, if any of these, do you think is
  responsible for the violence? Explain your answer
  with a specific example.

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• Capitalize abbreviations of proper nouns. Postal
  abbreviations are written with two capital
  letters and no periods. Personal Titles are
  usually abbreviated.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Pariah (n) an outcast

• Sentence Correction

• Doctor Johnson was viewed as a pariah after he
  killed his patient.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Penurious (adj) stingy extremely poor

• Sentence Correction

• All the students think mr Falafel is penurious
  because he never helps with fundraisers.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Pilfer (v) to steal insignificant items

• Sentence Correction

• It was reported that a lot of pilfering occurred
  late Friday night in G.a.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Plummet (v) to fall or plunge straight downward

• Sentence Correction

• Lieutenant Smiths airplane began to plummet once
  the engine shut down.

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Grammar Rule for the Week

• Avoid using a lot when writing, instead
  replacing it with much or many, according to
  the situation

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Pogrom (n) an organized persecution or massacre

• Sentence Correction

• A lot of people were killed during the Rwandan
  pogrom of 1994.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Polyglot (n) using several languages

• Sentence Correction

• There are a lot of polyglots in Europe.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Posh (adj) elegant fashionable

• Sentence Correction

• A lot of posh people have an abundance of cash.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Potable (adj) fit to drink

• Sentence Correction

• The rivers water was not potable, according to a
  lot of hikers.

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• Vocabulary Word for Today

• Progeny (n) offspring descendants

• Sentence Correction

• Her progeny had a lot of problems when she was
  two years old.

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Journal Entry

• If you were granted two supernatural powers for
  one week only, what powers would you choose, and
  why? What would you do with your powers?