1A
1. Five-minute freewrite.
2. Vocabulary notes. We took notes on SAT words #3 and #4 and word part notes #11-#15. If you were absent, follow this link to copy down the notes onto V1.
3. Notes on how to diagram a sentence. We took notes on G1, Four Basic Parts of a Sentence. If you were absent, make your own G1 on a sheet of notebook paper with these definitions:
Subject: The thing or person the sentence is about. Goes with the predicate verb of the sentence.
Predicate: The main verb of the sentence. What the subject does. Complete predicate: the verb and everything related to the verb.
Direct Object: Who/what the verb does. I sing. Sing what? Songs. Songs is the direct object.
Indirect Object: Who/what the verb is directing the action towards. I sing songs. To whom? To the stars. I sing the stars songs. The stars is the indirect object.
4. Practice diagramming. We practiced in class on a worksheet.
HW: Work on your memoir so you’re ready to print it out at the end of class Wednesday.
2AB
Reading day!
HW: Work on your memoir. Read Ch. 10, 11, 12, 13 for tomorrow.
4A
1. Work time in lab.
2. Getting rid of unimaginative words and other fixes.
3. Extended metaphor.
HW: Print memoir and bring ALL ROUGH DRAFTS to class on Wednesday. If you need me to print it, email me to ask BEFORE 11:59 P.M. ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
Read Ch. 14 of memoir for Wednesday.
ALEXA GARVOILLE 