Monday, April 13, 2015

April 13-17

Week of April 13-17

NAN - 

Monday: Quotation Marks
1.Use your textbook and read pages 517-519. Do the Written Exercises (can be typed). 

Wednesday: Colons and Semicolons
1.Use your textbook and read pages 529-531. Do just the Written Exercises (can be typed). 

Friday: Italics (Underlining)
1.Use your textbook and read pages 533-534. Do the Written Exercises. (can be typed).


NBN - You need to complete TWO math assignments on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You need to also do ONE on both Tuesday and Thursday. You need to report to me on this so I know it is being done. 

Monday: Using Hyphens and Colons
1. Use your textbook. Read pages518-519. Do the Written Practice section. You may type this and print it if you prefer that instead of writing it by hand. 

WAHOOOO! You are done with language for this year! 

We will do some writing assignments to keep you in practice with the things you have learned. 
Wednesday: No writing today, you will be testing at Dr. Polk's. 

Friday: Write a paragraph about your experience Wednesday. Make sure it has a beginning, body, and end. 

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Week of April 6 - April 10

Week of April 6-10

NAN - How's your math going? Check in with me on this. You are very close to being finished with Language for grade 7

Monday: Capitalization
1.Use your textbook and read pages 483-486. Do the Written Exercises 1-18

Wednesday: End Punctuation
1.Use your textbook and read pages 496-499. Do just the Written Exercises

Friday: Commas
1.Use your textbook and read pages 502-504. Do the Written Exercises.


NBN - You need to complete TWO math assignments on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You need to also do ONE on both Tuesday and Thursday. You need to report to me on this so I know it is being done. 

Monday: Capitilization
1. Use your textbook. Read pages 480-481. Do the Written Practice section. You may type this and print it if you prefer that instead of writing it by hand. 

Wednesday: Capitalizing Names and Titles
1. Use your textbook. Read pages 484-486. Do the Written Practice AND Review sections

Friday: Synonyms and Antonyms
1. Use your textbook. Read pages 502-503. Do the Written Practice AND Review sections. 

Monday, February 23, 2015

Week of Feb. 22-Feb. 26

Week of Feb. 22-Feb. 26

NAN

Monday: Poetry vs. Prose
1. Read this: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/p-as_docs/PoetryandProse.pdf
2. Also read: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/04/the-difference-between-poetry-and-prose/
3. Check this out! http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/29/entertainment/la-et-jc-russian-man-killed-in-fight-over-poetry-vs-prose-20140129
No assignment since you are memorizing poetry for co-op.

Wednesday: Using prepositions correctly
1.Read: http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/prepositions/rules-for-prepositions.html
2. Do this quiz: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/preposition_quiz1.htm

Friday:Coordinating Conjunctions
1.Read:http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/coordinatingconjunction.htm
2.Also Read: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/conjunctions-coordinating.htm
3.Quiz:http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=coordinating-conjunctions-quiz




NBN

Monday: What are adjectives?
1. Read: http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/adjectives.htm
2. Quiz: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/adjectives_quiz.htm

Wednesday: What are Adverbs?
1. Read: http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/adverbs.htm
2. Quiz: http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/adverb/quiz200.html

Friday: Punctuation
1. Read: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/write/punctuation1.html
2. Try it: http://www.timeforkids.com/homework-helper/grammar-wizard/punctuation-practice   

Monday, February 9, 2015

Week of February 9-13

Feb. 9-13

NAN

Monday: Writing Friendly Letters
1.Read the lesson in Rod & Staff on Writing Friendly Letters. Lesson 51
2.Choose a friend or family member to write a letter to. We will address an envelope on Wednesday and send it. 

Wednesday: Active and Passive Voice 
1. Take a look at these examples:
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-active-and-passive-voice.html
2. Read this. 
http://www.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm
3. Take this short quiz:
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice-quiz.htm

Friday: Writing a business letter
1. Read Lesson 55 in Rod & Staff
2. Write a letter to a business of your choice. Can be a real or made up business. If you decide to make it a real issue for a real business we can send the letter. 


NBN

Monday:Using Lay-Lie, Set-Sit, and Raise-Rise
1. Read over this: 
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_longman_ohb_1/27/7023/1797945.cw/content/index.html
2. Try this:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/lie_lay_quiz.htm

Wednesday: Linking Verbs
1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlGzhXIeQ8
2. Then watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FabuyElq-6Q
3. Do this quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/linking_verbs/quiz522.html

Friday: Pronouns
1. Watch this exciting video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1ciVFbecw
2. Take this short quiz 
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/pronoun/quiz227.html

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Week of Jan. 26-Jan. 30

NAN-

Monday: Taking Notes
1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhRf3U50lM

I will come up with something this week for you to practice this skill. It's important to know how to do.

Tuesday: Subject-Verb Agreement
1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emlVxINBUk
2. Take this quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/subject_verb_agreement/quiz2181.html

Wednesday: Using Lay-Lie, Set-Sit, and Raise-Rise
1. Read over this: 
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_longman_ohb_1/27/7023/1797945.cw/content/index.html
2. Try this:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/lie_lay_quiz.htm


NBN-

Monday: Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases
1. Watch this exciting video ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNKPA0ubEM
2. Then watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a22nqBuFltk
3. Try this:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/171707.html?AP_rand=2145941781

Tuesday: Subject and Verb Agreement

1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emlVxINBUk
2. Take this quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/subject_verb_agreement/quiz2181.html

Wednesday: Principal Parts of Verbs
1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QAt5bQfuMk
2. Read this:
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000357.htm
3. Write the Principal Parts of the following common verbs:
awake
break
forget
give
hang
keep
cost
cut
dig
eat

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Week of January 19-23

NAN-

Monday: Possessive Nouns
1. Read this:
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/nouns/Possessive-Nouns.html
2. Take this quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/possessive_nouns/quiz327.html

Wednesday: Principal Parts of Verbs
1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QAt5bQfuMk
2. Read this:
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000357.htm
3. Write the Principal Parts of the following common verbs:
awake
break
forget
give
hang
keep
cost
cut
dig
eat

Friday: Simple Verb Tense
1. Read this:
There are three main verb tenses; past, present and future. Each tense is divided into; simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. In this lesson we are looking at the simple tenses in the past, present and future. The present tense of a verb is the 'original' form.
2. Read and try this:
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/simple-tenses-verbs
3. Do this:
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/mixed-verb-tenses5.html



NBN-

Monday: Nouns of Direct Address and Appositives
1. Read this:
A direct address is the name of the person (normally) who is being directly spoken to. It is always a proper noun. It does not have any grammatical relationship to any part of the sentence. It is set off by commas.
2. Read this:
http://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/nouns_of_direct_address_examples/59/
3. Read this:
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The appositive can be a short or long combination of words. Look at these examples: The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.
3. Do this worksheet: Write the answers on paper. Don't scroll down to the answers!
http://www.k12reader.com/worksheet/add-an-appositive/view/

Wednesday: Verbs
1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzYw
2. Go to this worksheet and write the answers on paper.
http://www.kidslearningstation.com/grammar/verbs/3rd-grade/worksheets/third-grade-verb-worksheet-sentences2.pdf 

Friday: Verb - be
1. Go here and do this worksheet: Again, no cheating and write on paper
http://www.k12reader.com/worksheet/to-be-verbs/view/

Week of January 12-16

NAN-

Monday: Simple & Compound Sentences
1. Go to this link:
http://blogs.scholastic.com/files/simple-and-compound-sentences-1.pdf
Write your answers on paper

Wednesday: Complex Sentences
1. Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxCOFY5xMw
2. Write 10 examples of complex sentences

Friday: Concrete vs. abstract nouns
1. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA76Wa7uUxw
2. Do the quiz on this link:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/799988.html

NBN-

Monday: Nouns
1. Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfnXUWJz0sE
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rIJ9w4UVJM
2. Do this practice:
http://english-zone.com/grammar/find-a-noun1.html
3. Do this quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/noun/quiz295.html

Wednesday: Singular & Plural nouns
1. Go here:
http://www.talkenglish.com/Grammar/singular-plural-nouns.aspx
2. Play this game. Choose "complex" as the level.
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/games/singular_plural_nouns.jsp

Friday: Possessive Nouns
1. Read this:
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/nouns/Possessive-Nouns.html
2. Take this quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/possessive_nouns/quiz327.html