Exam - Vocabulary Words

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2nd Semester Practice/Review/Complete all of the following:

    1. Grammar and Commonly confused words:

            Do the following sections:

                   ~Common Errors Workbook/Grammar/7. and 8. (all practices)

                   ~Common Errors Workbook/Punctuation and Mechanics/25. Comma Splices (all practices)

                   ~Common Errors Workbook/Spelling and Words/43. Words often confused (all practices)

    2. 8 Parts of Speech:

            Complete at least two Grammar Gorillas.

    3.  Prepositions Quiz

    4.  Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

           Complete the above quizzes

    5. Commonly confused words

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Required Writings:

Protest Writing

Uncharacteristic Writing

15-sentence Portrait

Object Writing

Obituary - Student Handout

I am currently teaching 8th grade language arts at Auburn Junior High School. Attached you will find information about some of the wonderful things that are in store for the 2007-2008 school year.

			Handouts (Handouts that are given in class are available by clicking the links below.) All of the attached handouts should be chronologically ordered in the student's binder in the Handouts section   "What am I to You"  (File) This is the song by Norah Jones that we listened to on Tuesday, August 14 to introduce the 4 types of sentences Charlie (11.1 MB) (Video)  Course Syllabus  (File) Find all the information you need to know about my class, rules, expectations, schedule, and curriculum. It's the End of the World as we know it  (File) Lyrics used to reinforce different types of nouns Milk and Cereal  (File) This is a song by G Love and Special Sauce that we listened to on August 28 to introduce subjects, predicates, fragments, simple and compound sentences, and run-ons Miscellaneous Rules handout  (File)  She talks to Angels  (File) Used to find direct objects The Treasure of Lemon Brown literary terms  (File)  What am I to You  (File) Norah Jones's "What am I to You" to review the four types of sentences Writing Territories  (File)
			Weekly Information Our weekly schedule is as follows: Monday - Introduce new vocabulary list (see attachments below)/Classwork - use each word in a sentence Tuesday - Grammar lesson including analyzing a song to enhance grammar lesson/Homework - pages from Grammar Workbook Wednesday - Grammar/Literature/Writer's Workshop continued - proofread, edit, revise, and publish required writings/Homework - Study for Vocabulary Test Thursday - Vocabulary, Grammar, Literature Test/SSR (Silent Sustained Reading), discussion of SSR  Friday - Grammar/Literature/Writer's Workshop continued - proofread, edit, revise, and publish required writings/Homework - Study for Vocabulary Test
			Vocabulary Lists   Vocabulary List 01  (File) Here is the list for Monday, August 13 Vocabulary List 02  (File) Vocabulary to correlate with The Treasure of Lemon Brown Vocabulary List 03  (File) More words...ugh Vocabulary List 04  (File) This is the list for Friday, September 7 Vocabulary List 05  (File) (Prefix: a-, ab-, abs-/Latin for from or away from) Vocabulary List 06  (File)  Vocabulary List 06  (File)  Vocabulary List 07  (File)  Vocabulary List 08  (File)  Vocabulary List 09  (File)  Vocabulary List 10  (File) More prefixes and suffixes
			Writing   Sample Thank You letter  (File)  Thank you letter format  (File)