Week 23, finish line in sight!

WEEK 23

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I passed out SMARTIES for those here on time.

REVIEW: The students started off their day with a question: Who is the luckiest noun in town? That is right, the IO. WHY is the IO the luckiest noun in town? It receives lots of DOs! :) 

We took time to look at Adverbs

An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.  An adverb answers these questions:

How? When? Where? Why? How often? How much? To what extent? Under what condition?

TAKE NOTE FROM CHART I: There are two groups of adverbs: One-word adverbs (4 types) and Multi-word adverbs (phrases and clauses)

One-word adverbs:

SIMPLE= no suffix needed.  Pull hard!  Hard answers how.  Hard modifies the verb Pull.

FLEXIONAL = is formed by adding -ly to an adjective.  He ran slowly.  Slowly answers how. 

NEGATIVE = expresses a negative condition.  She never talks to strangers. Never tells how often.

AFFIRMATIVE = expresses affirmative condition.  Yes, I am.  Yes = affirmative adverb because it answers to what extent am I going,affirmative condition.

Multi-word adverbs:

ADVERBIAL PHRASE= phrase used as a single adverb.  The Bible was written for our benefit.  Prepositional phrase for our benefit answers why.

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE = clause used as a single adverb in the sentence.  (Used in complex sentences.  We will get into these in the weeks to come.)  He ran as if his life depended upon it.  The clause, as if his life depended upon it, modifies the verb ran and answers the question how. www.asia.wub, it is an adverbial clause.

Diagramming an adverb: reminder what is an adverb modifying? A VERB in most cases, so it will go under the verb, or the word it is modifying. 

DIALECTIC: 

 THEN we played a COMBINATION GAME. The kiddos had to draw 3 elements that make up the COMBO of 3. (Structures, Patterns, and Purposes) The girls worked in pairs to build a sentence AND then walked us through the Tasks. 

MATH

We took to Ultimate TTT using QUARTERS in honor of being in the LAST QUARTER. 

NEXT WEEK, we will prove MATH LAWS. 

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REVIEW:  We talked a bit about being ready for FOH. These girls are SO ready! 

DIALECTIC: 

UNIT 9: Formal Critique

I took some time to introduce the STORY CHART from Teaching the Classics. We also talked through plots, and themes of stories. (Read more about whole, broken, and bent books here: 

We also looked at the outline for the unit 9 critique.

We fleshed out the idea of analyzing and critiquing using the retold story of Little Red Hen. We KWOed this structure together in class. I defer to you, teachers, as to how you wish to implement this unit at home.