Vocab. Lists By Class Section

Here are the vocab lists. Be sure to note the class section.

8-1

Wary

Corrosive

Stymied

Acclimatization

Audacious

Altruistic

Implement

Demoralizing

Subtle

Arraigned

Onslaught

Arbitrary

8-2

Dejected

Intermittent

Clique

Bewilderment

Disdain

Primitive

Feign

Exasperated

Subconscious

Flummoxed

Tumult

Depraved

8-3

Emphatic

Swindle

Appraisal

Corpulent

Brandish

Antiquated

Unconscionable

Rescind

Ambiguous

Aimlessly

Tenure

Cadaverous

8-4

Agate 

Apprehension

Inconspicuous

Audible

Mirth

Threshold

Prognosis

Agile

Credentials

Alias

Encompassing

Array

8-5

Theorize

Anticipation

Mesmerized

Escalation

Writhing

Embellish

Haphazard

Billowy

Unwarranted

Belligerently

Monotony

Dilapidated  

8-6

Moil

Labyrinth

Peril

Corpulent

Impersonation

Pragmatic

Indulgent

Compulsion

Illuminate

Excessive

Subversive

Reluctantly

Link to Vocab Cards Assignment

Be sure to complete your vocabulary cards by Friday. Click here to read the assignment (file name: Personal Vocabulary Cards)

Dear beloved 8-1 section...

My apologies for this not being up exactly "one minute after school." I'm sure you'll find it in your merry hearts to forgive me!

Here is the link to the "ways to phrase questions" handout that I was not able to print out for you today. Click here (file name: ways to phrase questions)

Gerunds as Subjects/Subject Complements

Let's review.

Write 3 entertaining sentences that have a subject complement.
Write 3 entertaining sentences that have a direct object.
HINT: "be" verbs and linking verbs=subject complements
           action verbs=direct objects

BONUS:
Identify a participle on this blog post so far.

GERUNDS AS SUBJECTS: helpful hints

A gerund phrase will include everything starting from the gerund to the verb (action or state of being) of the subject.

GERUNDS AS SUBJECT COMPLEMENTS: helpful hints

When a gerund phrase is the subject complement, it will appear after a "be" or linking verb. REMEMBER: just because a word ends in -ing does not mean it is a gerund. Exhibit A: the word "thing"

Dangling Participles, Gerunds, Vocab

What's wrong  with this sentence?

Carrying a heavy pile of books, his foot got caught on a step.



Carrying a heavy pile of books, he caught his foot on a step.

Please work together to complete workbook page 65 B.



Verbs can also be used as nouns. A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun.

Swimming can help improve lung capacity.

A gerund phrase  may include a direct object and modifiers.

Riding an old rusty bike is dangerous.


HW: 1.  65 A
         2. Scan your book for 3 possible vocab words and write them in your notebook

Participle Poems (updated with homework)

The raging storm, replete with freezing rain,

Crashed upon my window pane.

Slipping and sliding upon concrete,

I became insecure, a retired athlete.

A known fact of life is that all things must pass.

And I’ll be as I was: a warm purring cat.

Your task:

1. Come up with three different phrases that include a present or past participle (raging storm, burning log) (2 minutes)

      -Can't think of any? Think of any verb in its infinitive form: to swim, to bark, to kick, to cry, to break, to injure. Then add an -ed, -n, -en for past participle, or -ing for present participle: swimming, barking, kicking, crying, broken, injured. Now add any noun after your participle. There it is!

2.  Pass your three phrases to your right

3. Come up with an original poem, that includes all three participial phrases.

HW: 1. workbook page 63 and 64 A
         2. Bring book for book club tomorrow. You may bring e-readers if that is most convenient to you.
NOTE: Please don't read ahead of schedule without first consulting all group members. You are to experience the book as a group. This will not be possible if one or two members read ahead.

-Mr. B.

Important Book Club Reminders

On Monday, you will have 2 minutes, and only 2 minutes to complete your contracts for this project. You must know the book and its page length in order to complete this.

***Your books must be in class by Tuesday, December 18. That gives you Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to either ask if I have a copy, get one from the public library, buy it yourself, or ask a family member or friend if they have a copy. Bringing your book to class on book club days is part of your participation grade. Being unprepared will negatively affect your group discussion grade.