Week 6 February 21 - 25
Monday, February 21
FYI: To date, I have been focusing on the development and UNDERSTANDING of sentence structure for accurate writing, the importance and RELEVANCE of using annotating as a READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY, and the correct use English writing CONVENTIONS through the use of PROPER PUNCTUATION in the form of punctuation marks, commas and capitalization around someone's direct speech in order to present/show their growing understanding and use of English 10 skills. This instruction has not been done without considerable consideration and attention to where I am taking the students' learning and to how I am developing the critical thinking and processing skills they will need for all aspects of their on going education.
This past week has been a time of collecting information and reviewing with the students where they are currently standing academically.
FYI: To date, I have been focusing on the development and UNDERSTANDING of sentence structure for accurate writing, the importance and RELEVANCE of using annotating as a READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY, and the correct use English writing CONVENTIONS through the use of PROPER PUNCTUATION in the form of punctuation marks, commas and capitalization around someone's direct speech in order to present/show their growing understanding and use of English 10 skills. This instruction has not been done without considerable consideration and attention to where I am taking the students' learning and to how I am developing the critical thinking and processing skills they will need for all aspects of their on going education.
This past week has been a time of collecting information and reviewing with the students where they are currently standing academically.
Lesson: Sentence Construction - Subject and Predicate (including the auxiliary verb) - no, we didn't get to the auxiliary verb yet! It looks like this will be Wednesday's lesson!
Use the words in this post to assist you in this spelling activity!
Auxiliary/Linking verb link to handout
Tuesday, February 22
Lesson: it took all class, but we finally got it! Got what? THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
The Simple Sentence
Subject
Predicate
Prepositional Phrase
. declarative
! exclamatory
? interrogative
Yes! This is what they know: The simple sentence is a complete thought as it contains a subject (noun/pronoun) and a predicate (verb). Please note we have not yet moved to the auxiliary/linking verb so they only have the ACTION verb set in their learning. A simple sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with one form of END PUNCTUATION. See above for more detail about what the forms of end punctuation are termed.
I taught the preposition and prepositional phrase in order for the students to understand how to remove some of the 'extra' words.
Simple sentences DO NOT have to contain a prepositional phrase!
The Simple Sentence
Subject
Predicate
Prepositional Phrase
. declarative
! exclamatory
? interrogative
Yes! This is what they know: The simple sentence is a complete thought as it contains a subject (noun/pronoun) and a predicate (verb). Please note we have not yet moved to the auxiliary/linking verb so they only have the ACTION verb set in their learning. A simple sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with one form of END PUNCTUATION. See above for more detail about what the forms of end punctuation are termed.
I taught the preposition and prepositional phrase in order for the students to understand how to remove some of the 'extra' words.
Simple sentences DO NOT have to contain a prepositional phrase!
