Honors English 9

1st Block

Mon., 5/20:  Daily grammar; return papers; continue movie clip; presentations.  HOMEWORK: Review grammar rules

Tues., 5/21: Daily grammar; S-V agreement practice; continue movie; presentations. HOMEWORK: 

Wed., 5/22: Daily grammar; finish movie; finish presentations; introduction to poetry with "Sonnet 30"; constructed response. HOMEWORK: Study grammar rules.

Thurs., 5/23:   Daily grammar; activity about theme; continue poetry and play about Poe. HOMEWORK:  

Fri., 5/24: Daily grammar; analyze Poe's "Dreams."  HOMEWORK:  

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Honors English 10

2nd and 4th blocks

Mon., 5/20: Daily grammar; return papers; discuss novel; begin movie; collect interims. HOMEWORK:   Read chapters 6 & 7.

Tues., 5/21:  Daily grammar; discuss chapter 6 & 7; finish novel; who is to blame sheet; presentations.  HOMEWORK: Histopoem due Thursday.

Wed., 5/22:  Daily grammar; review for test; continue movie.  HOMEWORK: Wall of Remembrance.

Thurs., 5/23:  Daily grammar; collect histopoem; test; continue movie.  HOMEWORK: Wall of Remembrance.

Fri., 5/24: Wall of Remembrance; movie. HOMEWORK: None

GRAMMAR RULES 

strait=body of water; dire need/straight=not crooked

aloud=spoken out/allowed=given permission

like=comparison of two things/as if=when two sentences on each side of words

Use an is next word begins with vowel or vowel sound; use a is next word begins witrh consonant or consonant sound.

There is one -m in tomorrow.

except=but/accept=to receive

There is a -t not a -d in congratulations.

To make a noun plural that ends in an -o preceded by a vowel, simply add an -s.  If it ends in -o preceded by a consonant, add -es.\

There are two -e's in different.

NEVA/effect=noun/affect=verb

whose=possession/who's=who is

stationery=envelope/stationary=anchored

waste=trash/waist=body part

rise=people/raise=things

among=more than two/between=two

himself never hisself

themselves not theirselves

There is "it" in definitely.

all of a sudden not all of the sudden

then=next/than=instead of/comparison

Never put 's on a verb that ends in -s  (Ex: sees not see's)

Use that with things/use who with people.

There is "a rat" in separate.

its=possession/it's=it is

less=use when you can't coutn it/fewer=use when you can count it

emigrate=exit a country/immigrate=into a country

your=possession/you're=you are

apart=separate/a part=one

-i before -e except after -c (receive, believe)

past=already happened (adj.)/passed=verb

doesn't=does not

knew=to have knowledge/new=not old

No one is always two words.

There is no -e in truly.

There is one -d in prejudice.

kind of not kinda

lose=to misplace/loose=not tight

woman=one person/women=more than one

weather=climate/whether=if

If you want to make a noun plural that ends in -f, drop the -f, change it to -v and add-es.

to=preposition and infinitive/too=also and to the extreme

There is an -a in realize.

won't=will not/want=desire

granted=to take advantage/granite=rock

There are 2 -e's in interest.

When you have a verb ending in -e preceeded by a consonant, drop the -e and add -ing.

When you have a verb ending in -y preceeded by a consonant, drop the -y, change it to -i and add -es or -ed.

A lot is always 2 words.

People lie; things lay

there=direction; introductory word/their=possession/they're=they are

There are 2 double -n's in beginning. (A vowel that ends in a consonant preceeded by a vowel, double up on the consonant when adding -ing.)

Use were in sentences with if and wish--never was.