Completed a warm-up with homophones and wrote for several minutes on one of the following topics: What I would do with a million dollars; Does love at first sight exist?; or what would I do on the last day on earth?
This warm-up is copied below for your perusal:
Name: __________________________ Period:
_______
Warm-up for August 28,
2013 – Ninth Graders
Please write the following sentences and fill in the blanks
with the correct word.
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1. “I saw your kittens,” Joe
replied, “___________ in the bedroom under the bed.” (it’s or its)
l 2.
A fraction represents a ______________ of a whole number. (peace or
piece)
l 3.
“I received a call from the __________ about tutorials starting tomorrow
at 9:00,” said John. (principal or principle)
l 4.
I left my keys in _________car. (their, there, or they’re)
l 5.
“Do you live _______ or here, now?” asked Josephina. (their, there, or they’re)
l 6.
__________ is so much better than war.
(peace or piece)
l 7.
Let’s go ___ the store. (to, too, or two)
l 8.
I want ____ _______ of pizza. (to, too, or two; peace or piece)
l 9.
I want to go ________, ___. (their, there, or they’re; to, too, or two)
l 10.
The class has _____ (it’s its) own set of binders.
Ninth graders also finish their review of the parts of speech and defined vocabulary words for "The Most Dangerous Game."
Homework?
Homework #1 (the signature page from the Policies and Procedures) was due today.
Homework #2, sentences with the homophones, is due on Friday, August 30th.
Homework #3, sentences with vocabulary from the "Most Dangerous Game," is due Wednesday, September 4th.
AP Seniors completed their "I am" poems.
They also confirmed the definition of a list of SAT words and reviewed the structure of a compound sentence.
Homework #1 (the signature page from the Policies and Procedures) was due today.
Sentences with the SAT vocabulary words, eight of which must be compound, is due Friday, August 30th.
Have a great day!
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