-Overcoming Adversity - The Life of Nelson Mandela
-Comma Rules (C.O.M.M.A.S.)-Fragments and Run Ons (Fused and Comma Splices
-Writing a Character Sketch
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Regions Study - The SoutheastYou will be tested on your knowledge of fragments, run-ons, and comma rules at the end of the week, so use the blog effectively to watch the videos and do the practice exercises before Friday.
(+1... Which comma rule did I use in that last sentence?)
ERBs start week beginning Nov 9th. No H/W in any subject at all that week.
Wasn't Nelson Mandela a former president of South Africa, but was thrown in prison for twenty seven years for leading the movment agaisnt apartheid. He has recived more than one hundred awards over four decades.
ReplyDelete- Mary Grace
Mr. Buxton, when will our character bullet point sheet be due?
ReplyDeleteI am not clear on what the four types of subjects are. What are they??
ReplyDeleteCatie, I though it was already due.
The commas you used were the list comma and the compound sentence comma, correct?
ReplyDelete-Forrester
MG
ReplyDeleteSimple
Complete
Compound
Complete Compound
Catie-
ReplyDeleteYou are suposed to have at least 20 facts on your person by Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
-Sarah Neely
I went home on "E" day at lunch time and so i missed the 1 and 2 period of humanities and if some one in the H. Graham's that has good, acurate, and neat notes, if i could copy them tomorrow during class or if you could type them up on the blog that would be helpful to me...
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Sarah Neely
you used the commas used in compound+ complex sentences
ReplyDelete-Alex
i think what FoRrEsTeR said.
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
Everybody- I have lost my S.S. Textbook. It has my name in the front of it. Please let me know if you have found it.
ReplyDeleteOn our 'Uses of the Comma' sheet, in Examples can it be our own example or a the computers example?
- Mary Grace
MG-I made my own up.
ReplyDeleteAnybody- isn't there supoosed to be one blank section???????????
I don't think there is. There is five rules on the page and there is five diamonds. One diamond is already filled in, so I do not think there should be a blank one.
ReplyDeleteYes, but compound sentences was the 1 filled in for us and that is 1 of the 5.
ReplyDeleteI just saw that. I guess there should be an blank diamond then.
ReplyDeleteBUT, the one he filled in for us was compound AND complex.
ReplyDeleteclarifacation- where do we click to get the HW sheet answers????!!!!.....
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/ModuleCOMMA.htm
ReplyDeleteThat's the link. It's on the blog.
Sarah-
ReplyDeletehere are today's notes and homework
Character Sketch Planning
Apply your 'Making A Judgement' steps
1. collect relavent facts
2. Make a judgement based on facts
3. support judgement
4.offer alternatives
5. Restate facts+ judgements
Techniques
1. Power O- using a phrase or quote that is a perfect example of your opinion overall to open your writing. Must be explained in the text.
these bullet points apply to the character sketch where we were supposed to get facts on a non american person who overcomes adversity and shows moral courage.
and for homework we are supposed to get more facts if you don't have enough
we had more homework and we got this worksheet, and it was involving an attachment about the Uses of the Comma and you need 4 rules for homework for example commas used in compound + complex sentences. Then after you get the 4 rules, you need the explanation, for example comma joins independent clauses with FANBOYS comma comes after dependent clause. Then you need an example.
Hope you feel better!!! :)
- Maddie
Sarah-
ReplyDeletehere are today's notes and homework
Character Sketch Planning
Apply your 'Making A Judgement' steps
1. collect relavent facts
2. Make a judgement based on facts
3. support judgement
4.offer alternatives
5. Restate facts+ judgements
Techniques
1. Power O- using a phrase or quote that is a perfect example of your opinion overall to open your writing. Must be explained in the text.
these bullet points apply to the character sketch where we were supposed to get facts on a non american person who overcomes adversity and shows moral courage.
and for homework we are supposed to get more facts if you don't have enough
we had more homework and we got this worksheet, and it was involving an attachment about the Uses of the Comma and you need 4 rules for homework for example commas used in compound + complex sentences. Then after you get the 4 rules, you need the explanation, for example comma joins independent clauses with FANBOYS comma comes after dependent clause. Then you need an example.
Hope you feel better!!! :)
- Maddie
question NOT clarifacation- are we supposed to leave a comma thing on the HW sheet blank because there are 6 not 65.
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
i ment to say there are 6 not 5. maddie, why did you make 2 of the same posts????!!!!.....
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
Ryan- Yes, that is a clarification because MG and I already answered it.
ReplyDeleteMr. Buxton what was the website that you said was good to go to for the people who overcam adviersty?
ReplyDelete-Sabrina
you will have one of the diamonds on the comma sheet blank...
ReplyDeletethis is for all of the Misc. uses of the comma e.g. with numbers 12,345 or Dates 12 Sept, 2009. We'll talk about that in class tomorrow
Maddie +2 for helping a classmate
sabrina - try biography.com
you may ask your parents for a name of a person.. some examples might be...
Che Guevara
Kofi Annan
Joan of Arc
William Wallace
Sir Edmond Hilary
the list can go on and on...
mr b- do we get +2 if we beat the comma millionare game????!!!!.....
ReplyDeleteDo we have to have 20 facts or just do the sheet?
ReplyDeleteryan - yes and yes
ReplyDeleteIs the sheet due Wed.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
ReplyDeleteI only found 5 uses of comma's? What are we supposed to do the 6th one.
ReplyDeleteAbigail
Where is the millionare game?
ReplyDelete-Forrester
ABBIE- THERE IS NO 6TH ONE. LEAVE IT BLANK.
ReplyDeleteForrester- it is the top quia game.
Abbie- read the previous comments.
ReplyDeleteHayden-If you mean the comma sheet no, but if you mean the graphic organizer, yes.
-Forrester
The homework sheet says it's due Wed. and you say the opposite so I don't know.
ReplyDeleteHayden- I might have phrased that incorrectly. Go with what it says on the homework sheet.
ReplyDelete-Forrester
Mr.buxton Do we have to do the link excersizes. i did them... but still...do we have to do them
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have to but it would be good practice.
ReplyDeleteok. thanks mary grace.
ReplyDeleteThank you so, so much Maddie. I really apretiate it...
ReplyDelete-Sarah Neely
i had to leave early because i fell on my back on the blacktop so i don't really get some of the homework please help me
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
please help me
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
Do we need to start our rough draft on our people, or just do our character sketch outline??????
ReplyDeletetigergirl- look at the homework sheet
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
Ryan- do you know who Tigergirl is? By the way we just have the option to do the power plan. The rough draft is nor homework until tom., but you can do it today(I didn't)
ReplyDelete'Tigergirl' is me, Mary Grace. I usually use my e-mail name on everything and my Mary Grace account wouldn't work for some reason.
ReplyDelete- Mary Grace
Thanks Hayden.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU MARY GRASS
ReplyDeletesorry I spelled the last namy wrong mary grace
ReplyDeleteyes i knew that tigergirl is mary grass i just felt like saying tigergirl instead of mary grass
ReplyDeleteRyAn S.
Wow over 100 awards.Man that is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRyan S.
ReplyDeleteRyan said...
ReplyDeletecan someone tell me what the my docks thing is
RyAn S.
November 4, 2009 4:01 PM
Ryan said...
ReplyDeletenever mind
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ReplyDeleteWow.... Mary Grass. We are re-living fourth grade.