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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Gang of Brain Freeze Verbs!!!


I hope the antidote is still working! Don't ever let yourselves be inflitrated by these devious linking verbs again!


Lesson Recap... Can you remember/Do you understand:



  • The 5 ways to remember the different types of linking verbs?

  • The 'test' to decide whether a verb is linking or action?

  • How to caluclate a verb ratio?

  • How to use a verb ratio to measure the quality of your writing?

  • Why we are learning about linking verbs?

If you can answerthese questions then you are doing well.


70 comments:

®¥@₦ $. said...

so we dont have to be finished with our speech by tomorrow

®¥@₦ $. said...

so we dont have to be finished with our speech by tomorrow

®¥@₦ $. said...

so we dont have to be finished with our speech by tomorrow

Juliana said...

No, Ryan not your final draft but at-least your first copy, I think. Do you have to present your power 2's in order that you did in your writing?

Juli

D@vid said...

Hey does our 3d model have to be 11 by 11 and then can I put on top of it a 15 by 15

Mary Grace Parker said...

Our math test is on ratios and rates, right?

Maddie Weber said...

MG,
yes

Maddie Weber said...

probably not, because it is supposed to be 11 by 8 anyway. The platform isn't a square.

D@vid said...

Thanks Maddie

Sarah N. said...

Maddie- STOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

i thought it said it has to be like 20 by 30 or something like that????

Maddie Weber said...

When U are doing the speech, and u are opening w/ some general info, and u are talking about what u are going to tell them, do u do the components stated backwards, or in order?

Maddie

Unknown said...

hold on you mean inches right cause i was aying it by cm. so never mind

Maddie Weber said...

I know Sarah don't freak out I did them!!!

Maddie Weber said...

no worries, Sarah I got u a copy 2. don't do them

D@vid said...

Thanks Sabrina but is that a guess for height of length

D@vid said...

sorry or height or length

Maddie Weber said...

Mr.B,
my 3D model is just the slightest bit bigger than 8 by 11. Will that count off my grade???????????

Unknown said...

maddie probaly and if you need to look at the height and width of something look in the state report thing and it will tell you

Maddie Weber said...

kk thanks Sabrina

D@vid said...

Does anyone know if I can put a second base ontop of my 8 by 11

Maddie Weber said...

doubt it because then there wouldn't be enough room for the rest of the 3d models thats why they HAVE to be 8x11

Unknown said...

so is it the width 8 or the length 8?

Maddie Weber said...

maybe u can if u put supports like three inches on the first base and then on top of those u put the second.which is bigger
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__|___|___ like this ( not to scale)

Unknown said...

I know all the answers 2 the questions except this 1....."The 5 ways to remember the different types of linking verbs?"-Mr. B

Can someone help me?

Maddie Weber said...

The 5 ways to remember linking verbs are to be, have, do, irregular, and senses. These are just the catergories. If you don't remember what are in these catergories, post another comment and i will tell u

Unknown said...

so are they meaning 8 width or 8 length

Maddie Weber said...

Sabrina- width

McCarthy-
TO BE Catergory
is being, were, was being, is, was, are, etc.

HAVE catergory
hadn't, has, hasn't, haven't, will have, had

DO catergory
does, don't, done, didn't, etc

IRREGULAR catergory
appear, seem, become, remain, etc.

SENSES catergory
look, hear, smell, feel, taste

®¥@₦ $. said...

oh god so does our 3d model have to be that exact size you guys are saying because people had different sizes in the other classes

®¥@₦ $. said...

whoa are our stocks due tomorrow

Unknown said...

maddie.. no.. sizes are estimtes

Unknown said...

no the 25 which is thurs. how tall does the model have to be i think it was 30 or 20 cm. but im not sure

®¥@₦ $. said...

ok thanks also why does the movie always say suffering at the beginning because it goes on for like 5 minutes and 34.21 seconds its really annoying

®¥@₦ $. said...

and we dont have to bring in anything in tomorrow except our first draft

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CarolineMackey said...

Can someone please type up the notes you took in class?

Sarah N. said...

Thanks SOOOOOOOO much Maddie...

My dad made me go out to play soccer and have this whole weird lesson with him.
We went out for like 2 hours to this park and my brother came too!!!

So thanks a ton!!!!!

~Sarah~ :-) ;-) :-( %-) :-#

(haha)

D@vid said...

Is this a good sentence "The Quaker Oats Company, a industry in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, happens to be the largest factory in the world" i don't know if it's good or not
- DAVID or divad

Maddie Weber said...

Caroline-
TO BE + THE GANG OF BRAIN FREEZING VERBS
THE ENEMY- TO BE!!!!- is being, were, was being, are, was, is, etc
Linking verbs only do 1 task- link subject/noun to verb

5 catergories (the to be catergory above included)

Have- has, hadn't, had, will have, haven't, hasn't
Do- does, don't, done, didn't
Irregular- seem, become, appear, remain, etc
Senses- taste, feel, smell, hear, look

Rule: If you can replace the verb with am, is,or are, and the sentence doesn't change its meaning, then the verb is a linking verb.


Action Verbs describe activity

PHYSICAL MENTAL
eat, walk, love, think, grow
sleep, swim, forgive,
read, write concentrate


Words to replace

Move- ascent, migrate, prance
Think- pondered, envision, consider
Look- observe, glance, gaze, stare

Ratios for linking verbs

Verbs Lower School- 1:15
_______________Middle School- 1:12
number of words Upper School- 1:10
(200 min.) Pro- 1:6


Hope this helps!!!!!! :)

Maddie Weber said...
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Sarah N. said...

Caroline-

Were you not here?

To be + the gang of Brain Freeze Verbs!

Six perspectives- review
(which six voice?)
1. They eat pizza.
2. I'm too much noise!
3. They laugh a lot.
4. The car is expensive.
5. The girls didn't come.
6. I discovered the error.
7. The whale swims.
8. France is a country in Europe
__________________________________________________

Now right a few paragraphs on your BBC theater skit- 150 to 200 words

THE ENEMY- TO BE!!!!!
-was being
-is
-was
-were
-are
-is being

subject/noun- link

HAVE
-has
-havn't
-hasn't
-will have
-hadn't
-had
-etc...

DO
-does
-didn't
-don't
-etc...

SENCE
-feel
-smell
-taste
-sound
-look

IRREGULAR
-seem
-become
-remain
-look
-appear

RULE: IF YOU CAN REPLACE THE VERB WITH...AM...ARE...IS AND THE SENTENCE NOT DOES NOT CHANGE ITS MEANING THEN THE VERB IS A LINKING VERB!

Ex:

Keira's father looked at her with proud eyes.

that is a action sentence

She looked beautiful in her prom gown

that is a linking verb

Actions Verbs

PHYSICAL
MENTAL

1. move

-pranced
-migrated
-asunded

2. think

-pondered
-considered

3. look

-observe
-glance
-stare

VERB RATIO

# of words divide by Action verbs

Not action

He went to play.


The man was shouting


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There are the notes for today.

I'm not going to be able to give you anything else because i got to go somewhere, so if you need anything else get it from someone else.

~Sarah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_______________________________________________________________________________________________________-----------------------------------------------

Sarah N. said...

sorry caroline maddie and i must have been typing that at the same time...

:-)

Sarah

Sarah N. said...

Maddie and I have the same notes just a little different everything is right on both of the comments....


Saraj

CarolineMackey said...

Thanks you guys!

Maddie Weber said...

Well Sarah, It is probably even better that u typed up another one after me because now Caroline has more info

Sarah N. said...

sorry type-o

saraH

Sarah N. said...

yeah, yeah

ha ha

Sarah N. said...

Bye

Maddie Weber said...

bye!!!!!!!!! hope u had fun at the park!!!!!!

Maddie Weber said...

do we have to be finished w/ our rough draft by tomorrow, because it is taking me a while...

D@vid said...

ya Maddie you do have to be finished with your rough draft by tomorrow

Unknown said...

Thanks so much Maddie!!!!!!

Unknown said...

Thanks so much Maddie!!!!!!

Maddie Weber said...

your Welcome

D@vid said...

would this be a good 3d model a cornfield on one side and the Iowa capital building on the other??????

D@vid said...

is this a bad outfit/setting for my 3d model
Me as a farmer taking a class to the cornfields on a hay ride and says stuff like stop fiddling with your Ipod and stuff like that

PS I beat Mr. Buxton's Ping Pong Game, I won 11 to 6

- David

Hayden said...

unless u say it an an very exciting way u r on ur way to doom my friend.

D@vid said...

Hayden My 3d model is 11 1/2 inches by 12 1/2 inches is that okay

Maddie Weber said...

David, they may be confused if u put a cornfield and then the Iowa capital building next to each other, unless in real life they are actually next 2 each other.

Maddie Weber said...

David, it is supposed 2 be 8x11 inches... that may be to big

D@vid said...

Mr B said it could be not exactly 11x8 so idk if that's too big

D@vid said...

I changed it to 10 1/2x 12 1/2

D@vid said...

Also I'm putting a street inbetween the cornfield and capital building

Maddie Weber said...

ya I know

D@vid said...

so Maddie is it a good idea putting a street in between the cornfield and Capitol building

Sarah N. said...

IDK

Hayden said...

no david. very bad idea. would anybody who's sane decidse to put a cornfield next to the capitsl building. u remember when we went to raleigh last year. all there was were building and restaurants. it just doesn't amke any sense to put that next to a buildin gin the capital.

D@vid said...

Hayden it represents the capital, corn because there is lots of corn and then on both sides I will put rocks to represent mining and a butter cow to represent the Iowa state Fair to the right and left side respectivly

D@vid said...

oh and for the bottom im gonna put the outline of Iowa is that good

®¥@₦ $. said...

so for the 3d model should it be 12323231 or what



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GO SPARTANS

®¥@₦ $. said...

i need another pill it IS not workin
IS IS IS ARE ARE ARE WAS WAS WAS



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