Next Week

Bravo to Eleanor and Marshall for their impressive opening statements in their introductions today. Feel free to share yours on the blog if you would like to do so.

Make sure you tackle some of the websites for practice for next week's (Fri) grammar test. We will review this material next week. If you have any questions, feel free to upload them.

Try these additional websites for practice. These are very similar to your test questions

- Possessive Nouns
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_possessives/index.html http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-play.cgi
http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/poss2.html

- Past Perfect
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises

Thank you for all your hardwork this week. State Report's will be over soon, and we will do so pretty amusing BBC theatre scripts as a more relaxing activity to end the trimester.

Have a great weekend.

Go Steelers!

State Report - Poem Component

Use this link to find rhyming words for your poetry.

http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=think&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l


Pass on your thanks to Hunter Willis for finding this.

Spelling Lesson 14

You will be tested on Lesson 14 spelling words this Friday. Be prepared. Go to the spelling city website to practice the words at least twice this week (Buxton class only)

Obama Speech Answer

He used a GRAAB technique - Alternative/Be There. Comparing the fear and apprehension that the soliders must have had before crossing the Delware during the Revolutionary War -v- the issues the country faces today. +2 for anybody who mentioned GRAAB.

Change Can Happen- Enjoy this movie of all our U.S. Presidents

http://www.flixxy.com/presidents-morphing.htm

Have a great weekend!

Grammar Test - Update

This will take place the week of Feb 9th-12

Topics that will be on there so far are:

Rules for making nouns plural
Possessive nouns in sungular and Plural
Types of nouns (CPAC)
Comma rules (C.O.M.M.A.S.)
Punctuating compound and Complex Sentences
Fragments and Run-ons
Time Shift sentences (had+participle)

Much of the test will be multiple choice and/or spot the error/ rewrite with correct punctuation etc. There will not be a writing component on the test.

Watch the blog for plenty of practice opportunities