English: Fri day , January 17, 2014

1. English: Friday, January 17, 2014 Handouts: * Grammar #46 (Conjunctions) Homework: * Grammar #46 (Conjunctions) [If you don’t finish in class, it is homework.] Assignments due: * Grammar #42 (Prepositional Phrases)

2. Starter #1Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following: Fri., Jan. 17, 2013 QW #36: Forgiveness It’s interesting that Jesus apparently did not initiate (bring up the subject) of how to pray. Instead, he waited until his disciples came to him and asked him how to pray. When he answered their plea (request), he did so by giving them a pattern for prayer. What is that pattern? In the entire “Lord’s Prayer,” there is only one part that is “conditional.” (In other words, that request rests on a condition.) What part of the prayer is conditional? “Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who have sinned against us.” Describe your ability to forgive others. Has something ever happened that made you feel justified for not forgiving someone? What would Jesus say to you and to me about offenses that hurt so badly that we don’t want to forgive someone? I realize this is a very personal response, and I promise that I will not read the details of anyone’s paragraph. I’m just checking your effort in responding.

3. Lesson Goal: Learn about conjunctions. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Define the term “conjunction.” Define the term “coordinating conjunctions” and name the most common ones. State which mechanical symbol is sometimes used with conjunctions and explain when you use it and when you don’t. Define the term “correlative conjunctions” and name the most common ones. Identify coordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions in any given sentence.

4. Starter #2: What is a prepositional phrase? It’s a group of words that starts with a prepositionand ends with a noun or a pronoun. The noun that the preposition leads to is called the “object of the preposition.” Will a preposition always lead to a noun or pronoun? Yes! Sometimes all you will see is a preposition leading to noun or pronoun. At other times, you will also find an adjective sandwiched in between the preposition and the noun/pronoun. The Adirondack Mountains are in northern New York. What’s the prep phrase? The Adirondack Mountains are in northern New York. I will mark the map for you. What’s the prep phrase? I will mark the map for you.

5. Starter #3: You can play a word game to help you remember the job of a conjunction. Simply put, a conjunction joins single words or groups of words in a sentence. Let’s do the word trick. . . . What’s another word for “joins,” one that might be easier to remember? A conjunctionconnects single words or groups of words in sentences. Conjunctions are used to connect all kinds of words—nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prep phrases and sentences clauses. One of the biggest mistakes made by students (and adults) is deciding when to use a comma with a conjunction. Tell me what punctuation is needed in the following sentences, and defend or explain your answer: We scoured and scrubbed the kitchen sink. We scoured and scrubbed the kitchen sink. Simon is very relaxed or very lazy. Simon is very relaxed or very lazy. I have recovered but my sister is still sick. I have recovered, but my sister is still sick.

6. Starter #4: There’s another kind of conjunction that may be new to you as 6th graders. It’s called correlative conjunctions. Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words used to connect words or phrases in a sentence. Here are the most common pairs: both . . . and either . . . or neither . . . Nor not only . . . but also In fact, if you are going to use any one of those first words in a sentence, you must also use its partner.

7. Starter #5: Now let’s separate the “A” students from the “B” students by analyzing these two sentences.   Both Wanda and Emily are right-handed. They both are right-handed. Both is plural (they are) Neither the coach nor Ms. Thomas is left-handed. Neither one is left-handed. Neither is singular. (Neither one is . . .)