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Vocabulary Quiz Unit 6, Friday - Improve Adjective Skills

Enhance your adjective skills for the upcoming vocabulary quiz in Unit 6 on Friday. Work on definitions, choosing the right word, and using adjectives in context effectively. Don't forget your assessment due Tuesday!

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Vocabulary Quiz Unit 6, Friday - Improve Adjective Skills

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  1. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 • In My Homework, please write: • Vocabulary Quiz Unit 6 Friday • Finish Vocabulary in Context • Work on assessment! Due Tuesday!

  2. ID Cards

  3. Daily Language Practice • 1. By far the most greatest risks were ran by the “conductors” who led parties of slaves North. (3) • 2. Some were runaways theirselves and if caught would probably be hanged. (1)

  4. Vocabulary Unit Six • Practice Definitions. • Check Choosing the Right Word • Begin Vocabulary in Context

  5. Adjectives • Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns. • They often come right before the modified word. • Or they may follow a linking verb and modify the subject. • They answer the questions • What kind? • Which one? • How many? • How much?

  6. Types of Adjectives • Regular • Articles: definite (the) and indefinite (a, an) • Nouns can be used as adjectives • Proper • Compound • Pronouns can be used as adjectives • Demonstrative (this, that, these, those) • Interrogative (which, what, whose) • Indefinite (see indefinite pronouns)

  7. Ex. 31, p. 367 • 1. American – proper/noun; typical – adjective • 2. Many – indefinite pronoun/adjective; brownish – adjective; dark – adjective; longitudinal – adjective • 3. The – definite article; tall – adjective • 4. small – adjective; aquatic – adjective • 5. American – proper; small – adjective; the – definite article • 6. A – indefinite article; well-known – compound; Floridian – proper; marshland – noun/compound

  8. Ex. 31, p. 367 • 7. home – noun; Seminole – proper/noun • 8. mangrove – noun/compound; fascinating – adjective • 9. alligator – noun • 10. American – proper/noun; endangered – adjective • 11. cone-shaped – compound • 12. weed-filled – compound; Florida – proper/noun

  9. Ex. 31, p. 367 • 13. One – indefinite pronoun/adjective; common – adjective; sooty-colored – compound; a – indefinite article; shieldlike – compound • 14. colorful – adjective • 15. widespread – compound; aquatic - adjective

  10. Assessment • Due next Tuesday! • Must have your scoring rubric to be graded!!

  11. TAS Questions • What can you tell me about the public library in Williamsport? • How can you construct meaning from informational texts?

  12. Adverbs. • How can I use them?

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