WR090 Skilled Writing through Inquiry: A Community of Scholars Examines Sustainable Food | Sustainable Agriculture Thursday, July 5, 2012 Prepositions & their Objects; Vocab Worksheets, Food, Inc., Socratic Discussion

Sit together in your work groups (2-3 people that you can work with in class). Reflective Freewrite Journal The Trick to Identifying Prepositions & their Objects in Sentences Vocabulary Worksheets *The Portal* Extra-Help Session Schedule Break Food, Inc. Socratic Discussion Homework Due on Tuesday, July 10 th Order of Business

Reflective Freewrite Journal Write freely about what you know and remember about prepositions and their objects in sentences. When you are finished, hook up with your writing group and come up with a composite list.

What do we already know about prepositions and their objects? 1.Prepositions relate a noun or a pronoun to a specific word or words in a sentence 2.Examples

Prepositions and Their Objects 1.Prepositions are words that state how a noun or pronoun is connected to a sentence.Prepositions 2.The word the preposition connects to the rest of the sentence is called the object of the preposition.preposition 3.Prepositions are mostly common itty-bitty words. Check out this list.list. 4.Prepositions are always found in groups of words called phrases. Phrases are groups of words without a subject and a verb. 5.Example: The dog with muddy paws is sleeping on my formerly white, clean couch.

Let’s Try Out a Few Exercises Work with your group to help me select the correct preposition.

Take Five Mas o menos

Vocabulary Worksheets Rules for correctly completing vocabulary worksheets 1.Some words have more than one form. In some situations, the word may act as a verb, in others as an adjective or a noun or an adjective. See what makes the most sense. 2.Make sure that the definition you select fits the way the word is used in the reading or video. In order to check for the correct definition, substitute a short form of the definition in place of the original word. 3.When you write your own sentence, follow Rule 2, above.

Food, Inc. View Chapters 1 & 2 Socratic Discussion: Do people have the right to know what is in their food? Norms: (see handout)

Homework Due Tuesday, July 10 th Portfolio Check Preposition exercises Vocabulary WS 1 Viewing Response 1 Watch Chap 3 (“Unintended Consequences”) and take notes