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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Conjunctions Thesaurus Skills Homework: Read for AR (Points are due this Friday) This Friday is the end of the six weeks!!! Honors: Complete Thesaurus Power pg

Conjunctions Go over handout Watch brainpop conjunctions/preview.wemlhttp:// conjunctions/preview.weml

Coordinating Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions are used with a comma to create a compound sentences. There are seven coordinating conjunctions. We can remember them by FANBOYS. For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Practice Coordinating Conjunctions Exercise 1as a class.

What is a Thesaurus? A thesaurus is a book that can help you find words with the same or similar meanings. (No, a thesaurus is NOT a kind of dinosaur)

Why use a Thesaurus? To avoid using the same word over and over To find a word that has the same or similar meaning To find the opposite of a word To learn new words To make your writing more interesting or exciting

How do I use a Thesaurus? A thesaurus is arranged very much like a dictionary. Alphabetical order Guide words Entries A thesaurus entry usually has: Headword in BOLD Part of speech Synonyms (words with same or similar meaning) Antonyms (words with opposite meanings)

ACTIVITY Complete Thesaurus Power together as a class. Honors: Complete Using a Thesaurus pg Honors Homework: Pg (Thesaurus Power)