Academic Writing Week 9 Class 2

Think and Write Please spend 5-10 minutes responding to the following questions. This will be collected. What is your biggest fear? Why do you think you are so afraid of this thing? Have you ever had to face your fear? If yes, how did you react? If no, how do you think you would react? What could you do to get over this fear?

Homework collection and review Please take out your ‘Practice With Conjugation’ homework Check your answers on the following slide Make corrections if necessary

Verb Conjugation Practice Correctly conjugate the following verbs. Pay attention to words in the sentence that indicate correct tense. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper; this will be collected. She comes/came over to my house every day after school to study. I went to the museum yesterday. We have no time for the park today. He was the winner of the spelling bee last year. I am always told what to do by my older sister. She does not like to be late.

Capitalization: Proper Nouns Common noun-person, place, or thing Proper noun-a specific person, place, or thing; begins with a capital letter no matter where it is in the sentence Examples Common noun= writer, Proper noun= J.K. Rowling Common noun= city, Proper noun= Santiago Common noun= restaurant, Proper noun= McDonald’s Common noun= college, Proper noun= PUCMM

List of Proper Nouns Every part of a person’s name: Tom Marvolo Riddle The following are always considered proper nouns in English, and therefore need to be capitalized in all writing: Every part of a person’s name: Tom Marvolo Riddle Names of companies, organizations, or trademarks: Microsoft, Rolls Royce, MLB Pet names: Fluffy, Buckbeak, Hedwig Names of countries and cities, and words derived from those proper nouns: Spain, Spanish, England, English Geographical and celestial names: Atlantic Ocean, Mars, Amazon River Monuments, buildings, and meeting rooms: Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, Room 222 Historical events, documents, laws, and periods: Civil War, Declaration of Independence, Industrial Revolution, Dark Ages Months, days of the week, and holidays: July, Monday, Halloween Religions, deities, and scriptures: God, Christ, Bible, Torah Awards, vehicles, vehicle models, vehicle names, and brand names: Nobel Peace Prize, Ford Focus, Kleenex, Hoover http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/nounproper.html

Practice With Proper Nouns Capitalize all proper nouns in the following sentences: 1. Mr. sherlock holmes is a famous fictional detective. 2. This character was created by the author, sir arthur conan doyle. 3. Holmes appeared in 56 stories and several novels written by doyle, including the book the sign of four. 4. Sherlock was often assisted by his friend dr. john watson. 5. They worked together on mysteries throughout the city of london. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sites/default/files/posts/u24/pdfs/azcommonproper.wgma_.pdf

Practice With Proper Nouns: Answers Capitalize all proper nouns in the following sentences: 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective. 2. This character was created by the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 3. Holmes appeared in 56 stories and several novels written by Doyle, including the book The Sign of Four. 4. Sherlock was often assisted by his friend Dr. John Watson. 5. They worked together on mysterious throughout the city of London. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sites/default/files/posts/u24/pdfs/azcommonproper.wgma_.pdf

Let’s Take A 5 Minute Break

Cause and Effect Essay Conferences I am going to meet one-on-one with each of you to check your progress with the cause and effect essay Please bring your essay outline, and your finished Introduction The rest of the class will be watching the Halloween movie Hocus Pocus

Homework Write three meaningful sentences, using TWO Vocabulary Set 2 words in EACH sentence. array, assets, blatantly, compile, contentious, dabble, endure, enhance, inquisitive, jumbled, plausible, strive 1. 2. 3. Study-Test 2 is Wednesday 11/11 Review Vocabulary Set 2; memorize words and definitions, practice writing meaningful sentences Review pronouns; memorize which pronouns replace which nouns, practice replacing nouns with pronouns Review verb conjugations for common verbs, practice conjugating verbs in different tenses Review punctuation and proper noun capitalization, memorize what proper nouns are capitalized and where to put commas, colons, and semicolons