1. Today’s Bellringer 10/18 Correct the sentence errors. it have been much more colder this febuary than in january.

2. Today’s Bellringer 10/18 Write this sentence correctly. Smoke are filing the house and we have to git out now

3. Today’s Bellringer- 10/18 In 6-8 sentences discuss Montag’s reaction to the woman burning. How is it related to Areopagitica? Please reference pages 51-52

4. Prepositions Preposition- a joining word, that joins the noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence. It is labeled P. Object of the preposition- the noun or pronoun after the preposition in the sentence. It is labeled OP. Prepositional phrases- the preposition + the object of the preposition. It is identified in the question and answer flow after you say the word CHECK. If there is more than one prepositional phrase in a sentence, read all the prepositional phrases during that time.

6. Natural or Inverted Order? Natural Order has all subject parts FIRST and all predicate parts AFTER the verb. Inverted Order will have the predicate words in the complete subject. There are three ways this happens.

7. Examples of Inverted Order Prepositional Phrase – After lunch we/ went home. Helping Verb -Are you/ going to the concert? Adverb – Yesterday we/ went to my grandfather’s house.

8. 8 th COMP After the disastrous flood, people reached out to the homeless.

9. 8 th COMP Among the dead trees, the swamp alligator lazily lay in the hot sun.

10. 7 th LA A three-inch slug slowly crawled down the sidewalk after dark.

11. 7 th LA Lately Beth reaches for the chocolate cookies at every chance.

12. Quick Fire Challenge!!!! Write I if the sentence is in inverted order or N if the sentence is in natural order. ① The tired workers went home at midnight. ① The unruly children suddenly ran toward the busy street! ② In the early evening thousands of black bats eagerly poured from the huge cave entrance. ③ Yesterday the mechanic listened carefully to the whining sound from the engine of the car. ④For several hours the enormous yellow balloon in the sky floated aimlessly. ⑤After summer vacation the football players eagerly gathered around the coach. ⑥The band members worked very hard on the competition music ⑦Are you going to the volleyball game today? ⑧The dense fog finally lifted in the late afternoon. ⑨During a heavy snowstorm the daring skier raced for help for the stranded family.