Today students began by going over the next sentence in our clause-identification practice we’re doing for a starter.

Afterward, we covered standard L-4.1b about active and passive voice.

After students figured out the difference with a little guided discussion, we came up with a few strategies for determining whether a verb is active or passive voice. The easiest way, I think, was to ask whether or not the subject is doing the action within the sentence.

We concluded with a bit of individual practice on Gimkit.

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • complete active/passive practice 1 and active/passive practice 2;
  • work on verb mood identification practice;
  • continue reviewing the AOW vocabulary (a good tactic for reviewing these words would involve going back to the text and re-reading the words in context now that you know the meaning).