Reteaching, Moving Forward, Beginning Bias

by | Aug 31, 2010 | Update

Second and sixth periods had a bit of reteaching. (We looked at some of the ways we can determine a word’s part of speech.) We’re done with nouns, pronouns, and adjectives now, though, and we’ll move on to verbs tomorrow. We’ll finish up the...

Test, More Review, And Linking

by | Aug 30, 2010 | Update

First period began linking verbs. They’re tricky, so we’re taking our time. Second and sixth periods worked on a review of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. It was something of an informal assessment to determine if we need any re-teaching. Fourth period...

Nouns and Assorted Parts of Speech

by | Aug 24, 2010 | Update

First period completed pronouns, looking at how some words usually thought to be pronouns (indefinite and demonstrative) can also be adjectives depending on the context. Second and sixth periods went through a super-quick review of nouns. Fourth period completed the...

Contracts and Parts of Speech

by | Aug 20, 2010 | Update

First and fourth periods continued their work with parts of speech. First period went over nouns; fourth period completed verbs, covering phrasal verbs, auxiliary verbs, and linking verbs. Second and sixth periods almost completed their class contracts. We’ll...

Taking Notes

by | Aug 17, 2010 | Update

First, second, and seventh periods continued with the procedures and rules for class. We also looked at how to take notes. Fourth period began a lightning-quick review of the parts of speech. We’ll be having a test on them some time next week. Homework First,...