Mrs. Beaty's Assignments 13-17

Grammar is like a puzzle: if you miss a skill, you don't get the entire picture. I stress this to the kids. If you know your prepositions, you can easily determine pronoun case and subject/verb agreement. This is why it is imperative that students memorize these. It shouldn't be that hard. Most Lakeside students memorized them in the lower grades, and WE have already memorized them once this year. So, students must make 100 on the quizzes or take that quiz over along with the next column of words. 

We are now adding subjects and verbs to our skill set. Students have been picking subjects and verbs out of sentences since the 3rd grade. I give a plethora of ways students can easily spot the subjects & verbs in a sentence. The problem is students don't listen. Does anyone have any magic pixie dust to make students listen and CARE?  Seventh & eighth graders took a subject and verb quiz this week, and the scores were very low. (I did have a 100 and 6 A's.) We are continuing to practice these skills and will have a TEST on them next Thursday.

6th, 7th, & 8th Preposition  #2 quiz Wednesday

6th, 7th, 8th Preposition #3 quiz Friday

6th, 7th, 8th "Word for the Year" paragraph Monday

6th, 7th, 8th Subjects & Verbs test Thursday
6th, 7th, & 8th Literary Device booklet due "alliteration-pun"

NO VOCABULARY THIS WEEK!

7th grade: 2 AR books this 9 weeks!!!!!!

We will also try to work on literary devices this week!