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NOLIN. person, place, thing, idea. common: begins with lower case letter (city). proper: begins with capital letter (Detroit). possessive: shows ownership (girl,s)

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o personal (1" person: pronouns having to do with ..me,,; 2od person: pronognshaving to do with "you"; 3'o person: pronouns having to do^with everyone else)

singular nominative: I, you, he, she, it. plural nominative: we, you, they. singular objective: me, you, him, her, it. plural objective: us, you, them

singular possessive: my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours. plural possessive: our, your, their, ours, yours, theirs

o reflexive (reflect back to ..self')

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves,themselves

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whom? who?o demonstrative (demonstrate which one)

this, that, these, thoseo indefinite (don,t refer to a definite person or thing)

each, either, neither, few, some, all, most, several, few, many, none,one, someone, no one, everyone, anyone, somebody, nobody,everybody, anybody, more, much, another, both, any, other, etc.

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ADVERBo modifies adjectives (really cute), verbs (extremely fast), and other adverbs (very

easdy)o tells How? When? Where? To what extent?o Not is always an adverb.

ADJECTTVEo modifies nouns (I have a green pen.) and pronouns (They are happy.)o tells Which one? How many? What kind?o articles: a, ano theo proper adjective: proper noun used as an adjective (American flag)

PREPOSITIONo shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. across, after, against, aroundo at, before, below, between, by, during, except, for, from,

in, of, off, on, over, since, through, to, under, until, with, according to, because of,instead of, etc.

o We went to school. We went gp the stairs.

CONJUNCTIONo joins words, phrases, and clauseso types

o coordinf,ffBoyS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

o *o:totlflllT*endent ctauses (and therefore must be fouowed by subject and

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could, shall, should, may, might, must, have, has, had, do, does, did,ought

o We have been taking notes all day. (Takug is action.). She will be cold without a jacket. (Be is linking.)

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Tuesday Notes(Sentence Parts and phrases)

SUBJECT' part of sentence about which something is being saido must be noun, pronoun, gerund, or infinitiveo can never be in a prepositional phraseo There and here are never the subject ofa sentence.o The subject can be an o'understood you": Bring me the remote control, please. (you

bring it.)

VERBo transitive: takes a direct object (We love English.)o intransitive: does not take a direct objJ @l-ease sit aown.;o All linking verbs are intransitive.

COMPLEMENTo completes the meaning of the subject and verbt tyPes

o direct "lj::ls a noun or pronoun and is never in a prepositional phrase

o follows an action verbTo find it, say "subject,', ..verb,,' ,,what?,'

o I rike English. 'or" "like" "what?" Engrish (direct object)o indirect object

o is a noun or pronoun and is never in a prepositional phrase. comes before a direct object.

Io find it, say..subject,,, ..verb," ,.direct object,,, .,to or for whom or what?,,r t1". gave me the paper. o'He" "gave" "papef'.,to whom?,, me (indirectobject)

o predicate nominativeo isanounorpronouno follows linking verb and renames subiecto To find it, say.,subject,,, .,linking uarL,,, ,,what?,,o He is a nice guy. "He" "is" ..what?" guy (predicate nominative)

o predicate adjectiveo is an adjectiveo follows linking verb and describes subiecto To find it, say,,subject,',.,linking verb,, ,,what?,,o He is nice. c6He" 6(is" "what?" nice (predicate adjective)

APPOSITIVE/APPOSITIVE PHRASEo noun or pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun. My son Beck likes trains.o Ansley, m]' daughter, loves to dance.

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o The key is under the rug. "under v,rhat?" rug (object of preposition)o If there's no object, it's not a preposition: Please stand gp. (Up is an adverb.)

OBJECT OF INFIMTIVEo follows infinitive and tells "what?"

o I want to eat pizza. "to eat what?" puza (object of infinitive)

OBJECT OF GERUNDo follows gerund and tells "what?"

o I like eating pizza. "eatingwhat?" pizza(object of gerund)

OBJECT OF PARTICIPLEo follows participle and tells "what?"

o Riding his bike, he struggled up the hill. "riding what?" bike (object of participle)

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASEo group of words beginning with preposition and ending with noun or pronouno can act as adjective (I want a room with a view.) or adverb (His house is on the lake.)

GERLIND PHRASEo gerund plus its modifiers and objectso Writing long essays can be fun.

PARTICIPLE PHRASEo participle plus its modifiers and objectsr Running down the hall, he bumped into the principal.

INFINITTVE PHRASEo infinitive plus its modifiers and objectso He likes to eat pepperoni pizza.

SUBJECT OF INFIMTIVEo An infinitive sometimes has a subject: Jessie asked me to help her.o If the subject of an infinitive is a pronoun, use the objective case.

OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT. noun or adjective that follows the direct object and answers "what?"

r The movie made me sad. (Me is the direct object.)

ABSOLUTE PHRASEo phrase consisting of a noun or pronoun, a participle, and any related modifierso modifies the whole sentence in general rather than a specific word. His homework finished, Matt headed for the baseball field.

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Wednesday Notes(Clauses and Sentence Type)

CLAUSESo Each clause must have a subject and verb.o types

o independent (also called main clause). Every sentence must have at least one independent clause.. The independent clause can usually stand alone.r An independent clause does not start with a relative pronoun or

subordinating conj unction.o dependent (also called subordinate clause)

. The dependent clause can never stand alone.r { dependent clause starts with a relative pronoun or a subordinating

conjunction.r types

r adverbo usually starts with a subordinating conjunctiono acts like an adverbo We will eat when the bell rings. (modifies eat)o We will eat is independent.

o adjectiveo usually starts with a relative pronouno acts like an adjectiveo She likes the guy who sits in front of her. (modifies guy)o She likes the guy is independent.

o nouno usually starts with a relative pronouno acts like a nouno I hope that -vou understand the examples. (acts as direct

object)o I hope is independent.

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1.,, . simple sentence: one independent clause

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CAPITALZATION. Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.o Capitalizethe first word of each sentence.

SEMICOLONo joins two clauses without a coordinating conjunction

o He likes apples; she likes oranges.o He goes to Harvard; however, she goes to Yale.

o can be used in series with commas for clarityo We went to London, England;Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; and Rome, Italy.

COLON. means "note what follows" (see examples in next three categories)o never follows a verb or preposition

APOSTROPI{Eo Use apostrophes to make words possessive and to make contractions.o Don't use apostrophes to make words plural.o Possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes. (hers, its, ours, yours, etc.)o Be sure you have a real word before your apostrophe: children's toys, not childrens'

toys.o If the word is plural and ends in s, add apostrophe only: dogs' owners.o Treat singular nouns ending in s just like any other singular noun: boss's, Brutus's.

UNDERLINING/ITALIC ZINGr Underlining and italicizing are the same thing.o Underline or italicizetitles of long things: newspapers, magazines, CDs, movies,

novels, plays, musical compositions, etc.o Underline or italicize names of ships, planes, trains, and artwork.r Underline or italicize foreign expressions.

QUOTATION MARKSo Quote titles of short things: short stories, poems, songs, articles, episodes of TV

shows, etc.o Quote dialogue and words copied from other sources.r Commas and periods that follow quoted words always go inside closing quotation

marks. (I said, "Go home.")o Colons and semicolons that follow quoted words always go outside closing quotation

marks. (We're "friendsl we don't date.)o Use single quotations marks only to enclose quotes within quotes.o Use double quotations marks in all other situations. (He's a real "team player.")

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F{YPFIEN. used to make two words into one (blue-green). created by hitting the hyphen key once (no spaces before or after hyphen)

DASHo used to indicate a break in thought or to set offpart of a sentence (like parentheses)o We bought Ihe Aristocafs-it's my daughter's favorite movie-for the beach trip.r created by hitting the hyphen key twice (no spaces before or after the dash)

COMMAS(Rule numbers are significant for reference purposes only.)1. adverb dependent clause*, independent clause (If it rains, we'll go inside.)2. independent clausfiadverb dependent clause (We'll go inside if it rains.)3. independent clausfcc** independent clause (Joe likes pizza, but Fred likes tacos.)4. subject ver@cc verb (Joe likes pizza but does not like vegetables.)5. independent clausel independent clause (Joe likes pizza; Fred likes tacos.)6. introductory participial phrase, (Running down the hall, he tripped and fell.)7. introductory prepositional phrase, (After English class, we go to lunch.)8. ' nonessential appositive, (We read Ihe Great Gatsby, a novel, in class, We read the

novel The Great Gatsby in class.)9. ' nonessential adjective clause***, (Jane, who drives ared car, is nice. All students who

skip school should be suspended.)10. items, in, series (Please buy apples, oranges, and bananas. I like the warm, fuzzy

blanket.)1 1. o noun of direct address, (Tom, would you hand me the phone? Please don't sit there,

Sue.)12. day of weeh,, month date, year, (The baby is expected on Sunday, February 27, 2000, in

Georgia.)13. city, state, (We moved to Peachtree City, Georgia, in 1975.)14. introductory word, (Well, I hope these rules come in handy. However, you must use

them.)15. o interrupter, (These rules, I think, will help you if you use them.)

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Week One

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article i like the movie clueless its based on jane austens novel emma Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase i like the movie clueless its based on jane austens novel emma Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex i like the movie clueless its based on jane austens novel emma Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks i like the movie clueless its based on jane austens novel emma Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Two

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article after graduating you can go to college join the military or get a job Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase after graduating you can go to college join the military or get a job Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex after graduating you can go to college join the military or get a job Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks after graduating you can go to college join the military or get a job Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Three

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article did you hear that mark got a scholarship to play football for the florida state seminoles Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase did you hear that mark got a scholarship to play football for the florida state seminoles Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex did you hear that mark got a scholarship to play football for the florida state seminoles Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks did you hear that mark got a scholarship to play football for the florida state seminoles Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Four

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article although some people doubt that shakespeare actually wrote the works attributed to him plenty of evidence indicates that he did Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase although some people doubt that shakespeare actually wrote the works attributed to him plenty of evidence indicates that he did Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex although some people doubt that shakespeare actually wrote the works attributed to him plenty of evidence indicates that he did Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks although some people doubt that shakespeare actually wrote the works attributed to him plenty of evidence indicates that he did Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Five

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article even though beowulf was originally written in old english most high school students read a modern translation Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase even though beowulf was originally written in old english most high school students read a modern translation Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex even though beowulf was originally written in old english most high school students read a modern translation Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks even though beowulf was originally written in old english most high school students read a modern translation Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Six

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article king harold the last anglo saxon king was killed in 1066 when duke william of normandy invaded hastings Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase king harold the last anglo saxon king was killed in 1066 when duke william of normandy invaded hastings Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex king harold the last anglo saxon king was killed in 1066 when duke william of normandy invaded hastings Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks king harold the last anglo saxon king was killed in 1066 when duke william of normandy invaded hastings Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Seven

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article the druids may have used stonehenge a group of huge stones on salisbury plain for religious purposes Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase the druids may have used stonehenge a group of huge stones on salisbury plain for religious purposes Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex the druids may have used stonehenge a group of huge stones on salisbury plain for religious purposes Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks the druids may have used stonehenge a group of huge stones on salisbury plain for religious purposes Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Eight

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article edmund spenser who was inspired by chaucer is buried next to him in poets corner Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase edmund spenser who was inspired by chaucer is buried next to him in poets corner Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex edmund spenser who was inspired by chaucer is buried next to him in poets corner Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks edmund spenser who was inspired by chaucer is buried next to him in poets corner Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Nine

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article if shelby were more serious about her studies she could get better grades Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase if shelby were more serious about her studies she could get better grades Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex if shelby were more serious about her studies she could get better grades Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks if shelby were more serious about her studies she could get better grades Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Ten

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article the medieval romance with its knights chivalry and quests influenced many of the great movies and novels of the twentieth century Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase the medieval romance with its knights chivalry and quests influenced many of the great movies and novels of the twentieth century Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex the medieval romance with its knights chivalry and quests influenced many of the great movies and novels of the twentieth century Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks the medieval romance with its knights chivalry and quests influenced many of the great movies and novels of the twentieth century Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Eleven

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article we credit johann gutenberg with the invention of printing but william caxton invented the printing press in 1476 Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase we credit johann gutenberg with the invention of printing but william caxton invented the printing press in 1476 Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex we credit johann gutenberg with the invention of printing but william caxton invented the printing press in 1476 Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks we credit johann gutenberg with the invention of printing but william caxton invented the printing press in 1476 Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twelve

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article whose car did the parking attendant tow yesterday Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase whose car did the parking attendant tow yesterday Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex whose car did the parking attendant tow yesterday Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks whose car did the parking attendant tow yesterday Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Thirteen

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article neither dom nor steven remembered to bring his cellular phone to the basketball game however maya let them use hers Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase neither dom nor steven remembered to bring his cellular phone to the basketball game however maya let them use hers Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex neither dom nor steven remembered to bring his cellular phone to the basketball game however maya let them use hers Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks neither dom nor steven remembered to bring his cellular phone to the basketball game however maya let them use hers Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Fourteen

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article all things considered being a senior offers a student special privileges not available to freshmen sophomores or juniors Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase all things considered being a senior offers a student special privileges not available to freshmen sophomores or juniors Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex all things considered being a senior offers a student special privileges not available to freshmen sophomores or juniors Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks all things considered being a senior offers a student special privileges not available to freshmen sophomores or juniors Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Fifteen

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article william blake is best known for two poems the tyger and the lamb Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase william blake is best known for two poems the tyger and the lamb Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex william blake is best known for two poems the tyger and the lamb Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks william blake is best known for two poems the tyger and the lamb Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Sixteen

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article the pardoners tale the millers tale and the knights tale are part of chaucers canterbury tales Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase the pardoners tale the millers tale and the knights tale are part of chaucers canterbury tales Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex the pardoners tale the millers tale and the knights tale are part of chaucers canterbury tales Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks the pardoners tale the millers tale and the knights tale are part of chaucers canterbury tales Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Seventeen

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article his financial needs increasing oscar wilde started supplementing his income in 1891 by writing witty plays Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase his financial needs increasing oscar wilde started supplementing his income in 1891 by writing witty plays Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex his financial needs increasing oscar wilde started supplementing his income in 1891 by writing witty plays Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks his financial needs increasing oscar wilde started supplementing his income in 1891 by writing witty plays Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Eighteen

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article feudalism was eradicated by the hundred years war the growth of cities and the bubonic plague which killed almost one third of englands population Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase feudalism was eradicated by the hundred years war the growth of cities and the bubonic plague which killed almost one third of englands population Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex feudalism was eradicated by the hundred years war the growth of cities and the bubonic plague which killed almost one third of englands population Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks feudalism was eradicated by the hundred years war the growth of cities and the bubonic plague which killed almost one third of englands population Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Nineteen

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article brooke likes english more than i but i like history more than she Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase brooke likes english more than i but i like history more than she Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex brooke likes english more than i but i like history more than she Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks brooke likes english more than i but i like history more than she Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article geoffrey chaucer was born in london england in the early 1340s and he died on october 25 1400 according to his tombstone Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase geoffrey chaucer was born in london england in the early 1340s and he died on october 25 1400 according to his tombstone Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex geoffrey chaucer was born in london england in the early 1340s and he died on october 25 1400 according to his tombstone Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks geoffrey chaucer was born in london england in the early 1340s and he died on october 25 1400 according to his tombstone Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-one

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article whom will you ask to the valentines day dance Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase whom will you ask to the valentines day dance Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex whom will you ask to the valentines day dance Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks whom will you ask to the valentines day dance Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-two

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article satire is writing that mocks human weakness in order to instigate change one example is a modest proposal a pamphlet published by jonathan swift in 1729 Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase satire is writing that mocks human weakness in order to instigate change one example is a modest proposal a pamphlet published by jonathan swift in 1729 Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex satire is writing that mocks human weakness in order to instigate change one example is a modest proposal a pamphlet published by jonathan swift in 1729 Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks satire is writing that mocks human weakness in order to instigate change one example is a modest proposal a pamphlet published by jonathan swift in 1729 Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-three

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article who do you think will win the game between the tigers and the eagles this weekend Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase who do you think will win the game between the tigers and the eagles this weekend Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex who do you think will win the game between the tigers and the eagles this weekend Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks who do you think will win the game between the tigers and the eagles this weekend Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-four

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article to be or not to be says hamlet in william shakespeares play Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase to be or not to be says hamlet in william shakespeares play Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex to be or not to be says hamlet in william shakespeares play Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks to be or not to be says hamlet in william shakespeares play Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-five

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article in his poem do not go gentle into that good night dylan thomas encourages a dying man to fight impending death Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase in his poem do not go gentle into that good night dylan thomas encourages a dying man to fight impending death Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex in his poem do not go gentle into that good night dylan thomas encourages a dying man to fight impending death Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks in his poem do not go gentle into that good night dylan thomas encourages a dying man to fight impending death Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-six

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article hoping to get twenty four years of worldly power doctor faustus sells his soul to satan in christopher marlowes play Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase hoping to get twenty four years of worldly power doctor faustus sells his soul to satan in christopher marlowes play Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex hoping to get twenty four years of worldly power doctor faustus sells his soul to satan in christopher marlowes play Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks hoping to get twenty four years of worldly power doctor faustus sells his soul to satan in christopher marlowes play Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-seven

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article (you) ask the media specialist to help you (to) find a book about victorian poets Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase (you) ask the media specialist to help you (to) find a book about victorian poets Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex (you) ask the media specialist to help you (to) find a book about victorian poets Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks (you) ask the media specialist to help you (to) find a book about victorian poets Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-eight

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article there are many differences between american english and british english for example the british call the hood of a car a bonnet and the trunk a boot Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase there are many differences between american english and british english for example the british call the hood of a car a bonnet and the trunk a boot Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex there are many differences between american english and british english for example the british call the hood of a car a bonnet and the trunk a boot Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks there are many differences between american english and british english for example the british call the hood of a car a bonnet and the trunk a boot Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Twenty-nine

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article if you think grammar is difficult now you should study old english grammar with its masculine feminine and neuter nouns and adjectives Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase if you think grammar is difficult now you should study old english grammar with its masculine feminine and neuter nouns and adjectives Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex if you think grammar is difficult now you should study old english grammar with its masculine feminine and neuter nouns and adjectives Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks if you think grammar is difficult now you should study old english grammar with its masculine feminine and neuter nouns and adjectives Friday: diagram the sentence:

Week Thirty

Monday: identify parts of speech: noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), infinitive, participle, gerund, article we are now finished with daily grammar practice therefore we will leave high school and enter the real world with a solid understanding of our language Tuesday: identify sentence parts: subject, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive, object of gerund, object of participle, objective complement, subject of infinitive, absolute phrase we are now finished with daily grammar practice therefore we will leave high school and enter the real world with a solid understanding of our language Wednesday: identify clauses and sentence type: independent or adverb dependent, noun dependent, adjective dependent; simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex we are now finished with daily grammar practice therefore we will leave high school and enter the real world with a solid understanding of our language Thursday: add punctuation and capitalization: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, periods, hyphens, etc., underlining, quotation marks we are now finished with daily grammar practice therefore we will leave high school and enter the real world with a solid understanding of our language Friday: diagram the sentence: