Tuesday, October 30, 2012

• Conjunctions

• Thesaurus Skills

• Homework: Read for AR (Points are due this Friday) This Friday is the end of the six weeks!!!

• Honors: Complete Thesaurus Power pg. 104-105

Conjunctions

• Go over handout

• Watch brainpop

• http://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/conjunctions/preview.weml

Coordinating Conjunctions

• Coordinating Conjunctions are used with a comma to create a compound sentences. There are seven coordinating conjunctions. We can remember them by FANBOYS.

• For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• Practice Coordinating Conjunctions Exercise 1as a class.

What is a Thesaurus?

A thesaurus is a book that can help you find words with the same or similar meanings.

(No, a thesaurus is NOT a kind of dinosaur)

Why use a Thesaurus?• To avoid using the same word over and over• To find a word that has the same or similar

meaning• To find the opposite of a word• To learn new words• To make your writing more interesting or

exciting

How do I use a Thesaurus?A thesaurus is arranged very much like a

dictionary.• Alphabetical order• Guide words• Entries

A thesaurus entry usually has:• Headword in BOLD• Part of speech• Synonyms (words with same or similar

meaning)• Antonyms (words with opposite meanings)

ACTIVITY • Complete Thesaurus Power together as a

class.

• Honors: Complete Using a Thesaurus pg. 106.

• Honors Homework: Pg.

104-105(Thesaurus Power)