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 M A K E S U R E Y O U W R I T E T H I S A T T H E T O P O F Y O U R

 P A G E I N Y O U R D A Y B O O K N O T E S 

 W A R M - U P

D A T E

C O N C E P T : G R A M M A R / P R O N O U N A N D A N T E C E D E N T

Pronoun-Antecedent

 Agreement

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 What is an antecedent?

 Write these notes in your Daybook! You will see these terms on your Unit 1 Test 

 A pronoun and itsantecedent must be

either singular or plural in number.

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Let’s Practice some grammar (Ms. Gwynne’s fav orite!!) Do we sensesome sarcasm here?

Sarcasm- remarks that mean the opposite of what they seem to say 

Directions: Write the pronoun that belongs in each

sentence. Use one of these pronouns: it, its, she, her, he, their,or they.

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 A pronoun and antecedent must  agree… 

 A pronoun and its antecedent must both be either masculine (he, his), feminine (she,

her), or neutral (it, its) in gender.If the antecedent could be either male or female, you must use his or her or she or he.

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Pronoun antecedent agreement…. 

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 When you finish, look at the beginning of “All Summer in a Day” and make alist of all the examples of figurative language you can find!! PAGE 92

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 W A R M - U P

D A T E

C O N C E P T : G R A M M A R / T R A N S I T I O N W O R D S

Transition Words

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 What are transition words? Write these notes in your Daybook! You will see transition words on the Unit 1 Test!

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Practice with transition words… Copy thechart!!

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Just write the word, unless it is

a sentence youstruggled with.

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 What is a run on sentence?

 A run-on sentence consistsof two or more sentences written as if they were onesentence.

There are two main types of run on sentences:

1) A fused sentence is a word group containing two or more

sentences that are run together without any punctuation.

2) A comma splice contains two or more sentences separated by a comma instead of by a period or a semicolon.

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How to correct run-on sentences… 

1) Correct run-ons by adding an end mark after thefirst idea

2) Correct run-ons by replacing a comma with a

semicolon, by adding a coordinating conjunction(and, but, or, nor, or so) after the comma

3) Correct run-ons by making one of the independentclauses into a subordinate clause.

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Practice correcting run-on sentences… Directions:

Read each numbered item. Correct the run-ons in your Daybook. Yes, you have

to rewrite them If an item is correct as it stands, write C. 

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Continue correcting the sentences…. 

This is how you will seegrammar questions on a

test!!

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Edit the paragraph below… 

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ShowingPossession…. 

 Write the singularpossessive of each word

 Write the pluralpossessive of each word

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Possessive Form… 

 Write the singularpossessive of each word

 Write the plural

possessive of each word

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Possessive Form… Directions: Rewrite each of the following expressions, using the possessive case.

Possessive form isused to indicatepossession (i.e.,ownership). It is

usually created by adding 's to the

 word.

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