Do Now1. 1. Copy down your homework and

take out your homework from the weekend.

2. Bubble in your answers to Friday’s vocabulary quiz.

ONLY 8 SCHOOL DAYS UNTIL THE 1st QUARTER INTERIM!

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If you did not turn your paper into turnitin.com, your paper will receive a zero until you turn it in. Any papers that have not already been submitted will receive a half letter grade deduction until they are submitted (this is true for the SECOND paper, not the first).

Notes

Compose a poem about what it means to be an American.

Create a visual way to memorize the definition of vocabulary words.

Use sentence-combining techniques, effectively avoiding problematic comma splices, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments, especially in sentences containing compound subjects and verbs (SST 601).

Objectives

Do Now (10) Grammar: Appositive Phrases (25) Composition:

Why Make English Official? The Pro Side (10) Poetry and “American” Definition (10)

Vocabulary: Illustrations (10) Props!

Exit Ticket (10)

Agenda

Complete grammar worksheet.

Homework

Read the sentences at the top of your worksheet. Answer the question: What do you notice about each “a” sentence? What do all of the phrases in bold have in common?

Grammar

All of the phrases in bold… Modify something Could not be a sentence on their own All of them are separated from the original

sentence with a comma They make the sentence more interesting

Some answers…

The boldface phrases are appositive phrases, one of the sentence parts that shows the difference between professional writing and student writing.

These phrases are an efficient way to combine related ideas into one sentence.

Appositives are noun phrases that identify adjacent (nearby) nouns or pronouns. They can occur as sentence openers, subject-verb splits, or sentence closers.

Guided Notes

The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.

The insect, a large cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.

The insect, a large cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table.

The insect, a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal, is crawling across the kitchen table.

More Examples

An important point to remember is that a nonessential appositive is always separated from the rest of the sentence with comma(s).

When the appositive begins the sentence, it looks like this: A hot-tempered tennis player, Robbie charged the umpire and tried to

crack the poor man's skull with a racket.When the appositive interrupts the sentence, it looks like this: Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis player, charged the umpire and tried to

crack the poor man's skull with a racket.And when the appositive ends the sentence, it looks like this: Upset by the bad call, the crowd cheered Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis

player who charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.

Punctuating Appositive Phrases

Read the examples of sentences with appositive phrases and highlight the appositive phrases in each.

Turn the page. We’ll practice the first exercise together.

On Your Worksheet

Class will be split in three groups. You must remain in your seat the entire time

and keep your hands to your self. Nothing can be passed, thrown, or moved from

one group to another. You must follow all directions given to you. You will have 5 minutes to complete an

assigned task.

Activity: Why Make English Official

Take out your poems that you should have finished this weekend.

Turn to a partner and share your poem. Beneath your poem, write your definition to

“American”. It should look like this: American (adj.): *This will be used in your essay!

Composition

Poem Example Start

Being American means being able to work hard to be what ever you want to be,It means opportunity for everyone from sea to shining seas.It means helping out your fellow man or woman when things get rough,And persevering and working together when things get tough…

You will have 5 new words every week (2 of these are included on your 11th grade vocab wall).

Vocab quizzes will take place every three weeks. If you use a vocabulary word in class (old or new),

you will receive a “prop” for 11th grade raffle prizes! For each word, draw a visual to help you

remember the meaning of the word and write a sentence describing how the picture will remind you of the definition.

Vocabulary

To scold or criticize someone angrily

Berate

To make something better

Ameliorate

Something that is harmful or threatening Baleful and baneful overlap in meaning, but

baleful usually applies to something that is menacing or predicts evil: a baleful look. Baneful most often describes something that’s actually harmful or destructive: baneful effects of their fight.

Baleful

To surround (an enemy for example) OR to get around; avoid

Circumvent

Compunction – a feeling of unease because of guilt

Compunction

1. Unscramble the following sentence, underlining the appositive phrases and using commas, where necessary: Ms. Harvey about appositive phrases an English teacher at Muchin College Prep an important part of writing more professionally loves teaching her students

2. Create your own example of a sentence containing an appositive phrase. Be sure to underline your appositive phrase and add commas, where necessary.

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