We began class playing Crack the Code. The kids went from station to station answering the questions and received a piece of the code. When they finished the questions, they rearranged the words to complete our bible verse for this week! It was a fun way to get some review in.
We are staying with Cd-Cx and using all the purposes we've studied. We reviewed Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives this week. Linking verbs are the key to PN and PAs. Have your child memorize the linking verbs and they will identify this sentence pattern quickly. (Chart C)
*feel, become, remain, taste, seem, appear, look, sound, stay, smell, grow, am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been*
Predicate Nominative can replace the Subject.
Jesus is God.
Predicate Adjective describes the Subject.
Jesus is holy.
The linking verb is key. Find that and you've labeled your pattern.
Adjectives were next in our review. (Chart L) We quickly went over the questions and the descriptive, possessive (qualifying) and limiting aspects of adjectives. We also reviewed that an adjective phrase will not have a subject or verb and an adjective clause will have a subject and verb.
Verbals - this is week is Participles. We know the definition of both past and present participles. The trick with verbals is the participle is being used as an adjective in the sentence.
A present participle is a verb + -ing used as an adjective.
The jumping child broke his wrist on the trampoline. Jumping describes child.
A past participle is a verb + -ed used as an adjective.
The decayed tooth caused her much pain. Decayed describes tooth.
Use your question confirmation to determine the verb in the sentence. Then you will find your past and present participle verbals!
HOMEWORK: Keep writing those charts! A $5 gift card is on the line if we can get to 1,500 charts!
IEW: FoH in 2 weeks! Keep working on those papers! Can't wait to hear them!
We discussed Unit 9 - Formal critique today. Using the story sequence charts from unit 3 and the intro and conclusion from unit 7, you use these two models to write a critique paper. However, a critique is just that: your opinion. The goal isn't to retell the story. Critiquing is telling what you thought about the story. You tell the most important things about the story through the story sequence chart and how you felt about them.
I used the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas to demonstrate how to do a critique. Using a text that you're familiar with is a good way to practice this technique. Using unit 3 SSC outline can help bring your opinion to life.
HOMEWORK: Keep working on your FoH papers!
PASSWORD: Definition of Past/Present Participles!
Have a great week moms! Praying for you!
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