EEL - New chart this week!
Structure: Complex
Purpose: Interrogative
Pattern: S-Vt-IO-DO
We reviewed what makes a Complex sentence and how to make an Interrogative sentence.
1. Add a ? to the end of the sentence.
2. Add an Interrogative Pronoun at the beginning.
3. Add a Helping Verb to the beginning of the sentence (change the tense of the main verb).
We used the following sentence to practice:
Jesus, who made you a home, made me a crown.
The kids seemed to grasp the ways to make an interrogative sentence.
We moved on from there to discussing Chart N - Verb Anatomy for to have. We started by listing all the 'to have' verbs and the 'to be' verbs. We also listed the singular and plural pronouns. I told the kids that there was a formula for verb anatomy - you just have to look at what tense you're trying to figure out.
Simple tense - no changes.
Perfect tense - form of 'to have' + past participle
Progressive tense - form of 'to be' and present participle
Perfect Progressive tense - 'to have' + 'been' + present participle
I enjoyed figuring this out with the kids. I hope they understood what was going on. Being able to complete Chart N will help them immensely in the long run as they write and as they begin to learn foreign languages.
We also talked about and worked out tasks 5 & 6 of the ATS.
Task 5 is changing the structure and purpose of sentences.
Task 6 is the Quid et Quo. I tried to move quickly and help the kids understand the purpose of the QeQ - I hope they aren't too confused! We will (hopefully) begin doing tasks 1-6 during class (if we don't run out of time each week). :)
HOMEWORK: Chart N (review K) and ATS tasks 1-6 on any sentence from EEL. Start slow with sentences from the first few weeks. Don't expect your kids to be able to do 1-6 if this is their first year. Take it slow and help them to feel successful.
IEW: We talked further about fused outlines for the FoH project. I felt it was necessary for them to understand how the process should go. It is daunting and intimidating to do the paper and fully incorporate Unit 6 if it hasn't been completely explained.
I demonstrated how to choose your source texts then your topics. I showed how to read your texts to find info on ONE topic and write KWO on that topic then fuse the outlines together for ONE TOPIC. Doing the same for topics 2 and 3 then using the fused outlines to write the paper. I hope I helped out in my explanation.
We also practiced writing a bibliography page. The bibliography is part of the FoH paper - please help your kids find the info for their texts. If you need help formatting your bibliography, or need to know if your source is legitimate, please use MLA Help Purdue OWL or Citation Generator
No paper due this week as we didn't follow the writing schedule that was put out. We kind of followed our own path. ;)
If you've not chosen your subject for your paper or your source texts, make that your focus this week. Be proactive and begin now working on it. Remind the kids that this isn't a last minute project to complete. The sooner it's done, the better off they will be!
HOMEWORK: Choose subject, source texts and topics!
PASSWORD: Chart N - Tenses - Simple, Perfect, Progressive, Perfect Progressive
Have a great weekend!
M
