Essentials - week 23

Holy cow!  How is it week 23 already?!

EEL: We are still with Cd-Cx and all purposes, but this week we are using S-Vt-IO-DO pattern.  Remember: a DO does not need an IO, but an IO NEEDS a DO.

An IO is a noun or pronoun and tells who or what. It doesn't receive the action of the verb and comes between the V and DO. Question confirmation will help you determine the IO (if there is one). 

Jesus made a crown.  Jesus made me a crown. Me is the IO. It isn't necessary in the sentence, but it does give more information about what Jesus did and who it is for.

We took the sentence Sally made us a cake and turned it into a Cd-Cx sentence.  Be sure to practice all the sentence purposes - don't get stuck in declarative mode!

Adverbs were next this week (Chart I). There are types and degrees of Adverbs just as there are Adjectives. Simple, flexional, affirmative, negative are all types of adverbs. There are positive, comparative and superlative degrees of adverbs.  Then we also have adverb phrases and clauses. Many of these we've used this year but have just now begun labeling and really defining them.  The deeper information is for use more with the Quid et Quo. 

We discovered the Gerund verbal today. A gerund is a present participle used as a NOUN and are usually showing activity.

I love dancing.  The judges awarded her cooking first prize. Dancing nor cooking are the verbs in these sentences. But the present participle verb form used as a noun is the gerund. Utilize the question confirmation to label these correctly.

We quickly went over subjunctive mood in verbs.  It implies a wish that may not be fact. This is advanced grammar and will be studied in more depth later. 

HOMEWORK: Keep working your charts - we only need 18 more to get to 1,500!!

IEW: One more week until FoH!! I know you've been working extremely hard on these.  Can't wait to hear and see the presentations!

We used story cubes to write a story and then insert as many vocabulary words as we could.  It was a intense but quick activity that was fun for the kids.  Everyone wins!

Please let me know if you have any questions about FoH or any concerns!

HOMEWORK: Gather all your things for FoH and bring them next week!

NO PASSWORD NEXT WEEK!

Have a great week! 

Essentials - Week 22

Woo Hoo - week 22! 

EEL: Compound - Complex, All Purposes, S-Vl-PN/PA

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!