Due Thursday/Friday, December 20/21:
Grammar Book pp. 252-257, Exercises 12, 13, 14, 15, and 17 (in your notebooks)
Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4
Due Thursday/Friday, January 3/4:
Parts of Speech Packet #2
(and Parts of Speech Packet #1 REVISION)
Due Wednesday, January 9:
Parts of Speech Project (8 parts)
In case you lose your paper, here are the details of the Parts of Speech Project:
MY Parts of Speech Project
This project is all about
YOU. It comes in eight parts. Read each description carefully.
Part
I. Rainbow
of Nouns
Draw
a rainbow with six colored stripes (red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
violet). Fill the top stripe with nouns you
own that are red. Fill in the second
stripe with nouns you own that are orange.
Continue with the colors yellow, green, blue, and violet. Each stripe must include at least 8 nouns
(for a total of 48 nouns). All of the
nouns must belong to you.
For
extra creativity, include illustrations or photographs of your objects in your
rainbow.
Part
II. Weak
Verbs and Strong Verbs
These are weak verbs: make,
do, get, be, and have.
They
are weak because there are many stronger verbs that can be used in their
place. The stronger verbs are more
dynamic and illustrative.
Your
task is to find ten strong verbs for each weak one (for a total of 50
verbs).
Write
a story about yourself that uses each of the 50 verbs. There is no length requirement to your
story. The story may be factual or
fictional. Please underline the verbs as
they are used in your story.
Part
III. Pronoun
Poem
Write
a poem about your life (this is deliberately vague). Each line of the poem should start with a
different pronoun. Your poem should be
at least 20 lines long. Please underline
the pronouns as they are used in your poem.
Part
IV. Acrostic
Adjectives
Write
your first and last names vertically down a piece of paper. On the line next to each letter of your name,
write three adjectives that describe you which begin with that letter.
Part
V. Active
Adverbs
Choose
someone you admire whom you wish you could meet in real life (this cannot be
someone you already know). Make a list
of 15 things this person does or might do (verbs). Now, for each, list two adverbs that could
explain how he/she might do each of
those actions (for a total of thirty adverbs).
Part
VI.
Preposition Poem
Write
a poem about someone you love (if you can think of no one, you may love Ms.
Aboulhosn for the sake of this poem).
Each line of the poem must begin with a preposition. The poem must be at least 15 lines long.
Part
VII. Mnemonic Conjuctions
The
seven conjunctions of the English language are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. Most people remember
them with the word FANBOYS. Create two
mnemonic devices as alternate ways to remember the conjunctions.
For
example, to remember the planets of the solar system, one remembers the
mnemonic My Very Educated
Mother Just Served Us Nachos.*
Part
VIII. Interjections!
Write
a short dialogue where two people who are important in your life are having a
conversation about you. Each person in
the conversation should use at least 5 interjections in the conversation (for a
total of 10 interjections). Remember to
punctuate the dialogue correctly.
INSTRUCTIONS:
·
Create
a title page for your project which includes the title “My Parts Of Speech” and
your full name.
·
Each
project should be completed on a separate piece of paper so that you have at
least 9 pages (counting the title page) when you are finished.
·
Title
each page with the part of speech written in large, clear letters.
·
This
assignment does not need to be typed, though you may choose to type parts of
it.
·
The
entire final assignment is due Wednesday,
January 9, 2013 in class.
·
10
points will be deducted for each day the assignment is late.
GRADING
The total assignment is worth
80 points. Your grade will be based on several factors:
·
Creativity
·
Originality
·
Neatness
·
Spelling,
grammar, and mechanics
·
Accuracy
in understanding the parts of speech
·
Ability
to follow directions
If any part of this
assignment is plagiarized, the entire project will receive a zero.
*Back
in my day, she served nine pizzas. Can
you figure out why?
