Roots
Geo
earth
definition of symbolism
when a item has both a literal and figurative meaning
What is the subject of the following sentence?
Conor and Edu are playing in Pac the Bac.
Conor/Edu
statement or claim?
The Chicago Cubs are the superior baseball team in Chicago.
claim
There is a rivalry between the Yoyos and Heroes, the male eighth grade advisories.
eighth-grade
-gram
letter/writing
definition of tone
author's attitude
What is the direct object in the sentence?
Finn and Grigs love to play basketball in their spare time.
basketball
Statement or Claim:
Cats are nearsighted, but their peripheral vision and night vision are much better than that of humans.
staement
"Does the pencil pillow scare you" Mrs. Horvath asked the class?
you?"
omni
all
definition of theme
the moral or central message
What is the object of the preposition?
Anthea dressed the pencil pillow in baby clothes and placed it above the cabinets.
cabinets
Write a claim about the theme of your dystopian novel.
varies
add a semi colon
Anthea dressed the pencil pillow in baby clothes, and she made a scary face for it.
Anthea dressed the pencil pillow in baby clothes; she made a scary face for it.
mal
bad
give an example of an internal and external conflict
Katniss vs. the careers
Peeta and his struggles not changing for the Capitol
give me the past, past participle, and present participle of the base verb: run
ran, run, running
what should be included in a counterclaim?
transition, opposition, verb, and reason
Proofread
The eighth grade trip to Washington D.C. is in just under two weeks.
The eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C. is in just under two weeks.
use a word using the root jud in a sentence
The judicial review is complete.
give an example of a theme statement
The theme of The Hunger Games is
Label the nouns in the sentence:
We ran to the store and picked up some pencils.
We - subject
store - object of the prep
pencils - direct object
write a counterclaim for the claim:
Schools should have uniforms.
However, schools should not have uniforms because they stifle student's creativity and individuality.
Proofread:
In under twenty six days the eighth graders will graduate from Stanley Clark, and they will move on to their high school careers.
In under twenty-six days the eighth-graders will graduate from Stanley Clark; they will move on to their high school careers.