Grammar
Person, Place, Thing
What is a noun?
Write a multi-paragraph composition to convince your teacher which chef’s kitchen would be the best to visit. Provide reasons and support for your opinion and use details from the passage to help you convince your teacher to agree with you.
What is multi-paragraph composition about which kitchen is the best, provide support?
Eleanor Roosevelt was compassionate.
Which evidence BEST supports this?
a. “Gracie wasn’t exactly sure what a personal assistant was, but she did know that Mrs . Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt . . .”
b . “ . . . some people called Mrs . Roosevelt ‘Eleanor Everywhere’ because she flew all over the United States to talk to people and write about their problems .”
c . “She wore a long dark coat with a fur around the collar .”
d. “ ‘This looks wonderful, my dear,’ Mrs . Roosevelt declared as Gracie set the plates before the ladies .”
What is B?
Used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
In “Labels for Life,” the author states, “Learning how to read a nutrition label is not only a great lesson in the key elements of nutrition, but it’s also a great way to learn about making better choices.” Write an essay analyzing how the author supports this statement throughout the passage. Use evidence from the passage to support your answer.
What is an essay about support for the author's statement?
Roger is a Pilot.
Which evidence BEST supports this claim?
a. "He hadn't gotten the hat cleaned on account of the one time they had accidently dumped bleach on it."
b. "At home he got changed and packed his overnight bag. As he headed to the door, his son came down the stairs with a big yawn"
c. "Well, I'm jumping north to Boston, then Chicago, and then LA. We'll overnight there, turn it around in the morning, and repeat in reverse. The weather is clear so I should be back on time tomorrow."
What is C?
A word that describes something.
What is an adjective?
In the passage, the author makes the claim that Harriet Chalmers Adams “demonstrated women can do anything they want in life .” Write an essay analyzing how the author supports the claim . Use evidence from the passage to support your response.
What is an essay and how the author supports the claim?
What evidence BEST supports that Jeffry is making pizza?
a. "It was Mother's Day, and Jeffry was trying to surprise her with a homemade version of her favorite food."
b. "Red sauce was smeared across the cabinet and the floor."
c. "It occurred to Jeffry's mother that her son may have tried to toss the dough into the air like he'd perhaps seen in TV...but that he'd tossed it after he'd loaded on the toppings."
d. "She hugged her son and then handed him her phone."
What is C?
Group of words that have either a subject or a verb. But NOT both.
What is a phrase?
In order to survive, people have been known to go to great lengths and to do things they would not ordinarily do. Write an essay for your teacher that explains the lengths to which people will go in order to survive. You may use examples from real life, books, movies, or television shows to support your essay.
What is an essay and what lengths people will go to to survive.
The Mustangs are a Baseball team.
What evidence BEST supports this?
a. "Naturally, the teams top officials are trying to determine the cause of this."
b. "The parking lots were expanded last year."
c. "Thus, they are considering adding more entertainment between innings. They are also trying to book more popular celebrities to sing the National Anthem."
What is
Group of words that have BOTH a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
Some people feel that the public school system does not adequately prepare students for the real world. Identify one improvement you think schools need to make in order to better prepare students for life after high school. Write a letter to the school board in which you describe this improvement and explain why it is needed.
What is a letter and one improvement schools should make?
The author developed Grandma Olsen's point of view by revealing the thoughts of Grandma Olsen through the thoughts of Gracie.
Choose TWO pieces of evidence that BEST support this claim.
a. “Not the kind of language Grandma Olsen would like to hear, but Gracie was as angry . . .”
b. “It was a mile walk from Grandma and Grandpap Olsen’s to the Allegheny County Airport . . .”
c. “If Grandma Olsen were here, she’d probably put the bacon on first, Gracie thought .”
d. “ ‘Wait till I tell Grandma and Grandpap,’ Gracie said .”
What is A and C?