Commas
Where do the commas go?
9:45 p.m. Tuesday March 15 2021
9:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, 2021
I was going to eat breakfast. Then I heard a knock at the door.
I was going to eat breakfast, but then I heard a knock at the door.
"Having been made greater in size or value."
Augmented
A national legislative body
Congress
Who wrote The Giver?
Lois Lowry
What two pieces are needed to create an independent clause?
Subject & Predicate
I baked a cake. My sister decorated it with frosting.
I baked a cake, and my sister decorated it with frosting.
"Comfort or consolation in a time of distress"
Solace
He showed a dynamic ___________ for science, leading him to win the Nobel prize.
Aptitude
Name one difference between The Giver by Lois Lowry and the film adaptation.
Characters, setting, plot, etc.
"Depending on the day"
Dependent Clause
I wanted to go for a walk. The pouring rain kept me indoors.
Identify all of the adverbs: Dejected, Tentatively, Lethargy, Solace, Stealthily, Languid, Sarcastic, Augmented.
Tentatively, Stealthily.
"A return to former or less developed states."
Regression
Give one example of a theme that we see in The Giver.
Independence, Knowledge, Revolution, Right VS. Wrong, etc.
Where should the commas go?
Des whose favorite color is green does not want to go to the beach because it is really hot outside.
Des, whose favorite color is green, does not want to go to the beach because it is really hot outside.
She brought a jacket. The weather was getting colder.
She brought a jacket, for the weather was getting colder.
After a long week of late nights and early mornings, Sam felt a wave of _________ that made even simple tasks seem overwhelming.
Lethargy
Identify all abstract nouns: Transgress, Congress, Regression, Trajectory, Projectile, Aptitude, Solitude, Lassitude.
DAILY DOUBLE: Which of these words can be a noun, adjective, and adverb?
Congress, Regression, Trajectory, Aptitude, Solitude, Lassitude.
DAILY DOUBLE: Projectile
Name as many roles that someone might be assigned in the universe of The Giver?
Nurturer, Receiver of Memory, Chief Elder, Drone Pilot, etc...
What kind of sentence piece is this?
"On Thanksgiving Day"
Introductory Phrase
Can you sing the FANBOY song?
For And Nor But Or Yet So (Fanboys help our clauses grow // FANBOYS, Fanboys help us to connect)
Define "languid."
Weak and faint; slow and relaxed.
Define "lassitude."
A physical state of mental weariness.
Exposition, Inciting Action, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.