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Write the superlative form of the adjective "interesting."
most interesting
What form is this adjective in?
Tasty
The positive form
Look at the quote and the student's attempt at paraphrasing. Did the student paraphrase or plagiarize? Why or why not?
"Diets typically fail because after they end, people go back to eating how they were eating before."
Student: Diets fail because after they end, a lot of people go back to the diet they were eating before.
Plagiarize because too many words are repeated and the overall structure of the sentence is the same.
Where can you find appositives in a sentence?
Beginning, middle, or end of a sentence
How many people live in Montbello? (approximately) Closest answer will get the points!
35,000-36,000
How many oceans does Earth have?
5
How do you change a one syllable adjective to the comparative form?
Add "er"
What are the steps to paraphrasing?
1. Read
2. Take notes
3. Write in own words
4. Check it against the original
5. Cite your source
What is the appositive in this sentence?
My dog, Squeaker, likes to run in circles.
Squeaker
Name one place where penguins live in the wild.
Answers will vary
Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Namibia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Write a sentence with the appositive AT THE END of the sentence.
Answers will vary.
Change the adjective "long" to the superlative form.
Longest
Is the following quote being plagiarized by the student? Why or why not?
“Society was different before there were farmers. Nearly everybody spent a lot of time gathering plants for food, hunting or fishing.”
Student: Before people developed farming, life was different. Almost everybody spent their time gathering food they could find or hunting animals.
No, because it changes the structure and almost all of the words.
Write a sentence with an appositive.
Answers will vary.
How tall is the tallest person who ever lived? Closest answer will get the points!
8 feet 11 inches
Solve for x
9=3(5x-2)
x=1
What word goes after an adjective in the comparative form?
Than
Give two reasons why plagiarism is wrong.
Taking someone else's work, you're not learning, you're lying about your work...etc.
Find the appositive in the sentence and put commas where they should go.
Our school which offers foreign language classes has a lot of teachers who speak multiple languages.
Our school, which offers foreign language classes, has a lot of teachers who speak multiple languages.
Name 4 ingredients that are in most cakes.
Flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, water/milk
Dover is capital of what state?
Delaware
Rewrite the whole sentence so that it correctly uses the adjective.
It is more dangerouser to ride a motorcycle than to drive a car.
It is more dangerous to ride a motorcycle than to drive a car.
Paraphrase the following sentence: “Populations in rural regions often do not have access to close supermarkets or grocery stores where they can get fresh fruits and vegetables."
It is hard to get fresh fruits and vegetables in small towns and rural areas because there are not many grocery stores nearby.
Put an appositive in the following sentence:
Food deserts most often impact people in low income neighborhoods.
EX:
Food deserts, areas where there isn't close access to fresh and healthy food, most often impact people in low income neighborhoods.
Name 3 countries that are islands.
New Zealand, Cuba, The UK, Indonesia, The Bahamas...etc.