Books
What are the two books we read as a class this year and who are the authors?
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Grendel by John Gardner
List the nominative case pronouns.
I, she, he, we, they, and who
List two sets of homophones that we've used this year
two, too, to
there, their, they're
spell bee-leave
believe
List the names of the 4 people we've studied this year
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
J.R.R. Tolkien
Joseph Campbell
Who gets pregnant in The Children of Men, by P.D. James and what is its significance?
Julian. She is the first person to get pregnant since the Omegas were born.
How do you properly punctuate book titles while writing online?
a) Underlining
b) quotations
c) italics
c) italics
use there, their, and they're each in a sentence.
The children left their coats on the hanger.
They're very short.
spell for-tea
forty
Which person was most commonly known for The Hero's Journey?
Joseph Campbell
what is the premise of The Children of Men, by P.D. James?
the world has become infertile, which prevents everyone from having any children.
state whether the following pronouns are nominative or objective:
a) Whom will this card be addressed to?
b) What will Delebie do without her?
a) objective case
b) objective case
Use two, too, and to each in a sentence.
I have two hands.
He he wants to go to the grocery store too.
I need to eat food now.
spell a-comma-date
accommodate
Which two peoples' thoughts were we able to apply to Grendel by John Gardner? Give an example for each.
Carl Jung: archetypes
Sigmund Freud: id, ego, superego
What are two Jungian and Freudian thoughts that can be applied to Grendel in the book Grendel, by John Gardner?
archetypes and the id, ego, and superego
Which citation format is NOT typically used once you reach college?
a) MLA
b) APA
c) Chicago/Turabian
a) MLA
Are the following forms of buy, bye, and by used correctly? If not, rearrange the sentence.
I waved buy to mom then went in a shop to by some art books bye Delebie C.
No. Correct placement:
I waved bye to mom then went in a shop to buy some art books by Delebie C.
spell flower-essence
fluorescent
Which person attempted to create a new language?What was it called?
J.R.R. Tolkien and Esperanto
List three themes from The Children of Men by P.D. James and give an example of one.
1. Power: When Theo took Xan's coronation ring
2. Hope
3. Faith
state the pronoun needed to complete this sentence and whether it is nominative or objective case.
We were waiting to find out ___ the new cheerleader would be.
Objective case, who/whom
Are the following forms of whose and who's used correctly? If not, rearrange the sentence.
Who's supposed to pick up whose groceries??
The sentence is correct.
spell show-fur
chauffeur
List all 4 of the people we've discussed this year and give one example of each of their views or accomplishments.
Sigmund Freud: id, ego, superego
J.R.R. Tolkien: Invented new language
Joesph Campbell: The Hero's Journey