Grammar Stop
What part of speech is the word quickly in the sentence “She ran quickly to catch the bus”?
Adverb
What is the name of the boy Bruno meets at the fence?
Shmuel
Is this sentence written in active or passive voice?
“The cookies were baked by Sarah.”
Passive
What is plagiarism?
Taking someone else's work without giving them credit
Finish the following quote - "Life is about..."
Choices
What tense is the verb in this sentence: “They had eaten before the movie started”?
Past Perfect Tense
What does Bruno call the place where his family moves that is actually Auschwitz?
Out-With
Rewrite this sentence in active voice:
“The book was read by the student.”
The student read the book.
(Yeah, right...a student reading a book...)
One way to avoid plagiarism?
Cite your sources!
What was the very first formal writing you did for this 7th grade year in ELA?
My First Day of High School
What type of sentence is this: “Can you help me with my homework?”
Interrogative
Why does Bruno’s family move from Berlin to "Out-With"?
his father got a promotion as commandant of the concentration camp
What is the correct way to fix this run-on sentence?
“I like pizza it is my favorite food.”
I like pizza. It is my favorite food.
True or False: You don’t need to cite something if you found it on the internet.
False!
Al Capone, famous gangster, was the topic of one of our writings. What city did Al Capone control?
What punctuation mark is missing?
“I brought my notebook my pencil and my textbook.”
a comma (after notebook and pencil)
Besides friendship, what is one major theme in the novel?
Innocence/Friendship/Prejudice and Discrimination
When quoting something from a text or paraphrasing it - in our own writing - it is referred to as "using ____".
Evidence or text-based evidence
True of False: It is impossible to plagiarize yourself...I mean after all, you wrote it!
False!
The titanic sank in what month?
April
Identify the pronoun and its antecedent:
“Samantha gave her book to Julia.”
pronoun is her and the antecedent is Samantha
What do the "striped pajamas" symbolize in the story?
the dehumanization of Jewish people in concentration camps
Identify the subject, verb, and object in this passive sentence:
“The championship was won by the underdog team.”
Subject: The championship
Verb: was won
Object: the underdog team
If you copy a sentence word-for-word from a book and use quotation marks and cite the author, could it still be plagiarism?
Yes
Bonus: If you cite it incorrectly it is still considered plagiarism.
Yellowstone National Park's population of bison is both beneficial and a subject of an argument. What two groups argue over the hunting of the bison?
The native tribes and the conservationists.