Grammar Bites
What are the 4 different sentence types we have learned about so far?
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex
Its important to practice book moves in Chess, but you must also stay flexible to other strategies.
Change Its to It's
What would Mr. R teach if he wasn't teaching English?
Culinary
For an extra 100, what subject did I say I would never teach because I'd probably get fired or go to jail?
This type of question has 5 answer choices instead of the regular 4.
How are introductions and conclusions similar?
They both have to have a thesis statement.
List 5 different ways to use a comma
Commas in a series, FANBOYS, to separate adjectives, appositive phrases, after THAMO words, after intro phrases, Direct Addresses, Dates.
Don't try to overthink things like this; because, you'll start to overlook simple ideas and get it wrong.
Answers will vary.
What Pokemon is on Mr. R's lanyard?
Gengar
This type of question usually ask you for a specific word
Fill in the blank
What are the two categories that ECR's are scored under?
Grammar / Development of Ideas
What are the grammar categories you are graded on? *Bonus Points*
I find it very annoying when people who are rude to me tell me it costs nothing to be kind when I can match their energy for free.
Compound Complex Sentence
*Bonus* How many DEPENDENT clauses are there in the sentence?*
My Hero Academia, a Japanese Manga series, had one of the most horrible dog water endings of any Japanese Manga I had the unfortunate misfortune to read. (Edit for wordiness and redundancy)
Answers will vary.
Which is the NEWEST shark in Mr. R's collection?
Hawaiian Shirt Shark AKA Finn
Extra points opportunity - What is the name of my Shorse (shark horse fusion)?
This is the only multiple choice question that requires you to have text evidence.
Part A / Part B question
Why is it impossible to score a 2/2 in grammar when you got a 0/3 in Idea Development?
If you score a 0 on development grammar doesn't count.
Write an sentence an appositive phrase and a semi colon.
answers will vary
Combine into a sentence with an appositive phrase.
Eren Yeager lives in Paradis.
Eren is a titan shifter.
Eren started the rumbling.
Answers will vary
Mr. R has all of the this artists major releases on vinyl.
Tyler the Creator
You should use the Checks and Exes strategy to deal with these types of questions. These questions are usually about two different texts.
The Crossover question / Paired Passage questions
Bonus
*What do these questions look like? Write a question*
Name 2 different body paragraph structures.
TEXT / MEAL / RACES / REEL
What are the THAMO words ,and how do you use them??
Therefore, However, Also, Meanwhile, Otherwise
You use them after a semicolon with a comma.
; therefore,
Jolyne and her father, Jotaro have both been through some truly bizarre adventures, although they each had there friends and family with them to help them out in the toughest most stressful situations.
Add a comma after "Jotaro", remove the comma after although, add the comma between "toughest" and "most stressful".
What's the lore behind the bee plushie?
I'm allergic and a student thought it would be funny to give me something I'm allergic to.
What type of questions are usually assessed with the GRID question type? What makes them so difficult to get points from them?
Summary questions or Agree/Not Agree questions
The ENTIRE grid needs to be correct.
The Girl Scouts are a pillar of girls empowerment because of how they were able to be on the same level as the boy scouts. Girls now had the opportunities for fun and service only previously available to boys. This was a bid for gender equality that distinguished the Girl Scouts from its competitors who stressed differences between girls and boys... This shows us that the girls and boys were able to participate in the same things further letting them get on equal playing field.
Score is 2/3 the information is good the development can be improved mostly with better flowing sentences. The text evidence is just added in without any quotation or transition.