9 APRIL 2015

BELL ACTIVITY:

IF YOU DIDN’T COMPLETE YESTERDAY’S ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT DEALING WITH MINIMUM WAGE, PLEASE FINISH IT NOW.

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED YESTERDAY’S ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT DEALING WITH MINIMUM WAGE, READ SILENTLY FROM YOUR IRB BOOK

ORWORK ON MEMORIZING YOUR PREPOSITIONS FOR TODAY’S TOURNAMENT.

TODAY’S AGENDA:

PRACTICE ROUND

PREPOSITION TOURNAMENT

MARK THE TOP OF THE COLUMN IN WHICH YOU WILL BEGIN THIS ROUNDTURN THE PAPER FACE DOWN

HANDS IN THE AIR WHEN I CALL “READY”

KEEP THE PAPER FACE DOWN TILL I SAY “BEGIN”

MARK EACH PREPOSITION AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. DO NOT MARK WORDS THAT ARE NOT PREPOSITIONS.

MOVE FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN

HANDS IN THE AIR WHEN I CALL TIME.

PREPOSITIONS TOURNAMENT

SCORING: HAND YOUR SHEET TO THE PERSON BEHIND YOU.

USE A BALL POINT PEN TO CROSS OFF EACH PREPOSITION AS IT IS CALLED

COUNT THE NUMBER OF PREPOSITIONS MARKED BOTH WITH A HIGHLIGHTER AND A PEN.

WRITE THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST COLUMN CORRECTED.

RETURN THE PAPER TO THE OWNER. OWNER CHECK THE SCORE.

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE, OR CLOSE/QUESTIONABLE SCORES, THE NUMBER OF WORDS HIGHLIGHTED INCORRECTLY WILL BE SUBSTRACTED.

MOVEMENT: IN EACH PAIR (EXCEPT THOSE SEATED ON THE FRONT ROW),

THE PERSON WITH THE HIGHER SCORE MOVES UP ONE DESKTHE PERSON WITH THE LOWER SCORE STAYS SEATED.

ON THE FRONT ROW, THE PERSON WITH THE HIGHER SCORE STAYS SEATED AND THE PERSON WITH THE LOWER SCORE MOVES TO THE BACK

THE CHAMPION IS….. THE PERSON IN THE FRONT ROW WHO WINS THE LAST ROUND

PLAYED.

TOMORROW’S GRAMMAR QUIZ WILL COVER

NOUNS:CONCRETE, ABSTRACT, COMMON, PROPER AND IDENTIFYING NOUNS IN A SENTENCE.

THE ARTICLE ADJECTIVES

PRONOUNS: PERSONAL: 1ST , 2ND , 3RD, SINGULAR, PLURAL, CASE (SUBJECT, OBJECT, POSSESSIVE)DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS VS DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVESINDEFINITE PRONOUNSINTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

MATCHING THE PRONOUN TO ITS ANTECEDENT

IDENTFYING PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES