Future Assignments
When to use hyphens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WptlLlhfU
When to capitalize mom and dad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5im1PkxEI8
When to use commas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk0k2FLjM1c
The Astronaut; an inspiring story -
What is Q-Anon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYZBxH4I_GA
Who is Marjorie Taylor Greene? What does she represent? How did she get where she is? Why is she in the news so much?
Let's have a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC27Ly-GwJY
How to hook your reader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEXXiHz5km4
How to write a good topic sentence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkVH9Z4dIU
When to use a
semi-colon:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/introduction-to-semicolons/v/introduction-to-the-semicolon-the
When to use a colon:
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS771US771&ei=mMQHYJ-TI7K_0PEP_smJyAY&q=video+on+how+to+use+a+colon&oq=video+on+how+to+use+a+colon&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoECAAQRzoECAAQDToICAAQCBAHEB46CggAEAgQBxAKEB46BggAEAgQHjoICAAQCBAKEB46BAghEApQr1tYqGxgyHpoAHACeACAAXWIAboHkgEDMi43mAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesgBCMABAQ&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwifv8S86KnuAhWyHzQIHf5kAmkQ4dUDCA0&uact=5
The Civil War:The Civil War:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnEKiw7LPvw&list=PLob1mZcVWOaj5fepZfLOE1ZIbuJTmBe_l
Once again, make a timeline answering the 5 W's: Who, What, Where, When, Why and also answer What weapons were used, and how many casualties on both sides? (Due Monday, November 30)
email: jbaxter@tamdistrict.org
Slavery: a triangle route was used to transport Africans long before this Civil War. Let's take a look at this:
4). Keep practicing writing your thesis statements.
You can use most of the topics listed below or make up some of your own. Try to write a strong thesis statement at least twice a week. Start by reviewing these links.
How to write a strong thesis statement
Below are a few Essay Topics -
Pick the Essay Topics below, until you've written thesis statements for all of them. After, make up one of your own.
Essay Topics
The Perfect Home for Less Than $400,000
Iraq - Problems and Solutions
Social Pressure in School
What Is A Good Life?
The Five Most Important Things to Know
What the World is Like For Teens Today
What Every Parent of Teens Should Know
The Perfect Car
The Best Teacher I Ever Had
Which Career for Me?
Assume Nothing - What Does it Mean?
"Mean Girl"s. Truth or Fiction?
The Most Important Person in My Life
How I Will Raise My Children
My Best Friend
Abortion - Both Sides
Five Ways to Be Truly Annoying
What My Brothers and Sisters Mean to Me
The Ups and Downs of Friendship
1). Grammar, Reading Comprehension
Use me or I?
"I" should be used because it's the correct choice when it comes to subjects. It can also be helpful to consider the position of the word in the sentence. "I" is used before the verb, while "me" is almost always used after the verb (the exception being the predicate nominative).
Let's watch a quick video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwAdeq4uyIU
Language Arts: Conventions and Usage; text with questions
Worksheet #2 (1-12)