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8th Grade Language Arts
Assignments:
-2 comments on reading response (F)
Agenda:
-Supplemental Vocab list (TH)
1. Independent Reading
-Vocabulary Unit 5 (TH)
2. Grammar
-Spelling Test (TH)
-Book Review Final Draft (Th- end of
class)
*Be adding words to your supplemental vocab list
[Mrs. Slavens will check on Thursday!]
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Chapter 9, Lesson 1: Agreement in Number
• A verb must agree with its subject in number
Singular and Plural Subjects:
• Singular subjects take singular verbs
-The new museum displays works by local artists.
• Plural subjects take plural verbs
-Chicago's art museums display priceless paintings.
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Verb Phrases:
• In a verb phrase, it is the first helping verb that agrees with
the subject.
-Theresa has collected ceramic figurines.
-Friends have admired her interesting collection.
Doesn't and Don't
• Use doesn't with singular subjects
• Use don't with plural subjects
• in formal writing, do not use contractions
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Complete with Table Groups
1. A popular saying (is/are) "Opposites Attract."
2. On the contrary, we (doesn't/don't) often seek relationships
with people who hold values different from our own.
3. Personality clashes (spoils/spoil) relationships.
4. Differences (creates/create) tension.
5. Typically, a talkative person (prefers/prefer) the company of
other sociable people.
6. A quiet individual sometimes (feels/feel) more comfortable with
their fellow introverts.
7. Teens usually (selects/select) friends who are most like them.
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Rewrite this paragraph
Sometimes the best friends is the ones you least expect..
More than once I has meet someone I didn't grow to like
for several years. When I met my friend Kelli two years
ago, she were obnoxious and I couldn't stand her. Now we
hangs out almost everyday. She don't seem like the same
person I once met.
Language Network pg 210
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