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8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Independent Reading
2. Grammar
3. Writing Workshop
Assignments:
-Comment on 2 students'
responses (F)
-Grammar Ch 1 L 6-7 (F)

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Grammar Lessons 6: Kinds of Sentences
Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative
Exclamatory
.
?
. or !
!
asks a question; always ends with a
question mark
tells or asks someone to do something;
usually ends with a period but may end
with an exclamation point
makes a statement; always ends with a
period
shows strong feeling; always ends with an
exclamation point

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Grammar Chapter 1, Lesson 7: Subjects in unusual positions
Question: the subject comes after the verb or between parts of the
verb phrase
Commands: the subject is (you)
Inverted Sentences: the subject comes after the verb
Sentences beginning with here or there: subjects follow verbs
(IMPORTANT- the subject is almost never here or there
Are you walking to the Brooklyn Bridge?
Put on your comfortable shoes.
Across the East River extends the bridge.
Here comes the bus to Brooklyn.

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1. Would you like a trip to the past?
2. Visit the historic town of Williamsburg, Virginia.
3. Between the James and York rivers lies this popular tourist attraction.
4. Here is a brief description.
5. Within the town are over 80 homes and other buildings from the 1700s.
6. There are also more than 400 reconstructed buildings.
7. Along the streets stroll actors in colonial costumes.
8. Inside some buildings are demonstrations of crafts.
9. Are you planning a trip to Williamsburg?
10. Read a brochure or travel book for more information.

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Choose a character in a book you have read or a movie you have seen. Pretend to be that character, and
write a diary entry for one day in that character's life. Use at least one of each kind of sentence (declarative,
interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory). Also, use a sentence that is inverted and another that begins with
here or there.

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Organization
Organization is structure, the central meaning,
the pattern of ideas within a piece of writing.
When something can be read without effort, great effort has
gone into its writing.
~Enrique Jardiel Poncela
Organization.pps

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