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9/3/13
8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Independent Reading
2. Grammar
3. Writing Workshop
Assignments:
-wkbook 6 and 9 (W)
-comment on 2 reading
responses (F)

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Complete sentences must have two
things:
Subject
Verb

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Chapter 1, Lesson 1 Notes
• Complete Subject- all the words that tell whom or
what the sentence is about
• Complete Predicate- the verb and all the words that
complete the verb's meaning
• EX: Metropolitan areasinclude suburbs
Subject and Predicate Chain

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Chapter 1, Lessons 2 and 3: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
• Simple subject- the main word or group of words in the
complete subject
• Simple Predicate- the verb- the main word or words in the
complete predicate
• EX: Many Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

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Pull a sentence from the left. Identify
the subject and verb. Check your work by
dragging the sentence into the box below. You
can throw away the sentence when you are
done with it.
PullPull
way.
PullPull
en.
PullPull
of his
PullPull

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Find the noun and verb in each sentence.
Drag it to the appropriate column.
Mrs. Zinkoff looks up the street.
At first Zinkoff shades his eyes.
He reaches back to shut the door.
Subject (Noun) Verb (Action)

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My Writing Territories
• Family- Doug, Taylor, Ruby, Henry!!
• Wedding on the beach in Key West!!
• Ruby's obsession with the zoo, the pool, and diving on the couch
• Prayers/journal
• Books reviews
• My mom- everything that she went with cancer, information/memories to share with Taylor,
Ruby, and Henry
• My students- what they do each day as they become better students
• St. John-curriculum, methods, letters, scripts, presentations for other teachers;
Thesis paper packet
• Friends- how they have influenced me; toasts for weddings; letters to them
• Short stories- my dad, growing up
• Newspaper articles for The Sower
• Teaching- why I love it
• Australia- nature, Milo, People to People
• Europe- culture, architecture
• Mountain Dew, Snickers, and other vices of mine
• Childhood memories- Wilma, running into a parked car, trying to put an ad in the paper so
someone could adopt my brothers
• Moving Out- of dads; to college; to St. Louis
• Divorce- essays in college; help for teenagers facing their parents divorce
• Yadi
• Meeting Moe Williams
• Devotions
• Football
• Example papers for students
• Letters to companies
• Masters class essays- St. John, lessons, research
• Poetry- I am from reading, growing up
• Diary entries with Mrs. Durst
• Journals in my scrapbook pages
• Our dream to move to Key West and start a Bed and Breakfast
• My obsession with Pride and Prejudice, especially the movie...no one can be Mr. Darcy
• Potty training Henry this summer
• Growing up with my best friend Mary-grade school, high school, college
• The Grand Canyon Trip with 8th graders
• Casting Crowns- their music, meeting them, just the right moment

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In collecting your writing territories, consider....
• memories: early, earlier, and recent
• obsessions
• idiosyncrasies
• problems
• dreams
• itches
• understandings
• confusions
• passions
• sorrows
• risks
• accomplishments
• fears
• worries
• fantasies
• family, close and distant
• friends, now and then
• fads
• favorites, now and then
• pets, now and then
• teachers, now and then
• places: school, camp, trips, times
away with friends and relatives
• hobbies
• sports
• games
• music
• books
• poems
• songs
• movies
• writers and artists
• food
• pet peeves
• beloved things-objects and
possessions-now and then
• all the loves of your life