Lesson 3.1

 

Warm-Up 3.1:  

     How did you spend your weekend?  Write a 3 frame comic, with a sentence describing each frame, or write a 5 - 7 sentence paragraph.

 

Classwork 3.1:

     Take Notes:

• Sentence Variation

 

• Simple Sentences 

 

• Fragments
• Run-ons 

 

Homework 3.1:

     Write five simple sentences about vacation spots.

 

NxGCSOs:

Narrative:

     ELA.8.W.C9.3

     ELA.8.W.C10.2

     ELA.8.W.C11.3

 

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Lesson 3.2

 

Warm-Up 3.2:  

     Write 6 simple sentences: three about making food, three about zombies.

 

Classwork 3.2:

     Take Notes:

• Compound Sentences 

 

• FANBOYS

 

 

Compound Sentence Activity:

Exercise 2:

Compound Sentences Activity

 

Remember your FANBOYS?  Read the following sentences and re-write them in your notebooks with a conjunction connecting the two sentences.  The sentence must make sense!  Don’t throw in a conjunction without thinking about it.  Some slight changes to the sentences may occur.

 

1. 1.     Would you like to go to the movies?  Would you rather stay home tonight?

 

1. 2.     Mr. Doyle’s new coffee maker is really great.  He drinks too much coffee.

 

1. 3.     You will not like Hulk when he is angry.  You will not like Hulk when he turns green.

 

1. 4.     Korra was able to defeat Zaheer.  Korra changed in the process.

 

1. 5.     The next season of Arrow is going to be awesome!  The Flash gets his own TV show!

 

1. 6.     I spend a lot of time watching TV shows.  I have a lot of favorite shows.

 

1. 7.     I may not get much sleep at night.  I always find a way to get out of bed.

 

1. 8.     All of my students will pass my class.  All of my students will go to college.

 

 

Closure 3.2:

     Staple homework and warm-ups together, put your name, date, and class period on both sides of every sheet.  Turn sheets into your class section. 

 

NxGCSOs:

Narrative:

     ELA.8.W.C9.3

     ELA.8.W.C10.2

     ELA.8.W.C11.3

 

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Lesson 3.3

 

Warm-Up 3.3:

     Write a paragraph about the time your hamster was kidnapped, use only compound sentences with FANBOYS.  Must be 5 - 7 sentences. 

 

Classwork 3.3:

     Take Notes:

• Semicolons

 

 

Homework 3.3:

     Write five sentences with semicolons used correctly.

 

NxGCSOs:

Narrative:

     ELA.8.W.C9.3

     ELA.8.W.C10.2

     ELA.8.W.C11.3

 

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Lesson 3.4

 

Warm-Up 3.4:  

     Which do you like better, compound sentences with FANBOYS or compound sentences with semicolons.  Why can't you use both?  Write 5 - 7 sentences.

 

Classwork 3.4:

     Take Notes:

• Prepositional Phrases & Complex Sentences

 

Homework 3.4:

     Write five sentences, include and circle a preposition in each.

 

NxGCSOs:

Narrative:

     ELA.8.W.C9.3

     ELA.8.W.C10.2

     ELA.8.W.C11.3

 

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Lesson 3.5

 

Warm-Up 3.5:  

     Invent a superhero.  Describe them in a compound sentence, a complex sentence, and draw them.

 

Classwork 3.5:

     Take Notes:

• Super Sentences (Compound/Complex Sentences)

 

 

     Play collaborative writing game (with sentence variation).

 

Homework 3.5:

     Write five compound sentences.  Topic must be school appropriate. 

 

 

NxGCSOs:

Narrative:

     ELA.8.W.C9.3

     ELA.8.W.C10.2

     ELA.8.W.C11.3

 

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Lesson 3.6

 

Warm-Up 3.6:  

     Write a short paragraph about food.  Include one simple sentence, one compound sentence, one complex sentence, and one compound/complex sentence.

 

Exam 3.6:

     Take Exam on Sentence Structure.

 

Closure 3.6:

     Staple and Turn in homework and warmups.

 

 

NxGCSOs:

Narrative:

     ELA.8.W.C9.3

     ELA.8.W.C10.2

     ELA.8.W.C11.3