PREVIOUS GRAMMAR QUESTION

Less people in Canada are planning travelling over this year because of the worse weather that happened in to many parts of the country recently and because it is expensive.

1. Word Form: Note that “people” is a count noun; as such, you must be careful with the quantifiers that modify it. “Less” is used with non-count nouns; for count nouns use “fewer”.

2. Gerund/Infinitive: After the verb “plan” use the infinitive “to travel” rather than the gerund.

3. Redundant word: “over” should be omitted because “this year” means “over the course of the year”.

4. Adjective form: “worse” is the comparative adjective for “bad”; because nothing is being compared, use “bad”.

5. Verb tense: The time frame is from some time in the past until now, so use the present perfect tense--has happened--rather than the simple past.

6. Word form: “to” is a preposition; here the adverb “too” (an intensifier) is needed.

^{Possible Answer: Fewer people in Canada plan to travel this year because of the bad weather that has happened in too many parts of the country and because it is expensive.}

ACROSTIC

In an acrostic, you start with a theme word and use each letter of that word to start another word or phrase that describes the theme word. The acrostic below is based on the theme word SNOW.

……………S     Slippery                                                                                   

……………N     Numbing                                                                                

……………O     Obliterating                                                   

……………W     Wintery

Write an acrostic based on one of the following themes:
EASTER, PASSOVER, BUNNIES, CHOCOLATE, SPRING, FLOWERS, LILIES, SACRIFICE, HOT CROSS BUNS, CRUCIFIXION

CINQUAIN POEM

A cinquain poem is a five-line poem that is diamond-shaped. Start with a theme word (noun) and then use the pattern 1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 gerunds, 1 full sentence, and finally a synonym for the first noun.
.....................Snow.........................
…………..... Cold, white..................
......Falling, freezing, numbing......
.......It chills fingers and toes...... 
                                                      .....................Ice............................  

Write a cinquain poem based on one of the following themes:
EASTER, PASSOVER, BUNNIES, CHOCOLATE, SPRING, FLOWERS, LILIES, SACRIFICE, HOT CROSS BUNS, CRUCIFIXION

**GRAMMAR QUESTION, March 19th, 2013**

Please correct the errors in the following sentence.

There were to much peoples at the mall so I was hurried up shopping, I was too hurried that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough and I'm having to return them.

There are lots of possible answers--lots of opportunities to earn bonus points!

PUZZLE, March 19th, 2013

Previous Puzzle: There were several correct answers--congratulations to all!

Here is an example of the correct answers:

1. u … super (u/us/sue/sure/super)
2. e … hamper (e/he/her/hare/harem/hamper)
3. o … erosion (o/so/son/ones/snore/sooner/erosion)

Other answers were possible.

 New Puzzle

Let’s try the same thing this week. Add one letter at a time to make a new word: example a to adios (a/as/sad/dais/adios)

1. o … honor
2. i … detail
3. i … elation

There may be more than one correct answer again, so more than one bonus point may be awarded. All words used must be in the dictionary, not a proper noun, and each one must build upon the previous word. 

**ALL CHANGE! March 19th, 2013**

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. For instance, student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated. If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make and number the change you make.

 

My younger sister gleefully received flowers for her birthday.

Changes: #1 Subject noun      #2  Direct object noun        #3 Indirect object noun        
 #4 Adjective               #5 Adverb       #6 Verb name              #7 Verb tense

PUZZLE, March 19th, 2013

Previous Puzzle: There were several correct answers--congratulations to all!

Here is an example of the correct answers:

1. u … super (u/us/sue/sure/super)
2. e … hamper (e/he/her/hare/harem/hamper)
3. o … erosion (o/so/son/ones/snore/sooner/erosion)

Other answers were possible.

 New Puzzle

Let’s try the same thing this week. Add one letter at a time to make a new word: example a to adios (a/as/sad/dais/adios)

1. o … honor
2. i … detail
3. i … elation

There may be more than one correct answer again, so more than one bonus point may be awarded. All words used must be in the dictionary, not a proper noun, and each one must build upon the previous word. 

IDIOMS, March 19th, 2013

There are three idioms that use the word ARM:

 Watch this video and then write a sentence of your own that uses one of these three idioms.

AFFIXES, March 19th, 2013

The word stem -HYDR --(meaning WATER)--occurs in many words. Add an affix (either a prefix or a suffix) to this stem to make another word. Each student should add a different word to the list.