Sentence Complements

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Part I – Identifying Direct and Indirect Objects

Underline and label the direct objects and the indirect objects.

1.     John Updike has written many novels, short stories, poems, and essays.

2.     Janet read me one of his short stories.

3.     Mrs. Smith showed us Updike's list of greatest authors.

4.     We gave his choices our full attention.

5.     His choices included Homer, Proust, and Shakespeare.

6.     Updike places William Shakespeare at the top of his list of favorite authors.

7.     Many would commend him for that choice.

8.     Shakespeare's genius for words changed the English language.

9.     His plots captivate readers.

10.                        His themes include human wisdom and folly, joy and sorrow, love and revenge.

Part II – Identifying Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjective

Underline the subject once and the linking verb twice.  Label.  Circle and label the predicate noun or predicate adjectives

1.     The roses smell fresh and fragrant.

2.     Joan is both a great gardener and landscape architect.

3.     We feel cheerful in this well-designed space.

4.     Two common shade plants are hydrangeas and hostas.

5.     Fresh, edible flowers look spectacular on a salad or cake.

Part III – Mixing it Up!

In each sentence below, identify the italicized word or words. After the sentence, write DO (direct object), IO (indirect object), PA (predicate adjective), or PN (predicate noun), depending on what the italicized word is in the sentence.

1.     Many people use their hands in conversation.

2.     At times, such gestures may seem silly or unnecessary.

3.     At other times, such gestures appear meaningful.

4.     Patrick read me an article on a recent scientific study about using hands during speech.

5. People in the study were either blind or sighted.

Writing 1 Class Notes -- Week 8 (March 17)

Greetings!

This week in class we started with a Quick Write that asked about family heritage since it was St. Patrick's Day.  While my kids are "mutts," a blend of 8 or 9 nationalities, we have incorporated some Scandinavian traditions into our family celebrations.  As I write this, I'm thinking that it would be fun to incorporate some those British, German, and Scotch-Irish elements into our family, too.

The Words of the Day were short words or words for very small items:

aglet -- fr. OF aiguillette, a small needle -- the plastic or metal end of a shoelace

chad -- origin unknown -- a small round or square bit of paper formed when a hole is punched

grommet -- fr, OF gromette, curb of a bridle -- a metal or plastic ring encasing and reinforcing a hole

vim -- fr. an Americanism; fr. Latin vis, energy, force -- a lively and enthusiastic spirit

mauw -- fr. German, maul, muzzle -- the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal

I handed back the Rough Drafts of the Themes/Character Essays.  The class did a wonderful job with this assignment.  When I hand back rough drafts, I like to use that as an opportunity to go over common errors.  Students can learn points of grammar with worksheets, but it makes the most sense in the context of their own writing.  I had the students come up and list on the board errors that were on their own essays, and then I added a few others.  We also talked briefly about plagiarism, which is taking the data, information, or comments of another and writing them as if they are your own.  It's good to add insights from others, but it's important to give credit where credit is due.  (We will cover this more in Writing 2)

The class had read 2 O. Henry short stories for this week:  "Makes the Whole World Kin" and "The Furnished Room."  We read aloud portions of first one and discussed it.

For the past few weeks, during the Grammar portion of class we've been learning about various types of phrases.  Now, we're moving on to types of sentences and elements in a a sentence.

Assignments for this Week:

Read "Retrieved Reformation" and "Pimienta Pancakes"

Fill out one Short Story worksheet for each story (both sides)

Final Drafts of Themes/Character Essays

Grammar Worksheets -- 9.2 and 9.3

Links for this Week:

Class Notes

Retrieved Reformation (audiobook)

Retrieved Reformation (Listen & Read)

Pimienta Pancakes (audiobook)

Direct and Indirect Objects video

Have a beautiful week!

Mrs. Prichard