Mrs. Groom~LA8~2011-12

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Edgar Allan Poe/Short Stories

The link to "These are the Five Things" video we watched in class on Wednesday, October 26.

You have an assignment for a close reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart" that is due on Monday, October 31. Get the packet in class on Friday. I will be out of school on Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28 and return on Monday, October. 31. Happy Haunting!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Preposition Help

A quizlet for the 36 common prepositions on test Monday, October 17
What is a preposition? A GREAT SITE: What are prepositional phrases?

Big Dog's Grammar~Preposition Quiz
More identification help

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Many English speakers cannot understand basic grammar

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

8 Parts of Speech Notes from class Thursday, Oct. 6

Parts of Speech on Prezi

What's due this week, October 3-7, 2011

On Thursday: "What I Have Learned in LA This Year" paragraph, polished writing selection choice (important possession or emotional recipe), Easybib Works Cited page, and LA cover sheet for SLCs.