MRS. CONTRERAS Language Arts 11th Grade

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MRS. CONTRERASLanguage Arts11th Grade Eng
III Honors GiftedRoom C209
Welcome Braddock Bulldogs!!!
2005-2006
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Home Learning

• PLACE YOUR STAPLED
• ASSIGNMENT(S) IN TEACHERS IN-BOX BEFORE THE BELL
  RINGS!
• No Home Learning Assignment due until Wednesday!

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Weekly Forecast1/2/06 1/6/06

• Monday practice summarizing, paraphrasing or
  quoting in preparation for PP presentations
  scheduled for Wednesday
• Tuesday Define identify proper usage
  modifiers (good/well, bad/ badly, double
  negatives and misplaced/dangling modifiers) hdts
  205-212
• Wednesday appreciate The Modern Age
  (1915-1946) through class PP presentation
  reading of How It Feels to Be Colored Me pg
  950-956
• Thursday receive an overview of entire research
  writing project (give entire packet of Research
  Project parent/student letter (including
  deadlines), General Area/Topic of Interest hdt, 5
  Initial Questions Sources hdt, Research Help
  hdt for researching/ finding sources, Citation
  Note Pages hdt, 12 Sources Types, Sample
  Annotated Bibliography, and rubric/ checklist
  requirements. Other items, such as cluster/web
  map for synthesizing information, formal outline
  (thesis-conclusion), sample research paper, and
  lecture series flyers pamphlets will be will be
  reviewed in class at a later time
• Friday submit General Area/Topic of Interest
  hdt having come up with 5 questions Work on 5
  Initial Questions Sources hdt by utilizing
  media center resources (narrowing the topic)

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Home Learning

• By This Wednesday, 1/4
• Finish PP presentations All students read
  Modernism introduction How It Feels to Be
  Colored Me pg 950-956 (next weeks test)
• By This Friday, 1/6
• Deadline for General Area/Topic of Interest hdt
  having come up with 5 questions
• By Monday, 1/9
• Group Grammar Hdts 205-212 (next weeks test)
• Deadline for signed Research Paper parent/student
  letter
• Deadline for color duo-tang folder (with
  appropriate information in the center)
• Deadline for 5 Initial Questions Sources hdt
  with addresses to all available sources/ research
  copies (Use Public Library System, Destiny
  Databases or FIU library) The more sources you
  find this weekend (see 12 Sources Types chart
  provided), the better shape you will be in for
  next week.
• Have a great week!

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This Weeks GrammaticalConcepts Modifiers

• Using Good or Well
• Using Bad or Badly
• Double Negatives
• Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers

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Using Good or Well

• Always use good as an adjective.
• The beginning is a good place to start. (adj)
• You look good in blue.(pred.adj)
• Well may be used as either an adverb of manner
  telling how ably something is done or as an
  adjective meaning in good health.
• He was not feeling well. (pred.adj./good health)
• Can you see well from your seat? (adv.of manner)

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Using Bad or Badly

• Use bad as an adjective (after linking verb)
• Route 7 has bad curves. (adj)
• Harrys hair looks bad. (adj after linking verb)
• I feel bad that you lost your hat. (adj after
  linking verb)
• Use badly as an adverb (usually follows action
  verbs)
• Carrie sings badly. (adv following an action
  verb)

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Using Double Negatives

• Do not use a double negative (two negative words
  in the same clause). Use only one negative word
  to express a negative idea.
• Incorrect
• We havent been to no concerts this year.
• Correct
• We havent been to any concerts this year.
• Weve been to no concerts this year.
• Incorrect
• Kathy never did nothing to justify expulsion.
• Correct
• Kathy never did anything to justify expulsion.
• Kathy did nothing to justify expulsion.

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Misplaced Modifiers

• Place modifiers as close to the words they
  modify in order to make the meaning of the
  sentence clear.
• Misplaced
• Floating in the wind, Hannah stared wistfully at
  the kite.
• Clear
• Hannah stared wistfully at the kite floating in
  the wind.

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Dangling Modifiers

• These modifiers seem logically to modify no
  word. To correct a dangling modifier, supply a
  word it can sensibly modify.
• Dangling
• Working all night long, sleep was welcome.
• Clear
• Working all night long, Francis welcomed sleep.
• Dangling
• After a valiant effort, the blaze still raged
  uncontrollably.
• Clear
• After a valiant effort, the firefighters still
  faced a blaze that raged uncontrollably.

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Dangling Modifiers

• If the word only is not placed immediately
  before the word or group of words it modifies,
  the meaning can be unclear.
• Unclear
• Dan only has art on Monday.
• Clear
• Dan has only art on Monday.
• Dan has art only on Monday.
• Only Dan has art on Monday.