Expository Essays

Here are some resources to get us started on our Expository Essays this week...

Resources for Complex Sentences

Here are some resources for this week's grammar standard.  Use these videos to help you review complex sentences and using subordinating conjunctions!

What to Sticky Note This Week

If you are reading chapters 8-14 of Tuck Everlasting, here are the parts to mark...

1. The description of the Tuck's house
2. Find the wheel metaphor used by Angus Tuck
3. People who visit Winnie while she is trying to go to sleep

If you are reading chapters 9-12 of The Dollhouse Murders, here are the parts to mark...

1. How does Louann feel about Mrs. Peck?
2. Beginning of chapter 9 - What are Amy's feelings now in regards to living in the house with her aunt?
3. Why is Louann now coming to Amy's party?

Subordinate Conjunctions Notes

Here are today's notes on subordinate conjunctions if you missed them!

What to "Sticky Note" This Week

If you are reading Tuck Everlasting, you need to mark the following in chapters 4-7.

1. The difference between real life and stories.
2. Elf Music
3. Wierd things about the Man in the Yellow Suit

If you are reading The Dollhouse Murders, you need to mark the following things in chapters 4 - 8.

1. Aunt Clare's painful memories
2. The Cliffhanger at the end of chapter 8
3. How does Amy find out about her grandparents?

Coordinating Conjunction Chart

Here is our chart that shows how to use each Coordinating Conjunction.  Make sure you have your copy in your notebook!