Today's Do Now reflected a problem a lot of you are facing--the correct form of there, their, or they're. As Mr. Hannah and I graded your papers and tests, we realized that a lot of you don't know the difference between these words. In order for us to become better writers, we need to know the basics. We have not penalized you thus far for not knowing these words, but now that we've taught you them, you will lose point on each and every assignment if you use one of these words incorrectly. Here's what we went over:
There has 2 definitions:
1. place
2. comes before "to be" verbs (is, are, were, was)
Their:
1. possession
They're:
1. contraction for they are
Other contractions include don't, didn't, won't, I'm, should've, etc.
The apostrophe is the punctuation mark that replaces the letter(s).
After our grammar work, we finished up Chapter 11 and the Reading Questions. We discovered that Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict and she decided to quit her habit before she died. Jem and Scout reading to her, helped her do that. Atticus was able to show his kids a true woman of courage.
For homework, please read and annotate all of Chapter 1. However, you do not need to answer the Reading Questions.
DEETS:
In-class:
--Do Now
--Finish Ch. 11 and RQ's
HW:
--Read and annotate Chapter 1
NOTE: Period 3, remember we'll be having 4th lunch tomorrow!
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