TRIMESTER 1 GRAMMAR

Noun: People Person Place Idea

Pronoun: She, He, His, I, Me, They, You, We, Who, It

Adjective: Modify Noun or Pronoun Describing Word

Verb:

AV: Expresses Action

LV: Words like is, am, are, was, were, be, been (see if you can replace with is or are)

Adverbs: Modifies Verb, Adjective, Adverb. Answers Question

-ly endings

Preposition: ____ the house

Conjunctions: Joins 2 nouns or adjectives

• and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet

Interjection: Usually followed with exclamation point or a comma.

• aha, hey, yippee, oops, oh, my, ouch, yikes, wow, hurray, well

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Simple Subject: Main word of sentence usually I _____ subject

Complete Subject: Main Word Group of sentence

Simple Predicate: Verb of sentence usually I____ verb

Complete Predicate: Verb group of sentence

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Sentence: Has subject and Verb, expresses complete thought

Fragment: No subject Or Verb, does not express complete thought

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Declarative: Statement

Interrogative: Question

Imperative: Command Or Request

Exclamatory: Excitement or Expression

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Direct Objects: Noun or Pronoun that tells what rectifies the action of the verb

Indirect Object: Noun or Pronoun that usually comes after the DO. Tells whom the action of the verb is done for

Predicate Nominatives: Subject that is connected to a LINKING VERB

Predicate Adjective: After LV, adjective that describes

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TRIMESTER 1 LITERATURE

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS:

Takes place in the 1920s

First Person, Features 1 narrator

Billy uses butter to help Little Ann win

His family is with Billy when he sees the Red Fern

Billy’s grandpa used to have a pet raccoon

Billy: Has trouble speaking to kids at school, owns the hounds

Billy’s Dad: Gives traps to Billy

Billy’s Mom: Scolds Billy when he screams

Grandpa: Only person Billy tells about magazine, used to have a pet raccoon

Station Master: Helps Billy get his hounds at depot

Old Dan: Refuses to Eat

Little Ann: Has trouble after Old Dans death

Ruben: Dies while on a hunt

Rainie: Same age as Billy

THE TREASURE OF LEMON BROWN:

3rd Person Point Of View

Uses Dialect

Characters:

Greg: 14 year old boy who is struggling in school and wants to play basketball. He befriends Lemon Brown

Lemon Brown: Homeless guy Greg meets in the building

At the end of the story Greg is satisfied

THE OXCART:

3rd Person Point Of View

Cautionary Folktale

Setting:

Late Fall, Old Japan

Plot: Three samurai want to go see a ceremony and they decide to ride an oxcart which are used to transport wives and daughters and it was disgraceful for samurai to ride in it. The trip turns out bad and they lesen taking the easy way in life doesn’t pay off

THE TELL-TALE HEART

1st Person Point Of View

Gothic Horror

Plot: Narrator is obsessed with the vulture like eye of an old man that he loves and the narrator kills him because of his eye triggered hatred and dismembers his body then hiding it in the floorboard. The police arrive from a noise complaint and he keeps it cool but he thinks he is heading the beating of the old man’s heart and panicking and afraid he shows police what he did.

THE MEDICINE BAG

1st Person Point Of View

Setting: City in Iowa

Characters:

Martin: Protagonist, teenager

Joe: great grandfather

Plot: Martin’s grandfather who is old and ill comes to stay with Martin and his family. He gives Martin the medicine bag which was a sacred family heirloom. To grandpa the bag represents cultural heritage. Shows values are an important part of your identity.

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TRIMESTER 2 GRAMMAR

Prepositional Phrase: OP, ___ the house

Participial Phrase: Verb that can be used as adjective. Can be taken out of sentence

-ing or -ed

Gerund Phrase: Verb used as noun. Cant be taken out of sentence

-ing ending

Infinitive Phrase: to + verb

Appositive Phrase: Noun or Pronoun next to another Noun or Pronoun. Commonly set off by commas.

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Adjective Clause: Modifies a Noun or Pronoun.

Can NEVER start the sentence

Key words: That, Which, Who, Whom, Whose. (remember TWWWW)

Adverb Clause: Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb

Key Words: After, Although, As ( as, as if, as long as, as soon as, as though), because, before, how, if, since, so that, than, though, unless, until, when (when, whenever), where (where, wherever), whether, while.

Noun Clause: Used as noun. Functions as SUBJECT, PN, DO, OP

Key Words: Who, Whoever, Whom, Whomever, What, Whatever, When, Whether, Which, That, How

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TRIMESTER 2 LITERATURE

THE MIRACLE WORKER!:

Kellers homestead is in Tuscumbia Alabama

In Act 2 the breakfast scene reveals that Annie is determined to teach Helen and not pity her

James Keller asserts that Kate, Annie, and himself is right and that Captain Keller is wrong

Themes for the Miracle Worker:

• Determination: Annie possesses great amount of determination to get Helen to learn

• Pity Versus Love: Helen’s parents have spoiled her and Helen’s family needs to learn that she can’t get everything she wants cause that’s pity

• Family Relationships and Dynamics: James and coatin Kellers relationship through the book and James ends up being Annie’s greatest supporter

Symbols in the Miracle Worker:

• Water: Symbolizes the miracle of Helen’s rebirth

• Keys and Locks: Symbolizes Helen’s mind being “unlocked” for the wonders of the world

• Smoked Glasses: Annie’s learning how to be able to “see” both literally and metaphorically

• Dolls: opportunity to practice ne skills and types of behavior

• Sight and Blindness: helen overcomes her debilitating condition by learning to “see” in the sense that she learns

• Water Pump: that she finally learned and where she said her first word

William Gibson uses flashback to inform the reader of Annie’s past

Quotes From Each Character:

Helen Keller: “Wah. Wah.”

James Keller: “I’m only a half brother. You’re to be her governess? You look like half a governess.”

Captain Keller: “She’s a hireling! Now I want it clear, unless there’s an apology and a complete change of manner she goes back on the next train!”

Aunt Ev: “Helen’s waiting for you, too. There’s been such a bustle in the house, she expects something heaven knows what. I expected a desiccated spinster. You’re very young.”

Anagnos: “It will no doubt be difficult for you there, Annie. But is has been difficult for you at our school too, hm?”

Annie Sullivan: “I cant unteach her six years of pity if you can’t stand up to one tantrum!”

“The rooms a wreak, but her napkin is folded. I’ll be in my room.”

Jimmie (Annies Brother): “You said we’d be together, forever — You promised, forever and — Annie!”

Viney: “What am I gone do, Miss Kate? It’s noontime, dinners comin’ , I didn’t get them breakfast dishes out of there yet.”

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TRIMESTER 3 GRAMMER

Nominative: Subjects and PN

Key Words: I, You, He, She, It, We, They (good strategy to remember those key words is it’s just the latin present english)

Objective: DO, IO and OP

Key Words: Me, You, Him, Her It Us Them

Possessive: Shows ownership or relationship

Key Words: Mine, Yours, His, Her, It’s, Ours, Theirs

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He: Rewrite see which one makes sense

Him: Rewrite see which one makes sense

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Subject: Usually before AV and towards front on sentence

PN: After LV usually towards end of sentence

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Who: He

Whom: Him

Key Words: To, For, With

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For agreement just find out if it’s plural or singular then just do

They_____ whichever one works is plural and go off that

Or which ever one is on the plural list ( like both several)

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TRIMESTER 3 LITERATURE

THE CROSSOVER:

Written in free verse

Written by Kwame Alexander

First Person Point Of View

Josh: Protagonist, locks, only kid on team who can dunk, good at English. Nicknamed Filthy McNasty, almost brakes jbs nose

Dad: Played professional basketball in Europe, known as Da Man, has the championship ring, Backboard of family, unhealthy eating style. last health issues patellar tendinitis, and he dies from hypertension

JB(Jordan): Josh’s twin, shooter, shaved hair, falls in love with Miss sweet team accidentally cut 5 locks from Josh’s hair instead of 1

Mom: assistant principal, encourages boys to play basketball, does her best to control dads diet

Miss sweet tea(alexis):new girl jb falls in love with, wears pink reeboks

vonide: Josh’s and jbs teammate and friend

plot: The Crossover follows twelve-year-old Josh Bell, a star basketball player better known by his nickname Filthy McNasty, and his twin and teammate, Jordan (JB) over what at first appears will be a normal fall and winter basketball season. In addition to their successful middle school careers on the basketball court, the boys enjoy a healthy and happy home life compromised only by the fact that  Mom is the assistant principal of their school and has an annoying habit of policing the kind of foods that Dad eats. However, as Josh and JB start to learn more about their family history, specifically Dad's family's struggles with heart disease and his distrust of doctors, Josh is forced to start thinking more critically about what Mom is actually trying to do, and what Dad might be dealing with. In doing so, Josh begins to question what inheritance means, what traits are actually inheritable, and how both he and Dad fit into the story of their family.

Themes:

• Inheritance and Genetics: the boys have genetics of basketball and also there grandfather had a medical condition and died at 45 so they need to take care of their health and careers so their lives aren’t cut shirt like dads

• Brotherhood and Growing Up: that’s Josh and jb are different people but sometimes they share connections that make them seems as one. josh gets jealous of miss sweeet tea and jb and josh blamed her for stealing his blither

• Success, Work, and Choice: there dad played basketball in Italy, he was a star and even asked to play for lakers. As Josh learns more about his dads early successes he begins to think about his success through hard work and practice

• Identity and Language: written in free verse which means that it plays with rhymes and with can visualize it through the text sizes, the text placement, uppercase and lowercase etc

Symbols:

The Backboard: When dad ends up in the hospital Josh tells mom that he’s upset “because our backboard is splintered.” he draws a connection between a basketball backboard which keeps missed shots from going out of bounds and dad is like the backboard keeping Josh’s and JB in line and constantly points them in the direction of success

The Championship Ring: Dads championship ring is in a box in Mom and Dads closet. Dad said he got it because he’s “Da Man.” The boys love the ring and dad said they can only wear it if they follow in his footsteps and become “da man” themselves. which means they can wear it if they win the championship. when dad dies JB gives Josh the ring on Dads behalf; implying that dad said Josh is “Da Man” now.

Locks/Wings: In the beginning of the novel, Josh wears his hair in locks. He explains it differentiates himself from JB but also because it makes him feel closer to Dad, whose locks looked like wings when he dunked if the 7ft croatian center. josh is the only one on the team that can dunk and when he dunks his locks look like wings. when he is forced to shave his locks off because JB cut off 5 instead of 1 Josh senses failure the rest of the novel as a direct result of losing these connections to his locks or better known as his ‘wings’

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PART 2

Grammer Written Section:

Write Imperative Sentence: Please take the test silently.

Make a sentence using this as a pronoun then write another sentence using this as a adjective:

Pronoun: This is your hat.

Adjective: This hospital was where I was born.

Make While walking his small dog on a leash a complete sentence: While walking his small dog on a leash, she stumbled upon a 5 dollar bill.

Put in red for the simple subject put green for the simple predicate cross the complete subject underline the complete predicate

A picture of the Liberty Bell appears in our history textbook: A picture of the Liberty Bell appears in our history textbook.

Put in red the adjective clause in This is the first person who introduced me to softball: This is the first person who introduced me to softball

Add an adverb to this sentence My alarm goes off: Before school, my alarm goes off.

Literature Written Section:

Themes in Treasure of Lemon Brown:

Your treasure is where your heart is: Lemon brown considered his old harmonica and the newspaper clippings of his performances as a treasure because his son valued them and him as well

Treasure is most valuable when it is hard earned: Lemon Brown worked very hard to support his family through his music. His son realized his sacrifices and loved him for it.

One man’s trash is another’s treasure: Though the harmonica would have little value to anyone else, Lemon thinks that it is worth more than good because his son valued it and him.

Themes in Where The Red Fern Grows:

Determination: Billy and his hounds are determined to succeed throughout the novel in all their undertakings

Love: Billy loves his dogs and his family loves and supports the chain that links them all together

Name a character who is stubborn in the miracle worker: Helen, in act one Helen did not respect Annie and we see she locked her in the room and captain Keller had to help get Annie out of the room. This scene with the locks and keys reveals Helen doesn’t want to learn anything and that she is stubborn and her mind isn’t quite unlocked yet. After this Helen thinks she is alone outside and takes the key out from her mouth Annie sees this and says “You think I’m so easily gotten rid of.” Proving that Annie will not give up until she gets Helen to obey her. In act two Helen shows horrible manners at the breakfast table. And Annie attempts to teach Helen otherwise and Helen doesn’t wanna learn and she is kicking punching and hitting Annie. Helen escapes the chair and tries to leave the room showing her stubbornness but it was locked this shows he is stubborn because if it wasn’t locked she would have ran out.

Themes:

• Inheritance and Genetics: the boys have genetics of basketball and also there grandfather had a medical condition and died at 45 so they need to take care of their health and careers so their lives aren’t cut shirt like dads

• Brotherhood and Growing Up: that’s Josh and jb are different people but sometimes they share connections that make them seems as one. josh gets jealous of miss sweeet tea and jb and josh blamed her for stealing his blither

• Success, Work, and Choice: there dad played basketball in Italy, he was a star and even asked to play for lakers. As Josh learns more about his dads early successes he begins to think about his success through hard work and practice

• Identity and Language: written in free verse which means that it plays with rhymes and with can visualize it through the text sizes, the text placement, uppercase and lowercase etc

Symbols:

The Backboard: When dad ends up in the hospital Josh tells mom that he’s upset “because our backboard is splintered.” he draws a connection between a basketball backboard which keeps missed shots from going out of bounds and dad is like the backboard keeping Josh’s and JB in line and constantly points them in the direction of success

The Championship Ring: Dads championship ring is in a box in Mom and Dads closet. Dad said he got it because he’s “Da Man.” The boys love the ring and dad said they can only wear it if they follow in his footsteps and become “da man” themselves. which means they can wear it if they win the championship. when dad dies JB gives Josh the ring on Dads behalf; implying that dad said Josh is “Da Man” now.

Locks/Wings: In the beginning of the novel, Josh wears his hair in locks. He explains it differentiates himself from JB but also because it makes him feel closer to Dad, whose locks looked like wings when he dunked if the 7ft croatian center. josh is the only one on the team that can dunk and when he dunks his locks look like wings. when he is forced to shave his locks off because JB cut off 5 instead of 1 Josh senses failure the rest of the novel as a direct result of losing these connections to his locks or better known as his ‘wings’