As our QW today we diagrammed a sentence as practice for tomorrow’s quiz. The sentence was:

Tashonda sent e-mails, cards, and letters. 

This was a fairly easy sentence to diagram having a clear subject (Tashonda), a clear verb (sent), and three direct objects (e-mails, cards, letters) connected with the conjunction (and).

Mrs. Scales reminded everyone that today is the last day to complete the Independent Grammar lesson on Prepositional phrases, and offered other practice sentences to help prepare for tomorrow’s quiz.

Remember that prepositional phrases are always diagramed under what they are modifying. An example is this diagram for the sentence: Charles is working in the garden by the river.

One final quiz review example demonstrates the correct sentence diagram for an infinitive acting as adverb in the sentence: He is determined to work hard.

The rest of class today was used to continue reading and annotating “The Nose” We reviewed any annotations made from last night’s homework and picked up on page 55 of the text.

One annotation discussed in class was the text in the last paragraph of page 48, “How, in fact, could a nose, which only yesterday was in the middle of his face, and which could not possibly walk around or drive in a carriage, suddenly turn up in a uniform!” We discussed how this quote could be a good example of one of the four entries needed in student’s Dialectical Journals concerning “The Nose” because it is a tremendous example of pointing out elements in the story that question things in the story that contradict natural law and therefore meet one of the criteria we have established for magical realism.

Students were reminded that the weekly lesson plans alway cover the planned assignment for the week, and unless adjusted due to needed changes are the best place to find out what is due when. Students will have time in class after finishing the quiz tomorrow to finish reading “The Nose.” This takes the place of the Independent Reading we normally have on Fridays, but will still not provide enough time for some students to complete the entire story. That is why there has been a Friday homework assignment posted on the weekly lesson plans since the end of last week requiring students to complete the short story and make four entries for “The Nose” on theirDialectical Journals. Students were also reminded that a schedule for folder pick up and grading for each class period is also on the lesson plans.

Folders for all classes will be collected early next week (according to the following schedule) for the second grading and homework must be completed.

3rd Period – Monday Jan. 23rd

5th Period – Tuesday Jan. 24th

Honors – Thursday Jan. 26th