What I learned in class this week is about "The Schwa Was Here". "The Schwa Was Here" was a really good book. I liked it because I can relate it to my life a lot. In the book it says "The Schwa lost his mom when he was a young boy" I could relate to that because when I was a little boy my mom and dad got divorced and my mom met a guy in New York and she moved out there with my sister. I stayed in California with my dad. But it was a decision that my sister and I had to make. There was a lot of pressure on the both of us. But after a few months had gone by my mom bought a plane ticket for me to go to New York for the first time. I was nervous because it was my first time going on a plane ride by my self. But when I got there I saw my mom and was happy. Just like when the Schwa found and saw his mom at the end of the book he was happy to see her. That is how I can relate to the book. I also like the book because the author Neal Shusterman said "Life is like a bad haircut, at first it look bad, but then you get used to it". What I think that is trying to tell us is no matter what happens just focuse on the good things in life and forget about the bad things. If I had to rate this book I would give it a 4 1/2. I would give it a 4 1/2 because I really liked it and I could relate to it with my life.
This week in class I learned about Gerunds. A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding "-ing." The gerund form of the verb "read" is "reading." You can use a gerund as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence. You can use this when A gerund can function as on object of a preposition. Here is an example. Americans celebrate the Fourth of July by a heading fine work shows. A gerund can be found or group of words directly after noun to rename it or give more info about it. Also today in science I learned about the lion. Today I learned about it because it was Dominic's presentation. There were a lot of interesting facts like the lion is the king of the jungle. But my question was why do they call it the king of the jungle even when he doesn't live in the jungle. Lions usually live in dry areas like Africa. But other than that his presentation was cool because I like lions because there the king of every other animal and there really strong. So everyone is scared of the lion. Because they know that the lion can rip them apart if they mess with him. Another thing I learned in science class was about the black panther. This presentation was presentation by Ishy. I liked his presentation because my animal and his animal are in the cat family. My animal was the Puma and his was the Panther. The cool thing about the cat family is the can jump really high. Ishy'is animal and my animal can jump 7 to 8 ft high. But a regular house cat can probably jump 3 to 4 ft high which is still high but I can only imagine what it would feel like running away from such a unique animal. What I would do is I would run and climb a tree. But now that I have this animal I know a lot about it so now I know I can't climb a tree other wise I'll be trapped because the puma or Panther can jump into the tree 3x faster than I can. So the only way to outrun a puma or a panther is to either jump off a waterfall or FIGHT IT!
. What I learned this week in class was HYPHENS. The hyphen (‐) is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. hyphen should not be confused with dashes (‒, –, —, ―), which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign (−), which is also longer. Hyphens' main purpose is to glue words together. They notify the reader that two or more elements in a sentence are linked. Although there are rules and customs governing hyphens, there are also situations when writers must decide whether to add them for clarity. That is what i learned in class this week. There are two commandments about this misunderstood punctuation mark. First, hyphens must never be used interchangeably with dashes (see the "Dashes" section), which are noticeably longer. Second, there should never be spaces around hyphens. Also I learned about the puma also known as Felis concolor. I learned about it in science class. Yesterday Thursday, May 14, 2015 I had a presentation about the puma. It likes to hunt deer. Such as elk, moose, and white tail deer. The puma can jump 8 to 7 feet high. They can run almost 90 miles an hour. The male puma can weigh 110 lbs and a female puma can way up to 100 lbs. I chose the puma for my project because I like cats that are aggressive. They are cool when the jump I've seen a puma only in pictures and videos and they can jump really high. Because I mean 7 to 8 feet is really high for a animal. I also like them because they can camouflage with grass and dead grass like in Africa but they are located in the southern part. That is what I learned about this week in class.
A. Participle adjective after a linking verb should not be confused with a participle that is part of a verb phrase. Ex. 1 the outlook was promising
Ex. 2 the day was promising Ex. 3 the man was honored for his bravery Ex. 4 the man who was honored to be part of the team 1. Can the part be used as a noun? 2. Can it be compared 3. Can it be modified. -A participle phrase in a sentence that does not contain this related noun pronoun is called a danging participle. Verbles are words mode from verbs to function as another part of speech 3 types= infinitives gerund participles to verb verging.
A participle is a verb from that is used form that is used as and adjective present part ends in ing last ends in Ed. A participle adjective stands alone before or after the verb it modifies or after a linking verb. Ex. 1 the sobbing child nodded her head Ex. 2 the child, sobbing, clung to his mother A participle phrase consist of the participle, an object or a complement and any modifiers. Ex. Kissing the child gently the mother added the little girl. Participle with an -can be active or passive -can be restrictive or nonrestrictive. Collective noun names a group of people or things considered as a unit.
Ex. Audience, band, heard, public, etc. team mostly use a singular verb, if it suggest that members are considered separate in divide use plural. Ex. The baseball them use a field in the park Ex. The team have all finished warm ups Ex. A noun that shows amount takes a singular verb the same noun that shows a number requires plural verb. Ex. There is a lot of sugar. Ex. Three cups are on the shelf. this weeks main focus was modal auxiliaries. Auxiliary verbs may become auxiliary such as be (am, is, are, was were) and have (has, had) or modal auxiliaries. Modal auxiliaries are used to express permission, possibility, ability, necessity, obligation or intention *they are used with based verbs in the base form. Common modal auxiliaries are; may,might,can,could,must,should,will,and would. Permission: Anyone who helps may attend the party.
This week in class our main focuses was commas
1. Use a comma to separate items in a list of 3 or more. Item can be noun, verb or adjective phrase. Ex. I need to buy eggs, milk, lettuce, and bread. 2. Use a comma to separate a independent clauses when they are joins by conjuctions. For and nor but or yet so. Ex. I want to buy a new jacket, but it is also expensive two independents. 3. Use a comma to separate a dependable clause from and independate clause. Ex. When I get older, I will be able to drive. 4. Use a comma to separate anyword or phrase from the rest of the sentences. Ex. My brother, a 26, year old male, is watching tv. One of the main focuses this week was simple progressive perfect terms. Verbs forms indicate tense, or the time of action. Simple tenses: present, past, future. Progressive teases are made up of a form of the a uxilariy verb "be" and the present participle. Present progressive- Natalie is studying Spanish. Past progessive: Natalie was studying Spanish. Future progessive- Natalie will be studying Spanish. Present perfect active: I have read the book. Past perfect active: I had a book before 9. And future perfect active: you will have read the book before school ends. Present perfect action is when something is happening now. Past perfect action is when something happened before. And future perfect action is when something will happen later. Present passive: the dog have been groomed. Past perfect passive: the dog had been groomed. Future perfect passive: the dog will have been groomed. The same definition goes with this present perfect passive is when something is happening now and past perfect passive means when something happened before etc.... This helps the reader now when something happened in the past present or future. That is one of the things I learned this week.
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