Pages 42 +43 in vocab book
Today:
We discussed the vocab words again and reviewed the homework.
We reviewed the pronoun lesson from yesterday and did another lesson. See work below.
I am having students use the responders to get formative grades. I am looking at the scores to see which concepts I need to cover before I test them. The test will be Thursday.
Today's sentences
Page 614 Ex. 8
1. Has
anyone ever read about prehistoric cave paintings in (their, his or her) trips
to the library?
2. No one
who has ever seen prehistoric cave paintings will forget the powerful
impression they make on (them, him or her).
3. Many have
written about (his, their) impressions of prehistoric paintings of horses,
deer, bears, bison, and aurochs, an ancient breed of cattle.
4. One of
the horses in a cave in Chauvet, France, tosses (their, its) mane proudly while
others watch.
5. Several
are so skillfully painted that it looks as if (it, they) could stampede right
off the cave walls.
6. Some of
the animals are shown making (its, their) way across the cave walls in large
herds.
7. Another
raises (its, their) head to challenge a rival in battle.
8. All of
the prehistoric artists who left (his or her, their) drawings on the cave walls
are unknown.
9. None of
the artists were able to sign (his or her, their) names to the paintings
because written language had not been developed.
10.
However, each has left (his or her, their) mark
through the beauty and power of the paintings that have survived for more than
30,000 years.
Lesson 9: Pronoun Problems
Copy these sentences:
We humans don’t always appreciate
trees.
Trees can feed and shelter us
humans.
Sara and Anne want to become tree
farmers.She works after school at an orchard.
Use the subject pronoun after
linking verb: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, appears, seems, feels
“Is this Brad?”
“Yes, this is he.”
(# 9 on 615. Use subject.)
A. Page 80
1. For
decades, (we, us) carpenters used wood from chestnut trees to build houses and
furniture.
2. Chestnuts
were a nutritious food for both (we, us) country dwellers and wildlife. The trees provided bushels of them.
3. Then in
1904, a fungus began killing (them, the trees).
4. Now
scientists are crossbreeding American chestnut trees with Chinese chestnut
trees. (They, Chinese chestnut trees)
resist blight.
5. (They,
Scientists) hope the new hybrid trees will survive for centuries.
B.
Us chestnut trees are very generous. We give you boards for building and nuts for eating and even
flowers in the spring. They make furniture.
They taste sweet and crunchy. However, a fungus is killing us. What do we ask you to do for we trees in return?
Just help us fight it.
