Week 9 EEL

Wow! Can you believe we only have 3 more weeks left in the semester! Time is flying.
I felt like everyone understood our new pattern this week. We looked at the S-Vl-PN
pattern this week. Please let me know if you have any questions. One thing to remember
is to keep asking those questions we talk about every week. We added a new question this
week when trying to determine what type of verb we have and what the role of the word that
follows the verb. Make sure you ask all these question. We added to ask does the word that
follows the verb rename the subject? Make sure when you think you have a Predicate Nominative that you
have a linking verb. Also, when you see only a linking verb as your verb, be thinking about whether
you have a Predicate Nominative. We will talk about Predicate Adjectives next week.
Really focus on memorizing the linking verbs if you child does not know them.
    We also talked about the five principal parts of a verb. Everyone seemed to understand this also.
Work on memorizing the principal parts of the irregular verbs and practice writing out the principal
parts of regular verbs by following the patterns. We worked on the simple tense on Chart K.
Again everyone seemed to have an understanding of what we were doing. Please let me know if
this is not the case. Let me know if you have any questions.

Things to do this week.
1. Moms, read lesson 9 your EEL guide.
2. Memorize charts. Focus on Chart K, C, and D. Review any that need work. Remember to mix up writing the charts and saying the charts. I like to ask my kids the charts.
3. Task sheet sentences in week 9 lesson.
4. Make up some simple S-Vl-PN sentences, and then make up some simple S-Vt-DO sentences , and see if your child can tell the difference.
For example:
 a.  Tom was president.(S-Vl-PN)
 b. Tom was elected president. (S-Vt-DO)
- Note the difference in verbs. "was elected" is an action verb with a helping verb. Was in the second sentence is a helping verb to the action verb elected.
c.  Jenny is a sister.(S-Vl-PN)
d. Jenny  called her sister.( S-Vt-DO)