Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Week 22

So sorry that we are missing today again. I know it is frustrating.
We are all ready for spring!! Today was mostly a review with the addition
of participles. We were going to go over how to form a compound/complex sentence.
You can start with 2 simple sentences and make them compound by adding a FANBOY.
Then you add a dependent clause to that. You can do this by adding a who/which clause(adjectival dependent clause) or a www.asia.wub(adverbial clause). Adding a who/which clause is easier since they have done this in IEW.  We are reviewing the S-Vl-PA, and S-Vl-PN sentence patterns this week, so
I was going to have them give me a sentence with these patterns. This would be a good practice to see
if they remember these patterns.  Here is my example from class.
The dog is my friend. (S-Vl-PN)     The dog is cute.(S-Vl-PA)

Then combine to make it compound.
The dog is my friend , and he is cute.

Now add a dependent clause.

The dog, whose name is Jake, is my friend, and he is cute.
(I added an adjectival clause)

The dog is my friend , and he is cute because he has floppy ears.
(adverbial clause)

I was going to task sheet the sentence -    The dog, whose name is Jake, is my friend, and he is cute.

If you would like any explanation of this sentence let me know. It is hard to know how many of you
would like the answer. If you would like the answer to that sentence you may email me.There is nothing too complicated about the sentence. I was keeping it short so we could get through it.

The verbal we were going to talk about today is called the participle. Remember a verbal is a verb that is used as another part of speech.
A participle is a verb usually ending in -ed, -en, -t, or -ing used as an adjective.

The verbal chart is Chart Q. The lesson also gives a good description of a participle and how to diagram.
Some examples

The sleeping baby looked precious. (sleeping is a participle describing baby , so it is an adjective)

The burnt toast smelled bad. ( burnt is the participle describing toast and is an adjective)

The yelping puppies were loud.( yelping is a participle describing puppies and is an adjective)

Please read the lesson for Week 22. The adjective chart is the chart to review this week.
Please let me know if you have any questions.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Week 21!!! What a beautiful day!!

    The weather was so glorious yesterday. It was hard to stay inside. We only have 3 more classes of Essentials this year. I know it is hard to stay focused. Please try hard to finish strong to the end.
I will try to have some type of review game planned for the next two classes along with the lesson.
We will try to have a big review game on Week 24.  The next 3 weeks will be review along with touching on some advanced concepts such as participles and gerunds.  We talked about infinitives yesterday.
Please do let me know if there is something you feel like we did not cover well , or something you have questions about. I would be glad to go over it at some point in the next 3 weeks.
    Yesterday we covered our last sentence structure. The compound/complex structure is a combination of a compound sentence and a complex sentence.  Everyone seemed to do well forming the compound/complex structure out of a simple sentence.  This would be good practice to do at home. Let me know if you have any questions.  We also went over the basics of infinitives.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
If you are a first year student this may be a little over your child's head, so you can pick up on it next year if that is the case.  We diagrammed and labeled a sentence in class. We did not get to the quid et quo.
Please make sure you are trying this at home. Let me know if you have any questions. I may go over the quid et quo again next week quickly. I may just pick a short simple sentence to demonstrate it again.
Please let me know if I can do anything to help.
Things to work on this week:
1. Mom should read Lesson 21.
2. Task sheet sentences that follow the lesson.
3. Review memory work charts.

Karen

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Week 20

Good Afternoon,
I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. I am sorry we are not meeting today for Essentials.
Week 20 was going to be a review day for us. There was nothing new to introduce.
I encourage you all to read through Lesson 20 in the EEL guide. Please let me know if you have any questions.There were a couple of things we were going to do in class today. We were going to take a basic sentence and add modifiers to it. This is similar to what you do in IEW.  We were planning to add one word adjectives, one word adverbs, adverbial prepositional phrases, adjectival prepositional phrases, adjectival clauses(who/which clauses), and adverbial clauses( those starting with www.asia.wub).
This would be something you could do at home. They have a sentence in the guide that you could follow. Of course there would be multiple right answers for one sentence. Along with adding the prepositional phrases to the sentences, we were going to review prepositions. Now is a good time to make sure your child has the list memorized.  I will list the basic sentences I was going to use in class to have the students add the modifiers.  We were then going to task sheet a sentence in class. I can post the sentence at the bottom of the page. I will try to label the sentence , so you will have the answers. I do not know how to post a diagram to the blog.  If you are unsure of how to diagram the sentence, please email me, and I will help you through it.

Of course working on these sentences is totally optional. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sentences to add modifiers .Of course you can make up your own.
1. A dog scurried. (S-Vi)

A sad and lonely dog scurried.(one word adjectives)
A dog in the park scurried.( adjectival prepositional phrase, tells which dog even though it is a location)
A dog scurried in the park.( adverbial prepositional phrase, tells where the dog scurried. when I move the location of the same phrase it answers a different question)
A dog, who was sad and lonely, scurried. ( adjectival clause)
A dog scurried while he was being chased by the cat.( adverbial clause)
A dog silently scurried .( one work adverb tells how he scurried)



2. The fur felt soft. (S-Vl-PA)

The fuzzy fur felt soft. (one word adjective)
The fur of the cat felt soft. ( adjectival prepositional phrase, tells whose fur)
The fur felt soft in the cold. ( adverbial prepositional phrase, where the fur felt soft)
The fur, which belonged to the cat, felt soft.(adjectival clause)
The fur felt soft because the cat just had a bath.( adverbial clause , tells why the fur felt soft)
The fur felt wonderfully soft. ( one word adverb)

-this is a good time to tell the difference between a phrase and a clause. A phrase does not contain a subject and a verb. A clause does contain both a subject and a verb.


Sentence to task sheet. I am going to label the words in parentheses if you need more answers please email me.

Mrs. Hinson, our teacher,  made chocolate cookies and purchased soda for our party since she did not paint her kitchen green.

Complex, declarative , S-Vt-Do,( S-Vt-DO-OCA)- there is a compound verb with direct object in the independent clause.

Mrs Hinson- Subject noun
our- possessive pronoun adjective
teacher- noun appositive
made- verb transitive
chocolate- adjective
cookies-direct object
and- conjunction
purchased- verb transitive
soda-direct object
for-preposition (adverbial prepostional phrase, it tells why she purchased)
our- possessive pronoun adjective
party-object of preposition
since-subordinating conjunction
she-subject pronoun
did- helping verb
not-adverb
paint-verb transitive
her- possessive pronoun adjective
kitchen- direct object
green- object complement adjective