Grammar:
Grammar assignments are to be completed in students' composition notebooks. Assignments will be given roughly every two weeks opposite vocabulary assignments. They will count toward students' overall composition notebook grade. District curriculum for 8th grade grammar includes the following topics:
- Connotation
- Denotation
- Subject and predicate
- Subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement
Grammar #1: Banished Words/Words of the Year - Due 10/9
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Watch Anne Curzan's Ted Talk from U of M on "What Makes a Word Real?" Once you have done so, please complete the following:
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