Posts for December, 2008


Tom Swiftys Part 1

December 16th, 2008

A Tom Swifty is a type of pun that plays on the relationship between the adverb at the end of the sentence and the contents of the sentence. “I can’t see. Turn on the lights,” Tom said darkly. “My pencil broke,” Tom said bluntly. “The house is on fire,” Tom said alarmingly. “I should have [...]

Capitalization Practice Surfing Paragraph

December 14th, 2008

Directions: Underline three times the words that need to be capitalized and put a line through the letters that should not be capitalized. There are 25 mistakes. The evolution of Surfing Nobody knows when, or precisely where, surfing originated. captain cook, a british Sea Captain and explorer, was the first European to witness surfing in [...]

Verb Phrases and Helping Verbs

December 12th, 2008

Verbs phrases are a combination of helping verbs and main verbs. The dog has been chasing cars all morning. (Helping verbs: has been. Main verb: chasing) Charlene may go to the movies. (Helping verb: may. Main verb: go) Helping Verbs Be     Am    Is     Are    Was     Were    Being     Been Have    Has     [...]

Christmas Crossword

December 12th, 2008

This is an easy to medium level crossword.

Assignment Completion Log 2

December 11th, 2008

This assignment log form helps students keep track of assignment due dates and grades. For each assignment entered it has space for the assignment title, due date, date turned in, grade and whether or not it was late.