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What's New and What's Due: THIS WEEK

  • ELL Students: Grammar Check - Book THREE
  • ELL Students: Grammar Check - Book TWO
  • ELL Students: Grammar Check Link - Book ONE
  • ELL STUDENTS: Grammar Check Link - Book BASIC

Mr. Lindsay - MMS - ASSIGNMENT CALENDAR

LEARNING TARGETS

Compound and Complex sentences: I can distinguish a main clause from a subordinating clause.

Cite Evidence: I can cite evidence for and against a controversial point-0f-view.

KNOW THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH: The conjunction

Compose compound sentences with AND, BUT, OR, FOR, NOR, YET

Compose supporting sentences and a concluding sentence.

KNOW THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH: The Noun and the Pronoun.

Deadlines and Upcoming Assignments

Grammar Check Quizzes - BOOK TWO Level
Please complete grammar here as directed by instructor.




Definition

academic

|ˌakəˈdemik|

adjective

relating to education and scholarship: academic achievement


ex-ploit

To take advantage of a person or opportunity; to make use of something, sometimes unfairly
--- exploitation, exploitative, exploiting


dis·cre·tion
/disˈkreSHən/
Noun
  1. The freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.
  2. The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.

prac·ti·cal

/ˈpraktikəl/
Adjective
  1. describing anything that is useful, effective or efficient.
  2. describing anything likely to succeed or be effective in real circumstances; feasible.
Synonyms
handy - real - businesslike - virtual


sta·tis·tic

/stəˈtistik/
Noun
  1. A fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data: "the statistics show that the crime rate has increased".

intrinsic |inˈtrinzik, -sik|adjectivedescribing anything that belongs naturally; anything that is essential: Access to the arts is intrinsic to a high quality of life.

Focus on Conventions

Negative Simple present tense - writing forms:

1. John doesn't work at the hospital.
2. Mike and his brother don't work at the school.

How do these two sentences differ?

Go to this LINK to practice the simple present tense.

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