Grammar boot camp...

PARTS OF SPEECH

1. You will, of course, need a strong knowledge of the parts of speech in order to move forward successfully through boot camp. . . think of it as having the ability to walk and feed yourself.. (Maslow's bottom rung) before you can function on any higher level..

After today's diagnostic preview A (pg 2), you should have an idea of your strengths and weaknesses. You will need to commit to a self study in order to be where you need to be by test time. There are plenty of exercises on pages 4-33 in the purple grammar book... but if you need more help... check out the following links..

GRAMMAR REVIEW LINKS:

Parts of speech review:
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/rvpartsp.html

Parts of speech review games/tests:
http://www.gamequarium.com/partsofspeech.html
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AFUNCT=1&ALEVEL=1#TOP
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=8-parts-speech-test-practice
http://julieteacher.pbworks.com/w/page/12607413/Parts%20of%20Speech%20Test


PARTS OF THE SENTENCE:
2. In reviewing the parts of a sentence, you will also need to understand the knowledge's relevance. Why do you need to know this? What is the benefit of knowing this?
I want you to think of the identification process we have started and then review this link and see the connection between the parts of the sentence and the writing process.

http://writingcenter.emory.edu/resources/grammar_resources/verb_tense_and_subject-verb_agreement.html

Additional help with parts of sentence, if needed..
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/sntstrct.html

GRAMMAR TEST #1 on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6th- NO MAKE UPs, unless school sanctioned excuse OR Dr's note! We are running out of time..