Grammar Planet

Thank You!!!

It has been a pleasure getting to know you all.  Thanks for being excellent students and informative teachers.  Yes, that's right, teachers.  "The best teacher is also a student," according to a fortune cookie I ate a few years ago. 

I encourage you to succeed and surpass what you believe to be possible.  If your confidence ever waivers believe that I believe in your potential.

John's word for the day:  nocturnal

Have fun this summer!  Be kind to each other and do something nice for your parents! ;)

I will miss you!

I can't believe...

it's almost over.  I have had so much fun this year it's hard for me to believe that there is just one more day.  

2nd, 6th and 7th period please review Cornell notes and the Benchmark study guide. 

John's word for the day: penumbra

Have a great evening!

It's almost over...

Just two more days.  Please review the benchmark study guide, any Cornell notes and your notebook.

7th period you will take the DGP quiz tomorrow.

John's word for the day: tenebrous

It's a beautiful day...get out and enjoy the afternoon!

 

Congratulations!

You have all done a really great job this year!!!

By special request I am posting the website that we used for CRCT review:

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/scQuizzes/wcgpQuizGrade6.shtml?EXERCISE=1&BOOK=001&LINKURL=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/gp/mslessons/grade6/index.shtml

Please review DGP #23 notes for tomorrow's quiz.

John's word for the day: obscure

Bum bum dee dum

I'm not sure how the song goes, but Chika, Caitlin and McKenzie are singing it as I type this.

Well, on this last Monday we did the last diagram and we'll take the last DGP quiz on the last Wednesday for this year.

John's word for the day: crepuscular

Have a great evening!

 

 

Hello, I  am one of Ms. Nasta's students. (C.H.) Today in class we had sort of (unofficial) Shakespeare Friday.  Sadly, this is the last Shakespeare Friday for the year.  I really loved learning Shakespeare, reading the scrip' from "A Midsummer Nights Dream" and becoming familiar with the Bard's language.

Next week...we will diagram and then Quiz DGP #23, write thank you notes and review for the final.

John's word for the day: lacuna (oh, BTW Good Luck John and all the awesome 8h graders who we had the chance to cheer for this morning as they walked to HillGrove!)

Have an awesome weekend!

My eyes!

That's right, I am glad that my eyes hurt from reading comparison/contrast essay rough drafts. Congratulations on meeting today's deadline! 

Tomorrow will be officially our last (unofficial) Shakespeare Friday.  We will also diagram DGP #23 and write thank you notes.  Ambitious.

John's word for the day: quantum

Have a great evening!

You can do it...

I wonder what Michael Phelps thought after he won his seventh gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing?    That might have been when he said, "I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do."

I met with many of you today and read some well written rough drafts.  Thank you for being serious about this assignment. 

Final drafts are due at the end of the period tomorrow. 

John's word for the day: paroxysm

Have a great evening!

The race...

I know that it may be tempting to think that it's ok to not put forth your best effort because school is almost over.  Would you stop running right before the end of a race or take a nap in the dugout during the last inning?  This is the time to make sure that you are giving your all; finish strong. 

Lance Armstrong said, " Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. "

Tomorrow: focus on completing the final draft of comparison/contrast essays.

John's word for the day: spasmodic

Have a great evening!

Comparison/Contrast

Today students were exposed to the two different types of comparison/contrast writing methods.  Download Comparison and Contrast Writing

Essays will be written comparing and contrasting aspects/elements of two different novels, characters from two different novels, two different poems or short stories.

John's word for the day: sporadic

Have a great evening!