Grammar+Smackdown

Grammar Smack Down Scoreboard

3/21/16: 1. Review the difference between a phrase and a clause here. Take the practice quiz with your partner. NO NEED TO RECORD THE SCORE FOR THIS QUIZ. 2. Take the quiz on sentence types linked HERE with your partner(s). 3. Share your score with me.

3/16/16: Quotation Integration Punctuation 1. Review the rules HERE. 2. Complete Exercise 1 AS A TEAM. 3. Share your score with me. 4. Complete the handout on quotation integration individually, and turn this in to me.

3/8/16: Commas Round Two 1. Read the comma tips linked HERE 2. Go to this link 3. We will do the first five together. 4. With your partner, complete 6-15, and record your percentage correct for each question. 5. When you are finished, average all of your percentages correct, and share that with Mrs. Holsten.

2/16/16: Essential (Restrictive) vs. Nonessential (nonrestrictive) clauses and commas 1. Read about the difference between these two HERE. 2. Answer questions here with your partner. 3. Share your percentage correct with me.

2/4/16: Independent VS. Dependent Clauses 1. Read about independent and dependent clauses HERE. 2. Take out a piece of paper, and number it 1-10. 3. Answer questions here, and record which ones you miss and get correct.

2/2/16: Comma Splices 1. Have one person go to kahoot.it 2. Use your team name (one phone per team, please!)

2/1/16: Commas! 1.Complete the activity here. 2. Record your right and wrong answers on the handout provided. 3. Share your score with Mrs. Holsten

1/20/16: Modifiers: Round TWO! 1. Review the rules about misplaced and dangling modifiers. 2. Complete the activity here. 3. Record your right and wrong answers on the handout provided. 4. Share your score with Mrs. Holsten.

1/12/16: Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 1. [|Read about Modifiers] 2. Complete the activity linked above. 3. Use the provided handout to record correct and incorrect answers. Share this with Mrs. Holsten 4. See how this applies to the SAT (old version) and ACT.

=**Grammar Teams**=

Will Matthew Ireland
 * Group One: Finesse Fathers **

Caitlin Lee William
 * Group Two: Beastly Beasleys **

Alec Ava
 * Group Three: Terrible Church Choir **

Amy Margaret
 * Group Four: The Rabbits **

Colin Liza
 * Group Five: LAX God$ **

Matt Sweyer Tim
 * Group Six: Money Manziell **