October 1

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (Science experiment)
• Use your outline to compose three paragraphs about Gettysburg.  Remember to underline a strong verb and a quality adjective, and to mark one sentence with a subject opener and one with a prepositional opener in each paragraph.  

Subject Openers
Subject openers are probably the easiest opener to use. This just means that the subject (and any modifying adjectives) comes first in the sentence. Subject openers are marked at the start of the sentence with a number 1. This helps you keep track of which openers you have used, and let’s me know as I grade what openers were intentional. Examples of subject openers are,
David shivered under the tree.
The six brown mice shivered under the tree
Both of these sentences have a subject opener because the sentence begins with the subject or its modifying adjectives.



Prepositional Openers

Like its name, a sentence with a prepositional opener begins with a prepositional phrase. Use the accompanying list of prepositions to help you. Here are some examples of prepositional openers:
In the late afternoon, David shivered under the tree.
Up above the village, Peter sat and wondered how to relieve his boredom.



This is the grading checklist for this assignment :-)