Wednesday, August 14 - AM Basic/Intermediate
WU: What is the best thing that happened this summer?
Introduced parts of speech -noun, verb, adjective, adverb
Defined each type and elicited multiple examples.
English is made up of words (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, +), phrases (group of words), and sentences (subject + verb + complete thought).
Present Continuous conjugation - quick review
*Penny pulled some lower students to continue practicing present continuous.
WP1 - pg. 4 Parts of a sentence
Subject - who or what the sentence is about
Verb - what the subject is or does
Completed pages 2-5 - reading the sentences and identifying the subject and verb. Stopping to correct pronunciation or explain unknown words.
Showed the students a copy of The Piano Man.
Gave simplified explanation of literary elements - things every story has
Characters - who is in the story
Setting - where and when the story takes place
Conflict - the problem in the story
