Quarter One is Closed!

Hello Everyone!

     Quarter One is officially done.  I will have your grade posted by early next week, and report cards will come out shortly after that.  Thank you all for your hard work this quarter; we will build from it during Quarter Two for better skills and stronger enthusiasm.  You are all fantastic.

Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

The Personal Narrative

Hello Everyone!

     Tomorrow your personal narrative is due; you have had weeks to complete this, and I am looking forward to reading your final results.  For your convenience, I have attached the rubric I will use for this assignment; you can check your work against it before handing it in!

     Click here to access the rubric for the project.  This is a 100-point assignment, remember, so do well!

Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

Quiz on Sentence Completion and Style

Hello Everyone!

     Today you take your sentence completion and style quiz.  Click this link to take the quiz online; it is entirely multiple choice, and you have thirty minutes to complete it.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

You have one more quiz for this unit!

Hello Everyone!

     On Tuesday, October 14, you will have your last quiz of the unit.  This quiz will be entirely multiple choice, and is designed to see if you can identify the difference between fragment, complete, and run-on sentences, as well as the difference between simple, complex, compound, and compound-complex sentences.  You will have the option to take it on the computer or on paper.

     Also, don't forget that Monday is Columbus Day, and you have no school.  Enjoy your three-day weekend, and be sure to study for the quiz!  If you can't remember the terms or the differences between them, look up assignment 02-12 or this handy review sheet.  Click this link for a completed review sheet for the quiz.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

Figurative Language Quiz

Hello Everyone,

     Click on this text to start today's quiz.  You can take as much time as you reasonably need to complete it, which means you have all class.  When you finish, though, you should go back to your personal narrative and add figurative language to it.  When you finish doing that, you may Review and Improve some of your work for this class.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

Quiz on Tuesday!

Hello Everyone!

     On Tuesday, October 7, you will take a quiz on figurative language.  This will be designed in a similar manner to the quiz you took this Tuesday (and likely retook today!), and will cover all nine figurative language terms we have been discussing in class for the last few days.  If you cannot remember all of them, they are:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Oxymoron
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Idiom
• Personification
• Pun

You must know how to define each term, be able to identify them in use, and spell them correctly.  If you have any questions, look up assignment 02-06 on Google Classroom or Infinite Campus and review the list.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

An Excellent Simile

Hello Everyone,

     Ziggy came up with an excellent simile on one of his assignments, and I want to share it with you all.  The assignment discussed the concept of slavery and freedom, and the life of a slave in the antebellum South.  In his words,

These slaves were treated worse than Evander Holyfield's ear during the Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield fight.

I couldn't agree more.

Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

Puns!

Hello Everyone,

     We are learning about figurative language in class these days, and I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to share some excellent puns.  After all, a pun is a saying that uses word similarities for effect, usually for humor!

     All pun images were found on the Grammarly Facebook page.  Now, what is your favorite pun or word joke?  Add it in the comments section!

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris