MUG #5

Larissa will either add a flock of plastic pink flamingos or she will purchase a family of ceramic nomes for the front lawn.

Either the grill crew or the manager must give their permision for you too return that half eaten double cheeseburger.

Based on all of the notes we have taken for Act III and IV, today we began prewriting our ideas for the essay we will be working on.

MUG #4

Combine

The bombardier beetle sees an enemy.
It shoots out a jet of chemicals to protect itself.

The spray consists of hot and irritating chemicals.
It is very potent.

Today we continued reading Act IV.

I distributed the Logical and Rhetorical Fallacies Handout.

I also distributed the 2nd Semester Vocabulary List and the handouts for Lists 19 and 20.  Check your calendar for quiz and test dates.

MUG #3

Groaning on rusty springs the trampoline tossed the children like cloths in a drier.
Rapping the pencil on the edge of the desk the forth cause of the french revolution would not come to mind.

Today we finished reading Act III and started Act IV.

MUG #2

The Hubble Space Telescope has been important to astronomers.
It has provided valuable information about our solar system.

Combine these two sentences three different ways.
1. Combine by subordination
2. Combine with a relative clause
3. Combine with a participial phrase

Today we continued reading Act III.

No MUG today.

Today we orally read Act III.

MUG #1
Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk Edna looked at the clock their were still a halve hour left of class, more then enough time to prepare before she delivered her poorly prepared ten minute speech.

Skipping the directions hurried to finish first and neglecting to check her work has caused Claudia to fail every Calculus Exam this semester.

Today we read and took notes on Act III.

Welcome Back!

We will resume MUG shots tomorrow, beginning with MUG #1 for 2nd semester.  This time, we will alternate MUGS: editing one day, sentence combining another day, and quotation integration another day.

Today and the rest of this week we will finish reading Act III of The Crucible.  Be on the look out for logical fallacies.