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2 Tabe of Contents Work with Vocabuary Section Opener Use a Simiar Word: Synonyms Use the Opposite Word: Antonyms Choose the Correct Speing: Homophones Expand Your Vocabuary: Root Words Understand Word Beginnings: Prefixes Understand Word Endings: Suffixes Combine Two Words: Contractions Mind Your Meaning: Denotation and Connotation Show, Don t Te: Descriptive Words Use Informa and Forma Language Use Variety: Literary Devices Section Review Buid Sentences Section Opener Use Variety: Types of Sentences Use Variety: Varying Sentence Length Combine Sentences: Compound Sentences Expand Sentences: Adding Detais Edit Sentences: Run-On Sentences Know Compete Subjects and Predicates Identify Who or What: Simpe Subjects Identify the Action: Simpe Predicates Identify Who or What: Compound Subjects Identify the Action: Compound Predicates Understand Compound Subjects and Predicates Identify Sentence Parts: Direct and Indirect Objects Recognize Independent and Subordinate Causes Combine Sentences: Compex Sentences Recognize Causes: Adjective Causes Recognize Causes: Adverb Causes Edit Sentences: Sentence Fragments Edit Sentences: Comma Spices Section Review Know Capitaization and Punctuation Section Opener Use Capitas: A Variety of Capitaization Shorten Pace Names: Abbreviations Know the Difference: Abbreviations Set Off Appositives: Commas Punctuate Diaogue: Quotation Marks Show Possession: Apostrophes Separate Items in Lists: Semicoons Introduce a Quotation: Coons Add Less Important Information: Parentheses Guide Readers: A Variety of Punctuation Section Review Grasp Grammar and Usage Section Opener Name the Person, Pace, Thing, or Idea: Nouns Show Ownership: Singuar Possessive Nouns Show Group Ownership: Pura Possessive Nouns Make Irreguar Pura Nouns Possessive Use Concrete and Abstract Nouns Identify a Variety of Verbs Provide More Information: Verb Phrases Show When an Action Happens: Verb Tenses

3 48. Make the Past Tense: Irreguar Verbs Use Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses Match the Numbers: Subject-Verb Agreement Match the Subject: Linking Verb Agreement Understand Active and Passive Voice Repace Subject Nouns: Subject Pronouns Repace Object Nouns: Object Pronouns Show Ownership: Possessive Pronouns Use Indefinite Pronouns Avoid Repetition: Pronouns Make Pronouns and Antecedents Agree Use a Variety of Pronouns and Antecedents Write Descriptive Words: Adjectives Make Comparisons: Adjectives Describe Actions: Adverbs Write Descriptivey: Adjectives and Adverbs Show Reationships: Prepositions Describe a Noun: Prepositiona Phrases Describe a Noun: Participe Phrases Be Cear: Mispaced Modifiers Be Cear: Mispaced and Danging Modifiers Use Joining Words: Correative Conjunctions Express Emotions: Interjections Avoid Doube Negatives Section Review Craft and Compose Section Opener Write to Persuade Others: Choosing a Topic Link Purpose, Voice, and Form: Purpose and Audience Make a Caim: Effective Theses Create a Persuasion Map: Organizing Ideas Lead with a Statistic: Strong Openings Weave Setting into the Action: Writing Detais Back Up Your Argument: Supporting Detais Order by Importance: Arranging Detais Add Emotion and Reaism: Writing Diaogue Make Language Concise: Avoiding Wordiness Restate Your Argument: Strong Concusions Catch Your Readers Attention: Effective Tites Remove Unnecessary Words: Revising Correct A Errors: Editing Section Review Deveop Research Skis Section Opener Decide What to Research: Inquiry Questions Improve Your Vocabuary: Researching Words Conduct Onine Research: Keywords Evauate Bias: Primary and Secondary Sources Research Onine: Evauating Websites Understand Digita Footprints Use Creative Commons Materia Credit Your Sources: Citing Research Keep a Working Bibiography: Research Notes Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting Section Review Index Tabe of Contents

4 Sampe Lesson: Leve G (Grade 9) LESSON 8 SHOW POSSESSION: APOSTROPHES When you want to show possession or ownership, foow these rues for apostrophes ( ): For singuar nouns (incuding those ending in s), add apostrophe + s. For exampe: my sister s car means the car beonging to my sister For pura nouns ending in s, add ony an apostrophe. For exampe: my sisters car means the car beonging to severa of my sisters For pura nouns not ending in s, add apostrophe + s. For exampe: the women s car means the car beonging to severa women For two or more nouns that own something together, make ony the ast noun possessive. For exampe: my brother and sister s car means the car beonging to my brother and sister For two or more nouns that each owns something separatey, make each of the nouns possessive. For exampe: my brother s and sister s cars means the car that beongs to my brother and the car that beongs to my sister A. For each scenario beow, underine the answer that uses apostrophes correcty. 1. My mom and dad each own a bicyce. 2. The chidren share a scooter. a) My mom s and dad s bicyces. a) The chidrens scooters. b) My mom and dad s bicyce. b) The chidren s scooter. B. Expain the meaning of each phrase beow, based on the pacement of the apostrophes. 1. My friends cottage: 2. My friend s cottage: 3. My friends cottages: The cottage beongs to severa friends The cottage beongs to one friend Their are severa cottages and they beong to severa friends C. Write a sentence about camping that shows a possessive reationship between each pair of words beow. 1. tent / poe: When we went camping, we had troube keeping the tent s poe in the ground. 2. canoes / paddes: When the storm came, a of the canoes paddes got bown into the ake. D. Find a partner and write two new sentences using the word pairs in Exercise C. Know Capitaization and Punctuation 12 Preview Materia Appication exercises encourage students to use rea-word texts, their peers, and their own portfoios to deepen their earning.

5 Sampe Section Opener The openers introduce the section concepts. They aso provide fun and reatabe exampes to demonstrate the importance of the skis covered in the section. Deveop Research SkIs Research is not just what you do to find an answer. Research is an essentia part of earning and an important part of the writing process. The methods you use for your research wi affect the quaity of the information you get, whether you are researching the parts of a pant to abe a diagram in a science report or a historica time period to make a story character s diaogue more reaistic. Good information makes good writing: what you put in, you get out. In this section, you wi earn about the skis that make an effective researcher. Research is formaized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neae Hurston page_13_research_ski_intro.indd 133 Preview Materia Deveop Research Skis 133 7/10/15 10:15 AM 13