Tuesday, May 26, 2015

"I Hope You Find It" Miley Cyrus (That- Clauses)


Just ignore the double negative in the beginning of the song. "These clouds aren't going nowhere baby," literally means that the clouds are going somewhere. It should say, "These clouds aren't going anywhere, baby."

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Gerunds-- Mnemonic


Good Way to Figure Out: Gerund or Infinitive-- Part II


Cool Way to Figure Out: Gerund or Infinitive-- Part I


Infinitives


Gerunds and Infinitives


Bill Nye-- The Brain


Aretha Franklin "Think" (Gerunds)


Miley Cyrus covering Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Infinitives)


Jack Johnson "Hope" (Infinitives)


The Lion King Soundtrack "I Just Can't Wait to be King" (Infinitives)


Death Cab for Cutie "Stay Young, Go Dancing" (go + -ing)


Bill Nye-- The Eye


Grades


  Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Student 4 Student 5 Student 6
Grammar Quiz 1 80 80 90 75 80
Grammar Quiz 2 85 83 97 90 75 92
Video Project 97 97 98 95 100
Poster Project 100 90 100 100 100 100
Vocab Quiz 1 100 70 90 95 50 100
Vocab Quiz 2 80 65 85 90 0 100
Ling. Paper 73 97 99 83 77
Grammar Quiz 3 80 80 95 93 70 90
5-para. Essay (extra) 92



92
2014 refl. Essay 83



92
Video Project # 2 100 93 100 100 100 93
Vocab Quiz 3 90 15 55 50 10 30
Grammar Quiz 4 83 75 89 96 84 80
Grammar Quiz 5 90 100 90 90 80 100
Vocab quiz 4 75 70 80 45 75 80
Video Project # 3 100 100 100 100 100 100
Grammar Quiz 6 95 90 90 70 100 100