Sixth Grade English: March 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Read Chapters 21-22.

Read Chapter 20 for homework. (If you were absent today, please read chapter 19 as well. We read that chapter today in class.)
Reading Log for Chapters 15-18 are due Wednesday. You will have Tuesday in class to work as well.
You will be writing a book summary in class for your spring break reading on Wednesday.

Please read a book (roughly 200 pages) that you enjoy!

Have a wonderful spring break!

Read chapters 13-15 for tonight.

Read Chapter 9.

Adverbs!

An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

Other great adverbs:

In addition to words with the –ly prefix, other common adverbs are

How / To What Degree

· not

· never

· also

· too

· very

· almost

· ever

· really

· fast (remember fast can also be an adjective, i.e. fast car)

Time:

· today

· yesterday

· tomorrow

· soon

· then

· always

· sometimes

· often

· forever

(remember some of these can also be used as nouns! i.e. Today was the best day ever!)

**A few –ly words that do

NOT have the adverb –ly prefix: unly, womanly, lovely, stately, lowly