Introduction To the Davinci code quest for answers

The Students will read The Davinci code a quest for answers and be able to answer questions by chapter then take a final

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What is fanboys sheet

What is fanboys

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English vocabulary 1

English Vocabulary part 1
Abbreviations
letter(s) or shortened word used instead of a full word or phrase

Accent
the features of pronunciation which indicate the regional or the social identity of a speaker

Acquisition
the process by which language skills are developed – particularly in infancy

Adjectives
a word which modifies a noun or a pronoun

Adverbs
a word which modifies a verb, an adverb, or an adjective

Agreement
the grammatical logic and coherence between parts of a sentence

Alliteration
the repetition of consonant sounds – usually at the beginning of words

Apostrophes
a raised comma used to denote either possession or contraction

Articles
a word that specifies whether a noun is definite or indefinite

Assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds

Audience
the person or persons receiving a speech or piece of writing

Brackets
Curved or square punctuation marks enclosing words inserted into a text

Capitals
Upper-case letters used to indicate names, titles, and important words

Clauses
a structural unit of language which is smaller than the sentence but larger than phrases or words, and which contains a finite verb

Cliché
an over-used phrase or expression

Colons
a punctuation mark indicating a pause ranking between a semicolon and a full stop

Commas
a punctuation mark indicating a short pause in a sentence

Conjunction
a word which connects words or other constructions

Consonant
an alphabetic element other than a vowel

Context
the setting in which speech or writing takes place

Dialect
a form of speech peculiar to a district, class, or person

Diglossia
the existence of two official languages in a society

Diphthong
two vowel characters representing the sound of a single vowel

Ellipsis
the omission of words from a sentence

Figure of speech
expressive use language in non-literal form to produce striking effect

Form
the outward appearance or structure of language, as opposed to its function, meaning, or social use

Full stop
a punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence

class rules

class rules
1. Take your seat
2. follow the agenda
3. no talking
4. keep my room clean
5. Raise your hand
6. Be respectful
7. Be responable
8. come to class prepared
9. sharpen pencils
10. do not steal off my desk you ask for premission
11. do not touch stereo
12. be nice
13. no hitting or fighting
14. no profanity
15. do not destroy the property
16. do not get on the computer without asking
17. all assignments will be completed before you leave
18. staple them and turn it in
19. no eating or chewing gum
20. no drinking

Expectations sheet

Expectations
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1. You are expected to be in your seat when the bell rings
2. Be working on your bell work.
3.Always come to class prepared.
4. always raise your hand.
5. Any difiant behavior with result in to a automatic referral
6. Catergories
* Tests count 70%
* classwork/homework/quizes count 30%
* Benchmarks counts 20%
7. All work will be completed before you leave.
8. Homework is expectated when you walk through the door.

Please sign and return I read ms. kristen's expectations with my child

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Ms. Kristen H. Bunn