Today in 6A & 6B

ENGLISH: Building on yesterday's lesson we explored Compound Subjects and other problems with verb-subject agreements. As a visual learner myself, I drew up 3 linear equations that should help students understand when to apply singular and plural verbs to a compound subject.

Plural Subject (PS) Singular Subject (SS)

(PS) / (SS) when joined by AND (PS) / (SS) = Plural Verb

(PS) / (SS) when joined by OR/NOR (PS) = Plural Verb

(PS) / (SS) when joined by OR/NOR (SS) = Singular Verb

The biggest trouble students seem to have is in identifying the singular and plural verb forms. This visual helps in identifying what should be used, but knowing what the plural and singular forms of specific verbs are can be confusing. The logic is often reversed from plural and singular nouns. With Nouns we add an "s" to the end to pluralize. With Verbs it is the opposite, we add "s" to the end of a singular verb. Johnny acts weird. Johnny and Suzie act weird.

MATH (8:00 class) pg 148 1-26all  (9:00 class) pg 167 1-42 Chp 3 Test Tomorrow