- Laurel Park Middle School
- Comma Lessons
- Comma Lesson 7 - Interrupters
Compson, Mary - English 8
- About Me
- Syllabus
- Analogies
- Anchor Essay Papers
- Apostrophes
- Basic Instructions for creating a Thesis Statement
- Calendar
- Character Activity
- Character Types Presentation
- Characterization Model Paragraph
- Characterization Notes Powerpoint
- Characterization PowerPoint
- Characterization Presentation
- Coat of Arms examples
- Color-coded Model Essay
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Comma Lessons
- Comma Lesson 1 Formatting dialogue and Quotations
- Commas Lesson 2 Dates
- Commas Lesson 3 Places
- Commas Lesson 4 Direct Address
- Comma Lesson 5 - Items in a Series
- Commas Lesson 6 Interjections
- Comma Lesson 7 - Interrupters
- Comma Lesson 8 - FANBOYS
- Comma Lesson 9 - Complex sentences
- Comma Lesson 10 - Introductory Words and Phrases
- Comma Lesson 11 - Coordinate Adjectives
- Commas 12 - Nonessential Information
- Common Proofreading Marks
- Connotation Activities
- Context Clue Activities
- Context Clue Foldable
- Dictionary and Thesaurus Use
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Direct Instruction Resources (Writing SOL)
- Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Subject Verb Agreement - General
- Subject Verb Agreement with Compound Subjects
- Subject Verb Agreement with Intervening phrases and clauses
- Subject-verb agreement with indefinite pronouns
- Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Phrases
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement - General
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns Instruction
- Student Practice - Pronoun Antecedent Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns
- Pronoun Usage - Objective and Subjective Case
- Objective Case Pronouns
- Subjective Case Pronouns
- Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
- Usage Practice
- Commas Part 1
- Commas Part 2
- Apostrophes, Colons, and Semi-colons
- Sentence Elaboration
- Sentence Fragments
- Sentence run-ons
- Sentence Combining
- Stringy and Wordy Sentences
- Dissection SOL Prompts
- Evaluating Sources
- Fiction Cornerstone Task
- Fiction Terms
- Figurative Language Activities
- Figurative Language Practice
- Foldable Instructions
- Formatting Titles
- Graphic Organizer for Written Expression
- Grave Problems
- Great Essay Cheat Sheet
- Homepage
- Homophones Lesson
- Inference Activities
- Instructions for Properly Embedding Quotations
- Instructions for Properly Embedding Quotations
- Introduction Guidance - Prompts with Quotes
- Introduction paragraph support for Mrs. Gray
- IXL Current Focus of Study
- Keyword Searches
- Literary Analysis - Suspense
- Literary Terms for Fiction Unit
- Main Idea/Summary PPT
- MC Response - Second reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- Model - Introduction and Body Paragraph Referencing OF MICE AND MEN
- MODEL Essay for Self Assessment
- Narrative Nonfiction Practice
- Notecard Powerpoint
- Parallel Structure or Parallelism
- Passage Practice
- Plagiarism and How to Avoid it!
- Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions
- Poetry Terms
- POV Activity
- POV Presentation
- Prompt Analysis Instructions
- Prompt Dissection Supports
- Prompt Set 1 Thesis Statement examples
- Prompt Set 2 Thesis Statement examples
- Prompt Sets
- Pronoun Agreement with Indefinite Antecedents
- Pronoun Antecedent Agreement with Compounds
- Pronouns with Compound Subjects and Objects
- Proofreading and Editing Marks
- Proper use of in-text citations
- Properly Embedding Quotations
- Reading SOL Practice Activities
- Reading SOL Study Guide
- Reading SOL Terms
- Research Prezis
- Resources for Fiction Unit
- Rubric for Anchor Papers
- Sample Thesis Statements for TTH prompts
- Short Short Stories
- Six Room Poem by Ms. Compson
- Six Rooms
- Six-Room Poem Activity
- SOL PROMPT SUPPORT
- SOL Reading Coach - Fiction
- SOL Reading Coach - Nonfiction
- SOL Reading Coach - Vocabulary
- Source Card PowerPoint
- Spelling Review
- Step-by-Step Research Model
- Subject-Verb Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns
- Support for Body Paragraphs
- Support for Character Analysis - THE OUTSIDERS
- Support for Conclusion Paragraphs
- Support for Introduction Paragraphs
- Support for Reader Engagement
- Symbolism in La Luna
- Text Structures/Organization
- The Dinner Party with Critical Thinking Activities
- The Dinner Party
- The Monkey's Paw Plot Diagram
- The Monkey's Paw Short Story and Guided Reading Questions
- The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
- The Real New York Giants
- The Tell Tale Heart - Summarizing Basic Plot Points
- The Tell-Tale Heart - Prediction and Critical Thinking Questions
- The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary - Context Clues
- TONE in THE MONKEY'S PAW
- TONE WORDS
- TPCASTT Poetry Analysis
- Two Poems by Langston Hughes
- Two Poems by Langston Hughs
- Two Prompts connection - "The Monkey's Paw"
- Using the MVHS Databases
- Using the Thesis Statement Graphic Organizer
- VDOE Research Prompts
- VDOE Tone Words
- Vocabulary - "The Monkey's Paw"
- Vocabulary PPTs
- Writing an Essay Conclusion
- Writing an Essay Introduction
- Year-Round School Links
