Grammar Catz: Grammar Cat #132: Christmas Cat

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Grammar Cat #132: Christmas Cat

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CHRISMUS KAT = Christmas Cat

IZ SLEEPIN = is sleeping

N HEVUNLEE PEAS = in heavenly peace.

The words are from the Christmas carol, "Silent Night."

Silent night! Holy night!

All is calm, all is bright!

Round yon virgin mother and child,

Holy infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace!

CCSS: SRSLY!!!!!
Parts of Speech

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1d: Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1b: Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1d: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1f: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1h: Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1e: Use adjectives and adverbs.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1g: Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.

Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2b: Use end punctuation for sentences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2b: Use commas in a series.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.2c: Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1f: Produce complete sentences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2a: Use correct capitalization.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2c: Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2b: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2c: Use a comma to set off the words yes and no, to set off a tag question, and to indicate direct address.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.2a: Use punctuation to set off parenthetical elements.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1g: Correctly use frequently confused words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.2b ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.2b ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2c ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.2c ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.2b: Spell correctly.