Block Day, March 2&3 ~ Julius Caesar Act V

ROOTS

New Category: See & Sight  

• Scope – see, watch 
• Spec, spect, spic – look
• Vid, vis – see

GRAMMAR NOTES: Accept vs. Except

To accept is a verb. It has several meanings:

To hold something as true.

• The officer accepts your point and has decided to let you off with a caution. 
• I accept she may have been tired, but that's still no excuse. 

To receive something willingly.

• I accept this award on behalf of the whole cast. 
• Do you accept dogs in your hotel? 
• Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.  (Groucho Marx)

To answer yes (especially to an invitation).

• The minister would love to accept the invitation to your ball, but she has a prior engagement. 

The word except is most commonly seen as a preposition. However, it can also be used a conjunction and very occasionally as a verb.

Except as a preposition means apart from, not including, or excluding.

For example:

• I can resist everything except temptation. (Oscar Wilde)
• I have nothing to declare except my genius. (Oscar Wilde)
• Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals...except the weasel. (Homer Simpson)

Except as a conjunction means but or 'if not the fact that'.

• For example: I would go swimming, except I am scared of big fish. 

Practice:

1. After Ms. B wrote the referral, I had no choice but to (accept/except) the consequences.
2. Everyone read (their, there, they're) weekend homework, (accept, except) one student.
3. (Accept/Except) for his messy hair, he is a very handsome young man.
4. All of the actors, (accept/except) one, were very gracious when (accepting/excepting) the award.
5. I was more than willing to (accept/except) the very expensive watch.

JULIUS CAESAR

• 20 minutes to work on scenes.
• Act V performances
• Watch movie if time

 HW: Not today. Rest up. We will write an In-Class Essay early next week.