Monday, January 20 A. Underline each adjective, including articles (a, an, the). Draw an arrow from each adjective to the word the adjective describes. 1. It was an empty lot. 2. People in the community puled he overgrown weed. 3. Some people planted pretty flowers. 4. The French lilacs will grow to twenty feet. 5. Other people planted different seeds. B. Underline the adjective in each sentence. Then, write whether the adjective tells what kind, how many, or which one. 6. Orchids grow in warm climates. 7. Growers produce new forms of flowers. 8. Three petals are on your flower. 9. Look at these flowers. 10. I like white orchids. C. In the space below, write a description of the flowers you would grow in a garden. Use adjective to describe the flowers. Be sure to write in your BEST cursive. Write at least three sentences.
Monday, January 20 A. Write whether each group of words is a sentence fragment or a complete sentence. 1. The sea is deep and wide. 2. The rapids and the currents near the shore. 3. The rain forest surrounds the river for its entire length. 4. A hot, wet climate. 5. Green and twisted vines hanging from the trees. B. Write whether each of the following groups of words is a complete sentence or a sentence fragment. If an item is a sentence fragment, write whether it is missing a subject, predicate, or both. 6. Suns himself on the banks. 7. Old and famous legends of the Amazon. 8. We will visit the Amazon delta. 9. Flocks of wild birds fish in the river. 10. Sunlight through the trees. 11. Was sparkling on the water. C. Choose two of the fragments above and turn them into a complete sentence. Underline the subject and predicate in each of your sentences. Write in cursive.
Tuesday, January 21 Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Police and Their Jobs Police protect people and stop criminals from committing crimes. Police have other important duties. They have such jobs as directing traffic and controlling crowds. They also find lost people, rescue people in danger, and give first aid in accidents. Most police officers wear uniforms, but those doing detective word do not. If a police officer sees a person actually committing a crime, the officer arrests the criminal on the spot. To make an arrest at other times, the officer must obtain a court order known as a warrant. 1. What is the main idea of this story? a. Police officers have many important duties. b. Most police officers wear uniforms. c. Police officers arrest criminals. d. Police officers rescue lost people who have been hurt. 2. What is the topic of this passage? a. Arresting criminals b. Rescuing people in danger c. Detectives d. Police officers 3. Look at the diagram of the information from the article. Protecting people Directing traffic Giving first aid Which idea belongs in the empty box? a. Why police officers wear uniforms b. Duties of a police officer c. Dangerous jobs d. Police detectives
Tuesday, January 21 Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Guadalupe Mountains East of El Paso, on the Texas-New Mexico border, you will find Guadalupe Mountains National Park. This park contains the 8,751-foot tall Guadalupe Peak which is the highest point in Texas. It is believed this area was once covered by an inland lake, and its mountains are uplifted remnants of the Capitan Reef which once lay under the ocean. The Mescalero Apache Indians lived on these lands until the late 1800s when the Army removed them to make room for settlers who were moving west. 1. What is the best summary of this passage? a. The Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located on the Texas-New Mexico border. Every year, thousands of tourists from around the world visit this beautiful park. b. The Guadalupe Mountains were once the home of the Mescalero Apache Indians. These people were forced from their homelands to make room for settlers traveling west. c. East of El Paso, you will find the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Once covered by water, and later home of the Mescalero Apache Indians, this park contains Guadalupe Peak, Texas highest mountain. d. National parks, such as the Guadalupe Mountains National Park offer beautiful sights for tourists. This park is open to visitors from Texas and New Mexico. 2. What is this story mostly about? a. El Paso b. Mescalero Apache Indians c. Guadalupe Peak d. Guadalupe Mountains National Park 3. What is the main idea of this story? a. Guadalupe Mountains National Park has important ties to the history of Texas. b. Guadalupe Mountains National Park was once covered by an inland lake. c. El Paso is in New Mexico. d. The Army removed the Apaches to make way for settlers.
Wednesday, January 22 Directions: Label each word group as one of the following: Fragment, Run-On, or Sentence. Correct each of the fragments and run-ons you have identified. Write in your best cursive. Remember, a fragment is not a complete sentence and a run-on is two sentences put together without joining them correctly. 1. Although Mary has been my best friend. 2. No one I know watches that television show, I can't believe it. 3. Her husband loves to cook he does not like to clean the kitchen afterwards. 4. Tim started his new job last Wednesday, and he really likes the boss. 5. Lily didn t want to go to the zoo she went to the Alamo instead. 6. Mary signed up because she thought the training would be interesting and help her on the job. 7. The one who looks like a military officer but acts like a spoiled brat. 8. Although she has studied very hard, she is still worried about the midterm exam. 9. One of the best ways to improve your writing. Is to read and analyze what you read.
Wednesday, January 22 Reflexive pronouns can be used to show that a subject is performing an action on itself. Reflexive pronouns may also be used to bring attention to an action. Reflexive pronouns must agree with the subject. Reflexive Pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves Write the correct reflexive pronoun on the line in the sentences below. 1. (herself, himself) Henry injured while practicing a dance routine. 2. (myself, ourselves) I made the dance costumes! 3. (yourself, itself) Help to some juice after you ve mastered the dance steps. 4. (themselves, herself) She rewarded with a new pair of ballet shoes. 5. (ourselves, yourselves) We dressed before the dance recital. 6. (itself, themselves) The students picked out the dance songs. 7. (itself, herself) Jenny practiced the dance moves by. 8. (myself, ourselves) Before the dance recital, we looked at in the mirror.
Thursday, January 23 Ivan wrote about the History of Paper for his Social Studies class. Read Ivan s paper and look for the corrections and improvements he should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow. The History of Paper (1) For a long time, humans leave without writing anything. (2) People remembered things by singing songs and telling stories. (3) Then, people started to write things in clay. (4) They also carved into stone slabs and drew on cave walls. (5) These were the first kinds of paper. (6) As people became more advance, they made new and better kinds of paper. (7) People in Egypt made papyrus. (8) Papyrus was the first kind of paper not made from stone. (9) Like the paper we use today, papyrus was made from a plant. (10) It grew around the Nile River. (11) People picked the plants and let them soak. (12) The mashed plants was used as paper after they dried. (13) People in other parts of the world could not use papyrus. (14) The plants only grew in Africa. (15) It was too expensive to buy them. (16) It was too expensive to ship the paper. (17) the rest of the world needed a way to make paper it could use. (18) That s when people made the first parchment. (19) They did not need plants to make it. (20) Instead, they used sheep and cow skins. (21) There were plenty of sheep and cows around. (22) People cleaned and dried the skins. (23) The dried skins made a fine paper. 1. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1? a. Change leave to lived b. Change writing to righting c. Delete the comma d. No change is needed in sentence 1 2. Ivan would like to add the following sentence to the second paragraph (sentences 7 12) After the plants soaked, they got mashed together with other plants. Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence? a. At the beginning of the paragraph b. After sentence 11 c. At the end of the paragraph d. This sentence should not be added to the paragraph.
3. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 12? a. Change plants to plant b. Change dried to dry c. Change was to were d. No change is needed in sentence 12. 9. What is the BEST way to combine sentences 15 and 16? a. It was too expensive to buying them and shipping the paper. b. It was too expensive to buy them and ship the paper. c. It was too expensive to buy and shipped the paper. d. Sentences 15 and 16 are correct in the paper. 10. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17? a. Change the to The b. Insert a comma after paper c. Change the period to an exclamation mark d. Make no change 11. Ivan wants to add a conclusion sentence to his paper. Which of the following could BEST follow sentence 23 and close this paragraph? a. There are several stores that sell all kinds of dried skins. b. Also, people used a lot of dried skins to build houses. c. Of course, we don t write on parchment anymore. d. No change is needed in sentence 23.