Language arts
Spelling
abandonbenefited
candidate
deodorant
elementary
fabricate
genuine
harass
idol
jealousy
MondayWrite spelling words two times each.
Grammar: Complete Sentences
1. A complete sentence is an independent clause. An independent clause has both a subject and a verb and can stand on it's own. In order for a clause to be independent, the verb must be finite (meaning it cannot have an -ing ending) and not be in the infinitive form (meaning: to stay, to eat...).
examples:
She sits. He eats. These are complete sentences.
She sitting. He eating. These are not finite verbs and not complete sentences.
She to sit. He to eat.
2. A complete sentence must use coordinating conjunctions, and proper punctuation.
examples:
She sits and eats. She is sitting and eating. These are complete sentences.
She sits eats. She is sitting eating. This is not a complete sentence as other words are necessary.
Grammar: Fragment Sentence.
1.These are sentences that look like a sentence, but are not complete. They can be phrases or dependent clauses.
2. Dependent clauses contain subordinators such as:
after
although
before
if
since
until
examples:
Before, we go.
"We" is the subject, and "go" is the verb, but "before we go" is a fragment or incomplete sentence because before makes it subordinate to something else.
Before we go, we'll eat lunch.
This is a complete sentence, describing what must take place before.
3.Phrases are group of words that either have no subject or no verb. They are fragments or parts of a sentence, but not a complete sentence.
WorksheetComplete the worksheet. State whether or not the following groups of words are complete sentences or fragments. If it is a fragment, state whether or not it is a dependent clause or a phrase.
1. The professor fabricated his results. ______________________________________
2. The presidential candidates. ____________________________________________
3. Until they could prove the artifact was genuine._____________________________
4. The jealousy she felt. _________________________________________________
5. They worshiped the band like an ancient idol.______________________________
6. The doctor liked to harass his elderly patients.______________________________
7. Before abandoning the project. _________________________________________
8. My fragrant deodorant. _______________________________________________
9. Benefited the most wealthy.____________________________________________
10. We'll begin with elementary grammar lessons. ____________________________
Tuesday
Write each spelling word in a sentence that uses only active verbs. That means you cannot use any form of the verb "to be": am, was, are, were, is
Literary Device:
Literary devices are writing techniques used to create a pointed effect in writing, to relay information, to the vary the writing structure, to help make interesting sentences, or to simply paint a picture with words. Literary devices connect the reader more strongly with the narrative. This year, we'll learn several literary devices, how to identify them, and how to use them. Writers who know the literary devices and how to use them create stronger, more emotive, and relatable pieces.
Why would you want to know and identify different literary techniques?
As a reader, knowing the literary devices an author uses helps the reader understand the intent of the author. For example, noting when the author uses words metaphorically, assists the reader in gaining the overall meaning.
Take this passage from Shakespeare's MACBETH:
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me.” —Macbeth, William Shakespeare
Seeds of time is a metaphor. A metaphor is a very important and useful literary device. It helps the reader to understand that events in time grow like seeds grow, not that there are actual seeds of time that grow real grains. It also sounds prettier and paints a picture in the readers mind that plain speech does not.
Shakespeare could have written: "What happens today determines what happens tomorrow." That's plain and clear, but neither pretty nor picturesque nor memorable.
Some literary devices are:
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
allusion
alliteration
and much more.
Worksheet
What is a literary device?_________________________________________________________
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Why would you need to know literary devices? ________________________________________
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Why does a good author use literary devices? __________________________________________
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Wednesday
Write your spelling words two times each.
Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
“...suddenly I was afraid of what Father would say. Afraid he would say, "There'll be someone else soon," and that forever afterward this untruth would lie between us. For in some deep part of me I knew already that there would not--soon or ever--be anyone else.
The sweet cigar-smell came into the room with Father. And of course he did not say the false, idle words.
"Corrie," he began instead, "do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain.
"There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill the love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or, Corrie, we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.
"God loves Karel--even more than you do--and if you ask Him, He will give you His love for this man, a love nothing can prevent, nothing destroy. Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way, Corrie, God can give us his perfect way."
I did not know, as I listened to Father's footsteps winding back down the stairs, that he had given me more than the key to this hard moment. I did not know that he had put into my hands the secret that would open far darker rooms than this--places where there was not, on a human level, anything to love at all.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Questios:
1. What was Corrie afraid of before she spoke to her father? _____________________________
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Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
“...suddenly I was afraid of what Father would say. Afraid he would say, "There'll be someone else soon," and that forever afterward this untruth would lie between us. For in some deep part of me I knew already that there would not--soon or ever--be anyone else.
The sweet cigar-smell came into the room with Father. And of course he did not say the false, idle words.
"Corrie," he began instead, "do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain.
"There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill the love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or, Corrie, we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.
"God loves Karel--even more than you do--and if you ask Him, He will give you His love for this man, a love nothing can prevent, nothing destroy. Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way, Corrie, God can give us his perfect way."
I did not know, as I listened to Father's footsteps winding back down the stairs, that he had given me more than the key to this hard moment. I did not know that he had put into my hands the secret that would open far darker rooms than this--places where there was not, on a human level, anything to love at all.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Questios:
1. What was Corrie afraid of before she spoke to her father? _____________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
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2. What were the two things Corrie's father said about love? ______________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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3. What did Corrie say about her future and love? ______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
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4. What do you think about these ideas of love? ________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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3. What did Corrie say about her future and love? ______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
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4. What do you think about these ideas of love? ________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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Thursday
Poetry and Creative Writing
This year, you will learn about poetry and creative writing. We will discuss all the types of meter and rhyme, and you will try these out in your own writing.
Here are some definitions you will need to learn:
Lines: One line in a poem. Often written with a certain syllable count or specific type of meter.
Stanza: A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.
Rhyme: The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.
Rhyme Scheme: The specific pattern of rhyme in a poem.
One of the most simple rhyme schemes is aabb.
The aabb rhyme scheme uses of four line stanzas divided into two couplets or two consecutive lines that rhyme with each other. The series of couplets continue for the rest of the poem.
With the AABB rhyme scheme, you have two lines that rhyme together followed by two other lines that rhyme together, but not with the first two lines.
Read this aabb rhyming poem and write one of your own with 8 to 20 lines.
Peaceful Summer's Day
upon a peaceful summer's day
when all the children left to play
by shaded trees they came to swing
and hear the gentle robins sing
they laughed and swung then dug in sand
and built a fortress with their hand
with shining pebbles large and small
they made a village with a wall
they sold and bartered sticks and rocks
some yellow flowers, some wood blocks
then played a game that lasted long
of life and war, the weak and strong
upon a table set in shade
I placed on cups of lemonade
some cookies, fruit, and little pies
the children ran with happy eyes
I brought a pictured story book
and called to them with just a look
we sat and read beneath some trees
enjoying summer's sweetest breeze
by Diane Robertson
This year, you will learn about poetry and creative writing. We will discuss all the types of meter and rhyme, and you will try these out in your own writing.
Here are some definitions you will need to learn:
Lines: One line in a poem. Often written with a certain syllable count or specific type of meter.
Stanza: A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.
Rhyme: The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.
Rhyme Scheme: The specific pattern of rhyme in a poem.
One of the most simple rhyme schemes is aabb.
The aabb rhyme scheme uses of four line stanzas divided into two couplets or two consecutive lines that rhyme with each other. The series of couplets continue for the rest of the poem.
With the AABB rhyme scheme, you have two lines that rhyme together followed by two other lines that rhyme together, but not with the first two lines.
Read this aabb rhyming poem and write one of your own with 8 to 20 lines.
Peaceful Summer's Day
upon a peaceful summer's day
when all the children left to play
by shaded trees they came to swing
and hear the gentle robins sing
they laughed and swung then dug in sand
and built a fortress with their hand
with shining pebbles large and small
they made a village with a wall
they sold and bartered sticks and rocks
some yellow flowers, some wood blocks
then played a game that lasted long
of life and war, the weak and strong
upon a table set in shade
I placed on cups of lemonade
some cookies, fruit, and little pies
the children ran with happy eyes
I brought a pictured story book
and called to them with just a look
we sat and read beneath some trees
enjoying summer's sweetest breeze
by Diane Robertson
Math and History and Group Reading
With mom. We will do History and group reading the first part of the day, then you will start your other work while I call you for your other lessons. This year we will study communism for history. You will practice your drawing while I read to you.
Scriptures
Continue with your Book of Mormon reading. You're required to finish by the end of the semester. Read two to three chapters a day.
Reading
The Hiding place by Corrie Ten Boom
Monday- chapter 1
Tuesday- chapter 2
Wednesday- chapter 3
Thursday- chapter 4
Monday- chapter 1
Tuesday- chapter 2
Wednesday- chapter 3
Thursday- chapter 4
Geography
Mon- Wed: Learn all the Countries in Central and South America
Test on Thursday. Tests will be first in the day on Thursday.
Test on Thursday. Tests will be first in the day on Thursday.
