Language arts
Spelling
kaleidoscope
language
maneuver
negotiate
oasis
panicked
qualified
raspberry
sandwich
threatening
Monday
Write spelling words two times each.
Grammar: Run-on Sentence
1. A run-on sentence is a sentence that ignores proper punctuation for putting independent clauses, dependent clauses, and phrases together. It becomes a string of sentences shoved into one. A run on sentence is essentially the opposite of a sentence fragment. The fragment is missing pieces, while the run-on has too many.
Reading run-on sentences is tedious and lengthy. It leaves no breaks for a breath and is often confusing because the words aren't properly put together. All run-on sentences need repair to become a complete sentence.
example:
Thomas sits down at the park Alice meets him for a picnic.
This is a run-on sentence. It ignores using coordinating conjunctions such as "and" and "or". It has no commas, or no semi-colons.
We can fix the sentence a few ways.
1. Break it into more than one sentence. Look for the independent clauses (clauses that have both a subject and a verb and can stand alone). Using this method, the sentence would be fixed this way:
Thomas sits down at the park. Alice meets him for a picnic.
2. Instead of a period, a semicolon can be used.
Thomas sits down at the park; Alice meets him for a picnic.
Both of these way are perfectly acceptable and correct, but they're boring. Good writers will find a grammatically correct way to combine two independent clauses that read smoother.
3. Add coordinating conjunctions and a comma.
Thomas sits down at the park, and Alice meets him for a picnic.
4.Add a subordinating conjunction such as while, before, after, additionally, etc to one clause to make it dependent on the other, and combine the two clauses with a comma.
Before Alice meets him for a picnic, Thomas sits down at the park.
It's important to look at several possibilities when repairing a run on sentence including rearranging phrases and clauses and adding conjunctions.
Let's look at this mess of a sentence.
To qualify for medical school my brother took exams went to four years of college working hard it was tedious.
There are many phrases and clauses and a couple of ideas in this sentence. Let's add the proper punctuation and see how we can rearrange the phrases and clauses to give sense and flow to this sentence.
Here are some examples that will fix this sentence.
To qualify for medical school, my brother took exams, after going to four years of college and working hard. It was tedious.
My brother went to four years of college working hard and taking exams to qualify for medical schools. It was tedious.
It was tedious for my brother to qualify for medical school. He went to four years of college, working hard, and taking exams.
Worksheet
Rewrite the run on sentences into complete sentences.
1. Joseph looked through the kaleidoscope gasped at the many sparkling pictures.
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2. Rachel panicked the doctor said her grandmother had cancer.
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3. The pilot maneuvered the helicopter to miss the oncoming eagle the eagle still crashed into the helicopter.
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4. She dripped raspberry jam on her shirt smeared peanut butter on her cheeks.
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5. The threatening sky roared and rumbled with ardent anger it darkened and down poured for hours.
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6. The clean spot on the counter became my oasis I always ate there and never cleaned the rest.
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7. We went to language class each week we learned some Spanish and some Latin.
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8. The teacher told us to read his rules he said that we could not negotiate them.
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9. My dad said that I qualified for the first violin in the youth orchestra I was pleased I worked so hard.
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10. Adam put a taco, some pickles, ham, turkey, lettuce, tomatoes on his sandwich we laughed.
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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: Metaphor
Metaphors take an idea, action, or object and describe them in non-literal terms. In short, a metaphor is the substitution of one thing to connote or compare it to another. The two things being described usually share something in common but are unalike in all other respects.
In writing, a metaphor is a direct exchange one thing is written as another.
Example:
Little drops of sunshine danced in the field.
In this metaphor yellow flowers become little drops of sunshine.
Let's look at some famous metaphors:
“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”
― Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa compares herself to a pencil in the hand of God.
“Time is a river...and books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, a very few, endure the testings of time and live to bless the ages following.”
― R.W. and Rev. Joseph Fort Newton, The Lost Symbol
R.W. and Rev. Joseph Fort Newton compare time to river and books to boats to teach that only a few will be good enough to withstand the tests of time.
“Your mind is a cupboard and you stock the shelves.”
― Thomas S. Monson
language
maneuver
negotiate
oasis
panicked
qualified
raspberry
sandwich
threatening
Monday
Write spelling words two times each.
Grammar: Run-on Sentence
1. A run-on sentence is a sentence that ignores proper punctuation for putting independent clauses, dependent clauses, and phrases together. It becomes a string of sentences shoved into one. A run on sentence is essentially the opposite of a sentence fragment. The fragment is missing pieces, while the run-on has too many.
Reading run-on sentences is tedious and lengthy. It leaves no breaks for a breath and is often confusing because the words aren't properly put together. All run-on sentences need repair to become a complete sentence.
example:
Thomas sits down at the park Alice meets him for a picnic.
This is a run-on sentence. It ignores using coordinating conjunctions such as "and" and "or". It has no commas, or no semi-colons.
We can fix the sentence a few ways.
1. Break it into more than one sentence. Look for the independent clauses (clauses that have both a subject and a verb and can stand alone). Using this method, the sentence would be fixed this way:
Thomas sits down at the park. Alice meets him for a picnic.
2. Instead of a period, a semicolon can be used.
Thomas sits down at the park; Alice meets him for a picnic.
Both of these way are perfectly acceptable and correct, but they're boring. Good writers will find a grammatically correct way to combine two independent clauses that read smoother.
3. Add coordinating conjunctions and a comma.
Thomas sits down at the park, and Alice meets him for a picnic.
4.Add a subordinating conjunction such as while, before, after, additionally, etc to one clause to make it dependent on the other, and combine the two clauses with a comma.
Before Alice meets him for a picnic, Thomas sits down at the park.
It's important to look at several possibilities when repairing a run on sentence including rearranging phrases and clauses and adding conjunctions.
Let's look at this mess of a sentence.
To qualify for medical school my brother took exams went to four years of college working hard it was tedious.
There are many phrases and clauses and a couple of ideas in this sentence. Let's add the proper punctuation and see how we can rearrange the phrases and clauses to give sense and flow to this sentence.
Here are some examples that will fix this sentence.
To qualify for medical school, my brother took exams, after going to four years of college and working hard. It was tedious.
My brother went to four years of college working hard and taking exams to qualify for medical schools. It was tedious.
It was tedious for my brother to qualify for medical school. He went to four years of college, working hard, and taking exams.
Worksheet
Rewrite the run on sentences into complete sentences.
1. Joseph looked through the kaleidoscope gasped at the many sparkling pictures.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. Rachel panicked the doctor said her grandmother had cancer.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. The pilot maneuvered the helicopter to miss the oncoming eagle the eagle still crashed into the helicopter.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. She dripped raspberry jam on her shirt smeared peanut butter on her cheeks.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. The threatening sky roared and rumbled with ardent anger it darkened and down poured for hours.
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
6. The clean spot on the counter became my oasis I always ate there and never cleaned the rest.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
7. We went to language class each week we learned some Spanish and some Latin.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
8. The teacher told us to read his rules he said that we could not negotiate them.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
9. My dad said that I qualified for the first violin in the youth orchestra I was pleased I worked so hard.
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
10. Adam put a taco, some pickles, ham, turkey, lettuce, tomatoes on his sandwich we laughed.
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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: Metaphor
Metaphors take an idea, action, or object and describe them in non-literal terms. In short, a metaphor is the substitution of one thing to connote or compare it to another. The two things being described usually share something in common but are unalike in all other respects.
In writing, a metaphor is a direct exchange one thing is written as another.
Example:
Little drops of sunshine danced in the field.
In this metaphor yellow flowers become little drops of sunshine.
Let's look at some famous metaphors:
“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”
― Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa compares herself to a pencil in the hand of God.
“Time is a river...and books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, a very few, endure the testings of time and live to bless the ages following.”
― R.W. and Rev. Joseph Fort Newton, The Lost Symbol
R.W. and Rev. Joseph Fort Newton compare time to river and books to boats to teach that only a few will be good enough to withstand the tests of time.
“Your mind is a cupboard and you stock the shelves.”
― Thomas S. Monson
Thomas Monson illustrates how what a person puts in their mind will be what they have by comparing the mind to a cupboard.
Worksheet
“Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is--the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.”
― Winston Churchill
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Write 5 metaphors of your own.
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Wednesday
Write your spelling words two times each.
Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
“The blacker the night around us grew, the brighter and truer and more beautiful burned the word of God. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? . . . Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
1. What does Corrie mean when she says: The blacker the night around us grew?
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2. What is the question that Corrie asks in this passage?
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3. Why do you think Corrie would call those difficult things conquerors?
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Thursday
Poetry and Creative Writing
Last week, we practiced aabb rhyme scheme. This week, we will practice abab rhyme scheme.
Note that we are talking about end line rhyming only. Poets can rhyme in the middle, but when discussing lettered rhyme scheme, we're talking about the last word of the each line rhyming with the last word of another line. With the abab rhyme scheme, we're looking at a four line stanzas in which the first and third lines rhyme and the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other. Literally, every other line rhymes.
Read this aabb rhyming poem and write one of your own with 8 to 20 lines.
The Far Side of the Moon
Write your spelling words two times each.
Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
“The blacker the night around us grew, the brighter and truer and more beautiful burned the word of God. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? . . . Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
1. What does Corrie mean when she says: The blacker the night around us grew?
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2. What is the question that Corrie asks in this passage?
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3. Why do you think Corrie would call those difficult things conquerors?
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Thursday
Poetry and Creative Writing
Last week, we practiced aabb rhyme scheme. This week, we will practice abab rhyme scheme.
Note that we are talking about end line rhyming only. Poets can rhyme in the middle, but when discussing lettered rhyme scheme, we're talking about the last word of the each line rhyming with the last word of another line. With the abab rhyme scheme, we're looking at a four line stanzas in which the first and third lines rhyme and the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other. Literally, every other line rhymes.
Read this aabb rhyming poem and write one of your own with 8 to 20 lines.
The Far Side of the Moon
The far side of the moon
peers not upon the earth
not at midnight, not at noon
not at baptism or at birth.
Setting its sights to farther globes
reaching to that red neighbor, Mars
into space, his thoughts probe
calling to distant stars.
Both sides catch the heat of the sun
casting light, a candle in the dark,
for no traveler the moon will shun,
on earth blue, or Mars red and stark.
peers not upon the earth
not at midnight, not at noon
not at baptism or at birth.
Setting its sights to farther globes
reaching to that red neighbor, Mars
into space, his thoughts probe
calling to distant stars.
Both sides catch the heat of the sun
casting light, a candle in the dark,
for no traveler the moon will shun,
on earth blue, or Mars red and stark.
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 BoomMonday- chapter 5
Tuesday- chapter 6
Wednesday- chapter 7
Thursday- chapter 8
Geography
Mon- Wed: Learn all the Capitol Cities of each of 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.
