Language Arts
Spelling
tolerate
unfortunately
valuable
wayfaring
yearning
abbreviation
bacteria
cancellation
deceive
embarrass
Monday
Write the spelling words two times each.
Grammar: Phrases
In order to become a better writer and to form better sentences, we're going to learn the specifics of phrases and clauses. Phrases are sentence fragments, as they never stand alone as a single sentence. There are different types of phrases. Today we will learn about Noun phrases.
1. Noun Phrases:
Noun phrases consist of two or more words: a noun or pronoun or nouns or pronouns and any words that modify the nouns and pronouns. To be a noun phrase, it must function as a noun in the sentence.
In order to become a better writer and to form better sentences, we're going to learn the specifics of phrases and clauses. Phrases are sentence fragments, as they never stand alone as a single sentence. There are different types of phrases. Today we will learn about Noun phrases.
1. Noun Phrases:
Noun phrases consist of two or more words: a noun or pronoun or nouns or pronouns and any words that modify the nouns and pronouns. To be a noun phrase, it must function as a noun in the sentence.
Let's look at some sentences with noun phrases. The noun phrase will be underlined.
The small kitten sleeps on the deck.
He threw the big red ball.
The small kitten sleeps on the deck.
He threw the big red ball.
A very large and dirty truck drove down the street.
Pretty fireworks burst in the black of night.
The dog carried a red rubber ball.
The girl holding her hand up knew the answer to the question.
The boy and his dog swam in the deep end of the swimming pool.
As you can see, noun phrases can vary greatly.
2. How can you tell if the phrase is a noun phrase?
Noun phrases must function as a single noun. You can know if the phrase exists as a single noun if it can be replaced by a pronoun.
Let's do that with the above sentences.
2. Unfortunately, the cat pooped on the floor. __________________________________________
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: Simile
A Simile is like a metaphor. It compares two unlike things. Similes, however, always use comparison words such as "like" or "as". Metaphors, on the other hand, compare things directly without comparison words.
Examples:
The girl walked like a duck.
This simile compares how the girl walks to how a duck walks using the comparison word "like".
Pretty fireworks burst in the black of night.
The dog carried a red rubber ball.
The girl holding her hand up knew the answer to the question.
The boy and his dog swam in the deep end of the swimming pool.
As you can see, noun phrases can vary greatly.
2. How can you tell if the phrase is a noun phrase?
Noun phrases must function as a single noun. You can know if the phrase exists as a single noun if it can be replaced by a pronoun.
Let's do that with the above sentences.
The small kitten sleeps on the deck. (It sleeps on it.)
He threw the big red ball. (He threw it.)
He threw the big red ball. (He threw it.)
A very large and dirty truck drove down the street. (It drove down it.)
Pretty fireworks burst in the black of night. (They burst in it.)
The dog carried a red rubber ball. (He carried it.)
The girl holding her hand up knew the answer to the question. (She knew it.)
The boy and his dog swam in the deep end of the swimming pool. (They swam in it.)
3. What types of noun phrases are there?
There are three types of noun phrases.
A) Subject Noun Phrase:
When the noun phrase functions as the subject of the sentence, then that phrase is a subject noun phrase.
The brown eyed girl smiles.
The brown eyed girl is the complete subject of the sentence and is a noun phrase, therefore, it is a subject noun phrase.
B) Object Noun Phrase
When the noun phrase functions as the object of the sentence, then that phrase is an object noun phrase.
He caught the baseball.
The baseball is the object of the sentence and is a noun phrase, therefore, it is an object noun phrase.
C) Complement Noun Phrase:
Complements are words or phrases that are necessary to make the sentence’s subject or predicate complete. Subject complements contain a linking verb and describe the subject of the sentence. Object complements modify the direct or indirect object of the verb. Look at these examples:
Subject Complement
He was a boy who loved running.
The noun phrase follows the linking verb "was" and modifies the subject "he".
Pretty fireworks burst in the black of night. (They burst in it.)
The dog carried a red rubber ball. (He carried it.)
The girl holding her hand up knew the answer to the question. (She knew it.)
The boy and his dog swam in the deep end of the swimming pool. (They swam in it.)
3. What types of noun phrases are there?
There are three types of noun phrases.
A) Subject Noun Phrase:
When the noun phrase functions as the subject of the sentence, then that phrase is a subject noun phrase.
The brown eyed girl smiles.
The brown eyed girl is the complete subject of the sentence and is a noun phrase, therefore, it is a subject noun phrase.
B) Object Noun Phrase
When the noun phrase functions as the object of the sentence, then that phrase is an object noun phrase.
He caught the baseball.
The baseball is the object of the sentence and is a noun phrase, therefore, it is an object noun phrase.
C) Complement Noun Phrase:
Complements are words or phrases that are necessary to make the sentence’s subject or predicate complete. Subject complements contain a linking verb and describe the subject of the sentence. Object complements modify the direct or indirect object of the verb. Look at these examples:
Subject Complement
He was a boy who loved running.
The noun phrase follows the linking verb "was" and modifies the subject "he".
Object Complement
She painted the table a greyish color.
She painted the table a greyish color.
This noun phrase follows and modifies the direct object.
Worksheet
Worksheet
Underline all the noun phrases in the following sentences and then write down which type of phrase: subject noun phrase, object noun phrase, or compliment noun phrase.
1. The boy's mother would not tolerate his dirty bedroom. ________________________________
1. The boy's mother would not tolerate his dirty bedroom. ________________________________
2. Unfortunately, the cat pooped on the floor. __________________________________________
3. Anya broke the valuable vase. ____________________________________________________
4. The wayfaring soldier walked slowly home. _________________________________________
5. The two brothers were yearning to see their dad._______________________________________
6. He wrote the name of the hotel in an abbreviation. _____________________________________
7. She was the girl who got sick from the bacteria. _______________________________________
8. The airline cancellation messed up their plans. ________________________________________
9. The politicians deceived their constituents. ___________________________________________
10. She was a girl that embarrassed easily. ______________________________________________
Tuesday
Literary Device: Simile
A Simile is like a metaphor. It compares two unlike things. Similes, however, always use comparison words such as "like" or "as". Metaphors, on the other hand, compare things directly without comparison words.
Examples:
The girl walked like a duck.
This simile compares how the girl walks to how a duck walks using the comparison word "like".
My mouth dropped as far as the moon.This simile compares the width of an open mouth to the distant of earth to the moon using the comparison phrase "as...as...".
Let's look at some similes from classic literature:
— Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott compares kitten claws to burs.
— To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt, by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens compared an ability to describe something as easy as painting a picture on a running river.
— The Adventure of the Three Gables, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle compared a woman's entrance to that of an unruly chicken.
Worksheet
Read this passage and identify the simile.
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Write 5 similes of your own.
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________________________________
3.________________________________________________________________________________
4.________________________________________________________________________________
5.________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday
Write your spelling words two times each.
Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
Write your spelling words two times each.
Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
Macbeth: “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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2. How is MacBeth feeling when he says this? ____________________________________________
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Polonious to Laertes:
Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion’d thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch’d, unfledg’d comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy:
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend;
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all,—to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
--William Shakespeare, Hamlet
1. What are three pieces of advice Polonious gave to Laertes? ________________________________
Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion’d thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch’d, unfledg’d comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy:
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend;
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all,—to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
--William Shakespeare, Hamlet
1. What are three pieces of advice Polonious gave to Laertes? ________________________________
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2. What does this mean? For the apparel oft proclaims the man _______________________________
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Thursday
Poetry and Creative Writing
We've done aabb and abab rhyme schemes. Another rhyme scheme is abcb. That means that in a four line stanza the 2nd and 4th lines rhyme, but there is no rhyme in the 1st and 2nd line.
Here's a poem with uses both abcb and abab rhyme scheme.
Always Ice Cream
ice cream's good in april
ice cream's good in may
ice cream cones in january
after the snow, we play
ice cream in a cone
in a cup or big dish
when we search on a phone
or look up for a wish
ice cream eaten for breakfast
or a Sunday brunch
enjoy it for dinner
or late day lunch
ice cream at the pool
melting over your hands
ice cream at the beach
dripping on crystal sands
ice cream when I'm cold
ice cream when I'm hot
I'll eat it when I'm old
and especially when I'm not
Which stanzas have abcb rhyme scheme?____________________________________________
Write a 4 to 8 line poem with abcb rhyme only.
Monday- chapter 9
Tuesday- chapter 10
Wednesday- chapter 11
Thursday- chapter 12
We've done aabb and abab rhyme schemes. Another rhyme scheme is abcb. That means that in a four line stanza the 2nd and 4th lines rhyme, but there is no rhyme in the 1st and 2nd line.
Here's a poem with uses both abcb and abab rhyme scheme.
Always Ice Cream
ice cream's good in april
ice cream's good in may
ice cream cones in january
after the snow, we play
ice cream in a cone
in a cup or big dish
when we search on a phone
or look up for a wish
ice cream eaten for breakfast
or a Sunday brunch
enjoy it for dinner
or late day lunch
ice cream at the pool
melting over your hands
ice cream at the beach
dripping on crystal sands
ice cream when I'm cold
ice cream when I'm hot
I'll eat it when I'm old
and especially when I'm not
Which stanzas have abcb rhyme scheme?____________________________________________
Write a 4 to 8 line poem with abcb rhyme only.
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 9
Tuesday- chapter 10
Wednesday- chapter 11
Thursday- chapter 12
Geography
Mon- Wed: Learn all the Countries in Western Europe.
Test on Thursday. Tests will be first in the day on Thursday.
