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Monday
Write each spelling word two times each.
Grammar- Rules for Commas
Rule #3 Separate Dependent Clauses that come BEFORE the Independent Clause
When you have a dependent clause before an independent clause, use a comma after the dependent clause.
examples:
Until the paint dried, we could not use the bathroom.
Before finding a seat at the movie theater, we ordered popcorn and soda.
If the baby keeps crying, try soothing her with a warm bath.
However, you generally do not need to use a comma if the dependent clause comes after the independent clause.
examples:
We could not use the bathroom until the paint dried.
We ordered popcorn and soda before finding a seat in the movie theater.
Exercises:
Add commas to the correct places in the following sentences if necessary.
1. Before we left for the park, we ate lunch.
2. You will not be hungry for dinner if you eat dessert now.
3. Although he works hard everyday he's never really been successful.
4. Because the alarm clock didn't go off we slept in and arrived late for church.
5. Whatever he says to do you should do the opposite.
6. Brandy took a shower before she ate breakfast.
Rule #4 Use a Comma to Join Two Lengthy Independent Clauses.
examples:
John was determined to buy the new lego set, but every store he went to had already sold out.
Eliza was not certain she had enough money for her bill, so she got online to check the balance in her bank account.
Jacob loved the dinosaur display in the Natural History museum, and he wanted to go and study them each Wednesday but the virus stopped him from going for months.
However, if the two independent clauses are short are comma may not be necessary.
examples:
The dog jogged and the boy walked.
The carrots tasted good but the celery was old.
Exercises:
Add commas to the correct places in the following sentences if necessary.
1. In the beginning of the year we thought we'd be working a lot but then the pandemic started and we ended up staying at home a lot.
2. The birds flew to one side of the yard and then they ate the seeds in the grass.
3. My dog liked to chew up my dad's shoes and each evening my dad would try and find a new hiding place to keep his shoes from my dog.
4. Joseph liked to take long hot baths but his brother and sister did not like being locked out of the bathroom for so long.
5. The peaches were spoiled but the apples were still fresh.
6. We either had the money to take a short vacation to Europe or we could spend a month traveling the history sights in the United States.
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: assonance
Assonance is similar to alliteration, except it is not a repetition of the first sound, it is a repetition of the vowel sounds in words close together in poetry or prose. Like other literary devices, assonance works in both poetry and prose to enhance the writing and give it a musical effect. This enhances the pleasure of reading a literary piece as well as helping the writer to develop a particular mood in the text that corresponds with its subject matter.
The earth birthed flowers of great worth
notice the repeating er sound in this line.
Cheep, cheep, bleat, bleat, went the birds and the sheep.
notice repeating long ee sound in this line.
The red hen pecked at the bread crumbs.
notice the repeating short e sound.
Here are some famous examples of assonance in literature:
Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.
~Carl Sandburg, Early Moon
This one uses the long o sound.
That floats on high o‘er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze…”
~William Wordsworth, Daffodils
This one uses the long o sounds and then the long ee sound.
Write a short four line poem using assonance to assist in the flow and mood of your poem.
Write a short four line poem using assonance to assist in the flow and mood of your poem.
Wednesday
Write the spelling words two times each.Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
~George Orwell, 1984
1. What does this say about power and persecution?________________________________________
1. What does this say about power and persecution?________________________________________
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2. According to this passage are dictators interested in the good of other?________________________
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3. Do rulers take away freedom with the expectation that they'll be returning it?___________________
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Thursday
Poetry and Creative WritingToday we're going to learn about another type of poetic meter: Spondaic Meter
Spondaic Meter or Spondee is stressed/stressed
Spondees are called "irregular" feet. A regular foot (like an iamb) can be used throughout a whole line or poem. An entire, 14-line, Shakespearean sonnet can be made up of iambs. Since spondees are all stressed, every single syllable in the line or poem would need to be stressed in order for it to be considered "regular." That's pretty impossible since English relies on both stressed and unstressed syllables. Mostly, spondees are used for emphasis in a regular (iambic, trochaic) poetic line.
Spondees are called "irregular" feet. A regular foot (like an iamb) can be used throughout a whole line or poem. An entire, 14-line, Shakespearean sonnet can be made up of iambs. Since spondees are all stressed, every single syllable in the line or poem would need to be stressed in order for it to be considered "regular." That's pretty impossible since English relies on both stressed and unstressed syllables. Mostly, spondees are used for emphasis in a regular (iambic, trochaic) poetic line.
Another place spondees are found is with a few single syllable words that are given out in a poem as commands, such as "Stand, breath, shine!" Each word is given equal emphasis.
Here are two literary examples. I will put the emphasized syllables in bold print:
...'But I understand: it is not the stones,
But the child’s mound—’
‘Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t,’ she cried.
She withdrew shrinking from beneath his arm
~Robert Frost, Home Burial
Then 'tis time to do't.
~William Shakespeare, MacBeth
Write an 8 to 14 line poem with aabb or abab rhyming in iambi or trochee with two or three feet with spondee.
Scriptures
Read the Doctrine and Covenants. You need to be finished with section 65 by the end of 16 weeks.
Reading
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 27 chapters
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: Find Australia and all the Island countries around her and all their capitol cities.
