2020-2021 Week 21

Language Arts

Spelling
favorably
fiery
gentlemen
heroic
immense
inability
jocund
liability
maintenance
naturally

Monday

Write each spelling word two times each.

Grammar- Rules for Commas

Rule #5 Use Commas to Set Off an Nonessential Element within a Sentence

Sometimes you will want to include non-essential or extra information within a sentence, such as a name or an address. You should always use a comma before and after that information. You will know if the information is non-essential if you can take it out and the sentence is still a complete sentence and the subject and the very remain the same.

examples:

My sisters, Susan and Arwen, like to play dolls before they go to sleep.

Susan and Arwen can be removed from the sentence and the sentence would still be the same. Therefore, that is non-essential to the sentence and must be set aside, so to speak, by commas. Notice that there is a comma before the girls names and after.

We have to be at the museum, at 4 o'clock, to meet our homeschool group.

My dance competition, in Washington D.C., will be so exciting!

Exercises:
Write 5 sentences with added information separated appropriately with commas.

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4. _______________________________________________________________________________

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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: Flashback

Flashback in an interuption is the narration of the story to recall events that have already occurred. This literary device is used to give background information or tell an important point about the theme, plot, or about a character.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a famous example of flashback. Most of the novel is told in several flashbacks by the maid, Nelly Dean.

Give two examples from movies or literature where flashback is used and write down how it added to the telling of the story.

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Wednesday

Write the spelling words two times each.

Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you.

~Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

1. What metaphor is used in this passage?_______________________________________________

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2. What does this tell you to do with problems in life?_______________________________________

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3. What does the author mean by this line? Then the fates will know you as we know you.

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Thursday

Poetry and Creative Writing

Today we're going to learn about another type of poetic meter: Anapestic meter

Anapestic meter is unstressed/unstressed/stressed.

Like Spondee, anapestic meter is often used for a short change of feet in iambic or trochee. However, unlike Spondee, anapestic can be used for a complete poem. 

Here's a few examples of Anapestic meter in common speech. Words in bold are the stressed syllables.

in the blink of an eye

hit the nail on the head

costs an arm and a leg

at the drop of a hat

Here are two fun examples from famous literature:

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
~Dr. Suess, Oh the Places You'll Go

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

~Clement Clark Moore, A Vision of St. Nicholas

Write a 12 line poem in which you have 3 four line stanzas. Your rhyme scheme should be aabb. Your meter must be regular.  You can use iambic or trochee with some Anapestic or mostly anapestic with some iambic or trochee. 

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 5
Tuesday- Chapter 6
Wednesday- Chapter 7
Thursday- Chapter 8

Geography

Now that you've studied maps of the world, I want you to pick one country and write a 800 to 2000 word story that takes place in it as well as drawing a detailed picture to go with the story. You have 5 weeks to do this.