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Monday
Write each spelling word two times each.Grammar-Rules for Commas
Rule #7 Don’t Use a Comma Between Two Independent Clauses Without a Conjunction
If a sentence contains two independent clauses and they're not connected with a conjunction, use a semicolon, not a comma.
examples:
The moonlight from the full moon lighted the woods, the fairies delighted that their party would be lighted.
*This is wrong. It is a run on sentence. To fix this, the writer must add a semicolon between the two independent clauses, or add a comma and a conjunction, or make them two separate sentences.
The moonlight from the full moon lighted the woods; the fairies delighted that their party would be lighted.
*This is correct.
The moonlight from the full moon lighted the woods, and the fairies delighted that their party would be lighted.
*This is correct
The moonlight from the full moon lighted the woods. The fairies delighted that their party would be lighted.
*This is correct.
Exercises:
Repair the following sentences by putting in the correct punctuation.
1. The fairies undoubtedly flitted through the flower garden, they danced in the moonlight.
2.The squirrels scurried across the upper branches in the oak tree, the chipmunks stayed below digging for nuts.
3. Sharon felt faint in the summer heat, she had to get inside to get a cold drink and cool off in the air conditioning.
4. The statiticians gave an analysis of the data that displeased the shareholders of the pharmesuetical company, the scientists then changed the data.
5. The belligerent boy would not clean the trash out of his closet nor under his bed, he laid on the floor and read comic books instead.
Rule #8 Don’t Separate a Compound Subject or Compound Object With Commas
Two nouns in the subject or two nouns in the object-- compound subjects and compound objects-- must not be separated by commas. They're words said together without a pause. Putting a pause in by use of a comma would separate the subjects or the objects from the action. It would be awkward.
examples:
Felix, and Ana strolled through the gardens at the museum.
*This is an incorrect use of a comma. Since both Felix and Ana are strolling, a comma is wrong and interrupts the subjects from the action.
Felix and Ana strolled through the gardens at the museum.
*This is correct.
Felix and Ana strolled through the gardens at the museum.
*This is correct.
The dogs fetched the balls, and sticks.
*This is incorrect. The balls and the sticks both receive the action. The comma separates sticks from the action, and makes the sentence awkward.
*This is incorrect. The balls and the sticks both receive the action. The comma separates sticks from the action, and makes the sentence awkward.
The dogs fetched the balls and sticks.
*This is correct.
Exercises:
Write 5 sentences with compound subjects or compound objects without commas in the wrong places.
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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: Metonym
examples:
The pen is mightier than the sword
Pen in place of written words and sword in place of war.
Pen in place of written words and sword in place of war.
The United States taxes income.
The United States is in place of the United States Government.
Give me a hand
Hand is in place of help.
That car cut crashed into me.
Car is in place of the driver of the car.
Car is in place of the driver of the car.
Here are two literary examples:
~William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Why flesh that mirror Him must someday die…
~Countee Cullen, Yet Do I Marvel
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Wednesday
Write the spelling words two times each.Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
I did not read books the first summer; I hoed beans. Nay, I often did better than this. There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hands. I love a broad margin to my life. Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, amidst the pines and hickories and sumachs, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house, until by the sun falling in at my west window, or the noise of some traveller’s wagon on the distant highway, I was reminded of the lapse of time. They were not time subtracted from my life, but so much over and above my usual allowance. I realized what the Orientals mean by contemplation and the forsaking of works. For the most part, I minded not how the hours went. The day advanced as if to light some work of mine; it was morning, and lo, now it is evening, and nothing memorable is accomplished. Instead of singing like the birds, I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune. As the sparrow had its trill, sitting on the hickory before my door, so had I my chuckle or suppressed warble which he might hear out of my nest. My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the ticking of a clock; for I lived like the Puri Indians, of whom it is said that “for yesterday, to-day, and to-morrow they have only one word, and they express the variety of meaning by pointing backward for yesterday, forward for to-morrow, and overhead for the passing day.” This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting. A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.
~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
1. What does Thoreau mean when he says, "I love a broad margin to my life."?
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2. Thoreau said, "I grew in those seasons like corn in the night, and they were far better than any work of the hands would have been." What metaphor did he use? Explain the meaning of the metaphor.
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3. What does Thoreau have to say about how he used his time and about the passage of time in general?
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4. What does Thoreau mean by, "A man must find his occasions in himself,"?
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Thursday
Poetry and Creative Writing
Now that you know about rhyme scheme, meter, imagery, metaphor, and simile, it's time to write a sonnet.
Your sonnet needs to be written in iambic pentameter or iambic tetrameter. You need to include imagery, metaphor, and rhyme. This is how your sonnet needs to be written.
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As you can see, there will be 14 lines and 4 stanzas. The first 3 stanzas are quatrains with an abab rhyme scheme. The final couplet has the aa rhyme scheme.
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As you can see, there will be 14 lines and 4 stanzas. The first 3 stanzas are quatrains with an abab rhyme scheme. The final couplet has the aa rhyme scheme.
Sonnets tell a story. The first stanza opens the scene. The next two are the body and the final couplet pulls it together.
Here is a sonnet that I wrote:
Soft Lyrics
Soft lyrics like a gentle dove,
flow sweetly down from window pane,
a springtime song with words of love,
that fall from sky in sun and rain.
She plays upon her treasured lute,
with rising voice she fills the room,
and sings on like an angel's flute,
that grows as strong as summer's bloom.
She calls to him with notes that swell.
The music streams to meet his ears,
near tree beside the stony well.
He runs to her and stops the tears.
She faints into his sweet embrace,
and looks upon his loving face.
Notice the abab rhyme scheme. The iambic tetrameter, the imagery that brings the reader in with pictures and sounds, and the simile-- soft lyrics like a gentle dove. Now it is your turn.
Write a beautiful sonnet with:
14 lines, 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
Here is a sonnet that I wrote:
Soft Lyrics
Soft lyrics like a gentle dove,
flow sweetly down from window pane,
a springtime song with words of love,
that fall from sky in sun and rain.
She plays upon her treasured lute,
with rising voice she fills the room,
and sings on like an angel's flute,
that grows as strong as summer's bloom.
She calls to him with notes that swell.
The music streams to meet his ears,
near tree beside the stony well.
He runs to her and stops the tears.
She faints into his sweet embrace,
and looks upon his loving face.
Notice the abab rhyme scheme. The iambic tetrameter, the imagery that brings the reader in with pictures and sounds, and the simile-- soft lyrics like a gentle dove. Now it is your turn.
Write a beautiful sonnet with:
14 lines, 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
abab rhyme scheme in the quatrains, aa in the couplet
8 or 10 syllables per line
in iambic metering
include imagery and metaphor or simile
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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 13
Tuesday- Chapter 14
Wednesday- Chapter 15
Thursday- Chapter 16
Monday- Chapter 13
Tuesday- Chapter 14
Wednesday- Chapter 15
Thursday- Chapter 16
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.
