2020-2021 Week 29

Language Arts

Spelling
conscientious
consciousness
disastrous
disciple
endeavor
enormous
fragile
guidance
hypocrisy
inquiry

Monday

Write each spelling word two times each.

Grammar- The Dash

The dash -- does not have unique usage. Instead it is always used in place of other punctuation.

You can use dashes when you desire to:

1. Introduce a list in place of a colon.
2. Separate paranthetical information in sentence.

3. Credit a quotation.

examples:

1. We had such a lovely trip with so many spectacular sites-- the Eiffel Tower, the Musée du Louvre, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame, and the Musée d'Orsay.

2. When school began once more and we had to live on a schedule-- awake by 9 am with school beginning at 10 am-- I found that I had more time for reading because I wasted less time sleeping in.

3.--William, Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 1

Exercises:

In the following sentences, remove the punctuation and put in a dash where appropriate.

1. In the spring the river runs fast and flowers start to bud and I take walks by the river: I'll capture tadpoles and newts, gather wild flower to replant, look for silt to make into clay.

2. It depends, grandmother would say, on the weather.

3. “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
(Abraham Lincoln)

4. We will tie the canoes to the top of the van, once summer comes again, and head to the lake for a week.

5. Oh please, I begged my father, oh please, let me go on the school trip.

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: Mood

Mood is simply the feeling the writer would like the reader to have, such as happy, ominous, depressing, frightening, exciting, etc. The author achieves this through imagery and word choice. 

Here's an example from The Hobbit, where Tolkien sets up the mood. Read the passage and think about how you feel.

"It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats -- the hobbit was fond of visitors."

~J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Write a paragraph using descriptive language to set up a mood.

Wednesday

Write the spelling words two times each.

Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.

"Then a businesslike air animated him. "Ivan," he said to Rainsford, "will supply you with hunting clothes, food, a knife. I suggest you wear moccasins; they leave a poorer trail. I suggest, too, that you avoid the big swamp in the southeast corner of the island. We call it Death Swamp. There's quicksand there. One foolish fellow tried it. The deplorable part of it was that Lazarus followed him. You can imagine my feelings, Mr. Rainsford. I loved Lazarus; he was the finest hound in my pack. Well, I must beg you to excuse me now. I always' take a siesta after lunch. You'll hardly have time for a nap, I fear. You'll want to start, no doubt. I shall not follow till dusk. Hunting at night is so much more exciting than by day, don't you think? Au revoir, Mr. Rainsford, au revoir." General Zaroff, with a deep, courtly bow, strolled from the room.
From another door came Ivan. Under one arm he carried khaki hunting clothes, a haversack of food, a leather sheath containing a long-bladed hunting knife; his right hand rested on a cocked revolver thrust in the crimson sash about his waist.
Rainsford had fought his way through the bush for two hours. "I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve," he said through tight teeth.
He had not been entirely clearheaded when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him. His whole idea at first was to put distance between himself and General Zaroff; and, to this end, he had plunged along, spurred on by the sharp rowers of something very like panic. Now he had got a grip on himself, had stopped, and was taking stock of himself and the situation. He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea. He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations, clearly, must take place within that frame.
"I'll give him a trail to follow," muttered Rainsford, and he struck off from the rude path he had been following into the trackless wilderness. He executed a series of intricate loops; he doubled on his trail again and again, recalling all the lore of the fox hunt, and all the dodges of the fox. Night found him leg-weary, with hands and face lashed by the branches, on a thickly wooded ridge. He knew it would be insane to blunder on through the dark, even if he had the strength. His need for rest was imperative and he thought, "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable." A big tree with a thick trunk and outspread branches was near by, and, taking care to leave not the slightest mark, he climbed up into the crotch, and, stretching out on one of the broad limbs, after a fashion, rested. Rest brought him new confidence and almost a feeling of security. Even so zealous a hunter as General Zaroff could not trace him there, he told himself; only the devil himself could follow that complicated trail through the jungle after dark. But perhaps the general was a devil--"

~Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

1. This is taken from a short story in which a man falls from a yatch in the middle of the ocean and gets to an island. On the island, another man lives there, when men come, he equips them with hunting gear and hunts them like wild animals. What is the mood of this passage?

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2. What does Rainsford do to begin with?________________________________________________

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3. What does Rainsford realize once he starts walking out of the house?_________________________

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4. What change of plans does Rainsford make?____________________________________________

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Thursday

Poetry and Creative Writing

We have four weeks left of the school year. In those four weeks you will write a short story with a minimum of 2,000 words. Choose 4 story telling devices and 6 literary devices to pay attention to and include in your story. Feel free to use a thesaurus. Think over your sentence structure and words choice.

Today:
1. Write down your chosen literary devices and story telling devices.
2. Write two paragraphs describing your basic plot line with a beginning, middle, and end.

3. Name your main characters.

Scriptures

Read the Doctrine and Covenants. You need to be finished with section 65 by the end of 16 weeks.

Reading

Grimm's Fairy Tales
Read one story each day until the end of the school year. You don't have to read them in any order, just choose a different one each day.