Language Arts
Spelling
exercise
exhaustion
fundamentally
gymnasium
irresistible
magnanimous
nurturing
preposition
prosperous
punctuation
Monday
Write each spelling word two times each.Grammar- Parts of Speech
We will end the school year with a simple reminder of the parts of speech.
There are 9 parts of speech:
nouns
pronouns
verbs
adjectives
adverbs
prepositions
conjunctions
articles/determiners
interjections
Conjunctions
Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses.
examples: and, or, nor, but, so, with, yet
Articles/Determiners
Articles/Determiners function as adjectives because they modify nouns, but they are different than adjectives because they cannot be left out of a sentence.
examples: articles: a, an, the; determiners: these, that, those, enough, much, few, which, what
Interjections
Interjections are expressions that can stand on their own.
examples: no, ouch, help, ahhh, mmmm, etc.
Exercises:
In the following sentences, underline the conjunctions, circle the articles and determiners, and draw a square around any interjections.
1. Ahhhh, that baby is so cute and cuddly.
2. No! I will not make a cake.
3. I would like to walk to the river and go fishing.
4. Hmmm, I would like to go on that trip with you, but I'm not sure I will have the money in time.
5. Help! A man in a mask is after me and has taken my car keys!
Literary Device:
Choose your favorite literary device from the literary devices we have learned this year and write a poem that highlights that device.
metaphor
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
anaphora
irony
epistrophe
personification
anthropomorphism
asyndeton
polysyndeton
allegory
allusion
euphemism
imagery
foreshadowing
assonance
Anachronism
flashback
metonym
oxymoron
paradox
epigraph
juxtaposition
repetition
mood
tone
symbolism
Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
Exercises:
In the following sentences, underline the conjunctions, circle the articles and determiners, and draw a square around any interjections.
1. Ahhhh, that baby is so cute and cuddly.
2. No! I will not make a cake.
3. I would like to walk to the river and go fishing.
4. Hmmm, I would like to go on that trip with you, but I'm not sure I will have the money in time.
5. Help! A man in a mask is after me and has taken my car keys!
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:
Choose your favorite literary device from the literary devices we have learned this year and write a poem that highlights that device.
metaphor
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
anaphora
irony
epistrophe
personification
anthropomorphism
asyndeton
polysyndeton
allegory
allusion
euphemism
imagery
foreshadowing
assonance
Anachronism
flashback
metonym
oxymoron
paradox
epigraph
juxtaposition
repetition
mood
tone
symbolism
Wednesday
Write the spelling words two times each.Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.
Recessional (A Victorian Ode)
by: Rudyard Kipling
God of our fathers, known of old —
Lord of our far-flung battle line —
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine —
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget — lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies —
The Captains and the Kings depart —
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Far-called our navies melt away —
On dune and headland sinks the fire —
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget — lest we forget!
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe —
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law —
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget — lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard —
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard.
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord!
Amen.
~Rudyard Kipling, Recessional
1. What does this poem say about God and religion?________________________________________
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2. What does this poem say about the power of man versus the power of God?__________________
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3. What does this poem say man must sacrifice?___________________________________________
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Thursday
Poetry and Creative Writing
Write the final draft of your story!
Congratulations on finishing this course!
