6th Grade Spelling Test- Week 13
http://www.quia.com/quiz/4527490.html
8th Grade Spelling Test- Week 13
http://www.quia.com/quiz/4528919.html
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Interactive Outline
Use the following link to create an outline.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/readwritethink-notetaker-30055.html
Be sure to write in complete sentences, making sure that your spelling and punctuation are correct.
Once you are finished, print your outline. It does not matter which printer you want to use.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/readwritethink-notetaker-30055.html
Be sure to write in complete sentences, making sure that your spelling and punctuation are correct.
Once you are finished, print your outline. It does not matter which printer you want to use.
Sentence Structure Activities
Exercises
Directions: Using a sheet of paper, write the answers.
1. Sentence Fragments: Exercise 1
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/5/18/38
2. Sentence Fragments: Practice Exercise 1
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_add1.htm
3. Sentence Fragments: Practice Exercise 2
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_add2.htm
4. Finding Fragments in Short Passages
http://www.chompchomp.com/frag01/
5. Online Writing Lab: Fragments:
Write your answers and your score.
http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/fragments_ex1.htm
6. Combining Sentences
Directions: Write your answers on your paper. Then compare it to theirs.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/combining_quiz2.htm
7. Glencoe Online Writer's Choice: Combining Sentences
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/gp/mslessons/grade6/lesson20/exercises.shtml
8. Combining Sentences 2 Post Test
Directions: Write your answers on your paper. Then check your answers.
http://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/combsent2postest.html
9. Online Grammar Quiz
http://webquiz.ilrn.com/ilrn/quiz-public?name=scde07q/scde07q_chp04A
10. Online Grammar Quiz: Correcting Run-On Sentences
http://webquiz.ilrn.com/ilrn/quiz-public?name=scde07q/scde07q_chp06A
Games
1. BBC-KS@ Bitesize English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/sentences/play/
2. Quia -Conjunctions- and/but/or
http://www.quia.com/rr/60219.html
3. Conjunction Game for Kids
http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/conjunction.html
4. Quia -Grammar: Sentence or Fragment
http://www.quia.com/pop/13222.html
5. Spot the Sentence Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-spot-the-sentence
Directions: Using a sheet of paper, write the answers.
1. Sentence Fragments: Exercise 1
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/5/18/38
2. Sentence Fragments: Practice Exercise 1
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_add1.htm
3. Sentence Fragments: Practice Exercise 2
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_add2.htm
4. Finding Fragments in Short Passages
http://www.chompchomp.com/frag01/
5. Online Writing Lab: Fragments:
Write your answers and your score.
http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/fragments_ex1.htm
6. Combining Sentences
Directions: Write your answers on your paper. Then compare it to theirs.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/combining_quiz2.htm
7. Glencoe Online Writer's Choice: Combining Sentences
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/gp/mslessons/grade6/lesson20/exercises.shtml
8. Combining Sentences 2 Post Test
Directions: Write your answers on your paper. Then check your answers.
http://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/combsent2postest.html
9. Online Grammar Quiz
http://webquiz.ilrn.com/ilrn/quiz-public?name=scde07q/scde07q_chp04A
10. Online Grammar Quiz: Correcting Run-On Sentences
http://webquiz.ilrn.com/ilrn/quiz-public?name=scde07q/scde07q_chp06A
Games
1. BBC-KS@ Bitesize English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/sentences/play/
2. Quia -Conjunctions- and/but/or
http://www.quia.com/rr/60219.html
3. Conjunction Game for Kids
http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/conjunction.html
4. Quia -Grammar: Sentence or Fragment
http://www.quia.com/pop/13222.html
5. Spot the Sentence Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-spot-the-sentence
Friday, December 6, 2013
8th Grade Activities
The Monkey's Paw Quiz
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/scope/pdfs/SCOPE-042312-MonkeysPawPlay.pdf
Thursday, December 5, 2013
6th Grade Activities
6th Grade Poetry Quiz
Falling Asleep
By B. J. Lee
I go to bed.
I close my eyes,
but specters
in my mind arise.
I punch my pillow,
toss and moan.
Clearly, I
am not alone.
I crack an eyelid,
scan the room –
that’s when I see
dark shadows loom.
I rub my eyes
so hard they burn.
I crumple up
my sheets and turn.
I struggle, wrestle
through the night,
then, finally,
at dawn’s first light:
as sunbeams ’cross
my window creep,
I shudder twice
and
fall
asleep.
a. He or she is not tired.
b. He or she is feeling afraid.
c. He or she is in an uncomfortable bed.
d. He or she is worried about school.
2. How long does the person in the poem stay awake in bed?
a. an hour or two b. until midnight
c. until morning d. until dusk
c. until morning d. until dusk
3. Which word is a synonym for specter?
a. dream c. headache
b. sleep d. ghost
a. dream c. headache
b. sleep d. ghost
4. What does the word loom mean?
a. to move about b. to tower over
c. to come closer d. to make quiet sounds
5. Which word is a synonym for shudder?
a. tremble b. blink
a. tremble b. blink
c. snore d. breathe
6. How many lines are in the poem?
7. Give two words from the poem that rhyme.
8, Give one example from the poem of personification.
9. Give the rhyme pattern for the first 5 lines of this poem.
10. In your own words, what do you think has happened in this poem?
Shel Silverstein Nonfiction Activity
Create 5 multiple choice questions from the following website about this popular poet.
http://www.biography.com/people/shel-silverstein-9483912
SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUTby Shel Silverstein
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out.
She'd wash the dishes and scrub the pans
Cook the yams and spice the hams,
And though her parents would scream and shout,
She simply would not take the garbage out.
And so it piled up to the ceiling:
Coffee grounds, potato peelings,
Brown bananas and rotten peas,
Chunks of sour cottage cheese.
It filled the can, it covered the floor,
It cracked the windows and blocked the door,
With bacon rinds and chicken bones,
Drippy ends of ice cream cones,
Prune pits, peach pits, orange peels,
Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal,
Pizza crusts and withered greens,
Soggy beans, and tangerines,
Crusts of black-burned buttered toast,
Grisly bits of beefy roast.
The garbage rolled on down the halls,
It raised the roof, it broke the walls,
I mean, greasy napkins, cookie crumbs,
Blobs of gooey bubble gum,
Cellophane from old bologna,
Rubbery, blubbery macaroni,
Peanut butter, caked and dry,
Curdled milk, and crusts of pie,
Rotting melons, dried-up mustard,
Eggshells mixed with lemon custard,
Cold French fries and rancid meat,
Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat.
At last the garbage reached so high
That finally it touched the sky,
And none of her friends would come to play,
And all of her neighbors moved away;
And finally, Sarah Cynthia Stout
Said, "Okay, I'll take the garbage out!"
But then, of course it was too late,
The garbage reached across the state,
From New York to the Golden Gate;
And there in the garbage she did hate
Poor Sarah met an awful fate
That I cannot right now relate
Because the hour is much too late
But children, remember Sarah Stout,
And always take the garbage out.
Write the letter of the best answer:
1) Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout hates
2) She is very
3) Most of the garbage is made of
4) The garbage is so bad that it
Fill in the missing words...
1) When Sarah would NOT take the garbage out, her father
_________________ and __________________.
2) The messy food filled the ___________________ and
_______________ of the floor.
3) Two kinds of fruits that were rotting were ______________
and ____________________.
4) A word that means bad or rotten meat is ________________.
5) The garbage spread from __________________ State to the Golden Gate.
Write one or two sentences to answer the following questions:
1) What is Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout's problem?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2) List ten (10) things that mean garbage in the poem. Are they compostable or recyclable? (Define compostable using the dictionary.)
1. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
2. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
3. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
4. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
5. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
6. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
7. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
8. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
9. _____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
10._____________________________ compostable or recyclable?
3) What happens when Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout won't throw the garbage out?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4) What kind of person do you think she is?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
5) What would have happened if she had composted her food scraps?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Shel Silverstein Nonfiction Activity
Create 5 multiple choice questions from the following website about this popular poet.
http://www.biography.com/people/shel-silverstein-9483912
SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUTby Shel Silverstein
Would not take the garbage out.
She'd wash the dishes and scrub the pans
Cook the yams and spice the hams,
And though her parents would scream and shout,
She simply would not take the garbage out.
And so it piled up to the ceiling:
Coffee grounds, potato peelings,
Brown bananas and rotten peas,
Chunks of sour cottage cheese.
It filled the can, it covered the floor,
It cracked the windows and blocked the door,
With bacon rinds and chicken bones,
Drippy ends of ice cream cones,
Prune pits, peach pits, orange peels,
Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal,
Pizza crusts and withered greens,
Soggy beans, and tangerines,
Crusts of black-burned buttered toast,
Grisly bits of beefy roast.
The garbage rolled on down the halls,
It raised the roof, it broke the walls,
I mean, greasy napkins, cookie crumbs,
Blobs of gooey bubble gum,
Cellophane from old bologna,
Rubbery, blubbery macaroni,
Peanut butter, caked and dry,
Curdled milk, and crusts of pie,
Rotting melons, dried-up mustard,
Eggshells mixed with lemon custard,
Cold French fries and rancid meat,
Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat.
At last the garbage reached so high
That finally it touched the sky,
And none of her friends would come to play,
And all of her neighbors moved away;
And finally, Sarah Cynthia Stout
Said, "Okay, I'll take the garbage out!"
But then, of course it was too late,
The garbage reached across the state,
From New York to the Golden Gate;
And there in the garbage she did hate
Poor Sarah met an awful fate
That I cannot right now relate
Because the hour is much too late
But children, remember Sarah Stout,
And always take the garbage out.
- a) garbage
b) food
c) school
- a) smart
b) lazy
c) silly
- a) dead leaves
b) old clothes
c) rotten food
- a) is taken to the dump
b) piles up to the sky
c) burned and buried
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