You will choose SIX of the activities (except for Activity #1). You will do these over a two week period.

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1 Vocabulary/Language homework for week of You will choose SIX of the activities (except for Activity #1). You will do these over a two week period. ONE of these must be activity #1 I will check activity #1 twice. You must half of the activity complete a week before the vocabulary test and the other half on the day of the vocabulary test. Vocabulary tests are every two weeks on the last class day for the week. ONE of these must be any activity from #s ONE of these must be activity #11 ONE of these must be any activity from #s ONE of these must be any activity from #s ONE of these must be any activity from #s ONE of these must be any activity from #s You will turn in the activities using the following schedule. It doe not matter which one you turn in first. Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Turn in one activity. Choose from #s 2-10 Turn in two activities. One must be #11. Choose the other from #s Turn in the first half of activity #I Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Turn in one activity Choose from #s Turn in one activity Choose from #s Turn in one activity Choose from #s Turn in the other half of activity #1.

2 Vocabulary activities Activity 1 (mandatory) Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Complete the vocabulary handout provided in class. Write a poem using all of the words. Your poem must rhyme and must be seven lines long. Make a video or mp3 of a play or some type of presentation. You need to use all of the words and the video or mp3 will be played in class. Do NOT publish the video or mp3 on the Internet. Send it to me over or Google Drive, or you may bring it on a jump drive (flashdrive). Please include your last name and grade level in the file. If you share a last name with a classmate, include your first initial before the last name. Make up a crossword puzzle using all of the words. You must include clues to help find the meaning of the word, both across and down. You may do this on graph paper or use the puzzlemaker program at free-puzzlemaker/. If you choose to do the puzzle online choose the Criss Cross option. You must print the puzzle and bring it in to me. Make up a test using all of the words. You must have three sections: matching, multiple choice, and fill in the blank. Each section must use all seven of the words. Activity 6 Activity 7 Activity 8 Activity 9 Activity 10 Write a short story (at least half a page) using eight of the words correctly. Please underline them. Find sentences with these words (not in your anthology). Then paraphrase them. You must use all of the words. Using all of the words, create sentences that relate them to you or someone you know. Please, no TMI!! Draw a scene which symbolizes all of the words. You must have seven images in your scene that represent each word. Make a prefix tree using the root given in your vocabulary words. If you decide to do this option let me know so that I can give you the form.

3 Language activities Activity 11 (punctuation) Choose seven sentences from your anthology. Three of them should have at least one comma but no quotation marks. One of them should have either a colon. One of them should have a semicolon. One of them should have a hyphen. Two of them should have quotation marks. For each of the sentences, you must give me the reason why those punctuation marks were used. The punctuation rules can be found in your Holt handbook chapters 12 and 13. Activity 12 (subject verb agreement) Choose a paragraph with at least seven sentences from your anthology and identify all of the words in capital letters.then, explain why the words were capitalized. The capitalization rules can be found in your Holt handbook chapter 13 or in your HSPT book. Activity 13 (subject verb agreement) Choose a paragraph with at least seven sentences from your anthology. Identify the subjects and verbs in each sentence. Then,tell me if the subjects are singular or compound. and if verbs are singular or plural. See Holt handbook pages 7-18.

4 Activity 14 (subject verb agreement) Two sentences that have the words each, everyone, or everybody. Two sentences that have the words someone, somebody, anyone, or anybody. Two sentences that have the word no one or nobody. Two sentences that have the words either or neither. Identify the verb in each of these sentences and tell me if the verb is singular or plural and why. See Holt Handbook page 129. Activity 15 (subject verb agreement) Complete parts 1 and 2 Part 1 Find two sentences that have two subjects joined by the word and. Find two sentences that have two subjects joined by the words or or nor. See Holt Handbook page Part 2 Find two sentences with the word don t. Find two sentences with the word doesn t. Identify the subject of those sentences and tell me whether the subject is singular or plural. See Holt Handbook page 135

5 Activity 16 Find seven sentences with pronouns as subjects. Identify the pronoun and the verb. Tell if the pronoun and verb are singular or plural. See Holt Handbook page 177 and pages Activity 17 Find seven sentences that have a verb followed by a pronoun. Three of these sentences must have linking verbs and four of them must have action verbs. You must tell me if the verb is an action verb or a linking verb. You must also tell me if the pronouns are OBJECT pronouns or SUBJECT pronouns. See Holt handbook pages 52-54, 181 (8b), and , Activity 18 Find seven sentences that have a preposition followed by a pronoun. Identify the preposition and tell me if the pronoun is a subject or object pronoun. See Holt handbook pages and 187 Activity 19 Find seven sentences that have an appositive with a pronoun. Identify the pronoun and the word that the pronoun stands for. See Holt handbook page 190. Activity 20 Find three sentences that have the word who (not the question word) and four using whom. Tell me if who or whom is being used as a subject pronoun or an object pronoun. See Holt handbook pages Activity 21 Two sentences that start with that. Two sentences that start with this. Two sentences that start with these. Two sentences that start with those. Identify the verb in each sentence and tell me if the verb is singular or plural. See Holt handbook pages 34.

6 Activity 22 (adjectives and adverbs) Three sentences that have action verbs followed by adverbs. Identify the verb and the adverb. Four sentences that have linking verbs followed by adjectives. Identify the linking verb and the adjective. See Holt handbook pages and Activity 23 (adjectives and adverbs) Three sentences that have the comparative form of an adjective or adverb. Identify whether the comparative is an adjective or adverb and why the comparative was used. Four sentences that have the superlative form of an adjective or adverb Identify whether the superlative is an adjective or adverb and why the comparative was used. See Holt handbook pages Activity #24 Three sentences that have the word their. Three sentences that have the word they re. Three sentences that have the word there. For each sentence, tell me: What types of words come before and after there, their, or they re. (examples: nouns, action verbs, linking verbs, prepositions, etc.) Then, make up a rule for when to use their, they re, and there.

7 Activity #25 Two sentences that have the word your Two sentences that have the word you re. Two sentences that have the word whose. Two sentences that have the word who s. For each sentence, tell me: What types of words come before and after your, you re, whose or who s. (examples: nouns, action verbs, linking verbs, prepositions, etc.) Then, make up a rule for when to use your, you re, whose and who s. Activity #26 Three sentences that have the word it s Three sentences that have the word its For each sentence, tell me: What types of words come before and after its or it s. (examples: nouns, action verbs, linking verbs, prepositions, etc.) Then, make up a rule for when to use its and it s. Activity #27 Three sentences that have the word who that are not questions. Three sentences that have the word which that are not questions. Three sentences that have the word that but do not have the word is. Tell me the other word in the sentence related to who, which, or that? Then, make up a rule for when to use who, which, and that.

8 Activity #28 Do Parts 1 and 2 Part 1 Write the following: Two sentences that have the word learn Two sentences that have the word teach. Then, make up a rule for when to use learn and teach. Part 2 Two sentences that have the word between Two sentences that have the word among For each sentence, tell me how many people or things follow between or among. Then, make up a rule for when to use between and among.

9 Activity #29 Do Parts 1 and 2 Part 1 Two sentences that have the word besides Two sentences that have the word beside Paraphrase the word besides or beside. Part 2 Two sentences that have the word lay Two sentences that have the word lie (as in lie down) Paraphrase the word lay or lie. Then, make up a rule for when to use beside, besides, lay, and lie. Activity #30 Find the following One sentence that has the word many. One sentence that has the word much. One sentence that has the word fewer. One sentence that has the word less. One sentence that has the word number. (as in number of people) One sentence that has the word amount. Identify what people or things these words are related to in the sentences you choose. Then, make up a rule for when to use many, much, fewer, less, number, and amount.

10 Activity #31 Do Parts 1 and 2 Part 1 Two sentences that have the words and me. Two sentences that have the words and I. Then, make up a rule for when to use and I and and me. Part 2 Two sentences that have the word as. Two sentences that have the word like. (as in She eats fruit like apples. but NOT I like apples.) Then, make up a rule for when to use like and as. Activity #32 Part 1 Two sentences that have the word altogether. Two sentences that have the words all together. Paraphrase all together and altogether. Part 2 Two sentences that have the word already Two sentences that have the word all ready. Then, make up a rule for when to all ready and when to use already.

11 Activity #33 Three sentences that have the word two Three sentences that have the word to. Three sentences that have the word too Paraphrase the words two, to, and too. Then, make up a rule for when to use two, to, and too