Holiday Assignment (English Games)

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http://www.tolearnenglish.com/english-games.php?id=449

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Holiday Packets were given to all of you. Please complete the exercises which focus on using your senses to write. Imagine that you are describing the items on the paper to a person who has not ever seen/smelled/tasted/heard/felt the object. Don't forget to write the paragraph on the bottom of the page.

On the last page, you are using phrases to describe all the categories on the page. After you've done that, choose one word from each section and write a paragraph which uses all the words. If you want, you may write a paragraph for each section, but you don't have to.

Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!!

Homework for Wednesday, December 1, 2010

You Are A Reporter for Knox News...

Imagine that you are about to interview a big star. Maybe its a musician or maybe its a movie star. You only have five questions you may ask so you want to ask questions that bring about answers which cause the person to say more than "yes" or "no." Your assignment is to write down five questions which you would ask if you were interviewing a famous musician or movie star. Make sure your questions contain no spelling errors or punctuation errors.

Homework for Monday/Tuesday November 29/30, 2010

Paragraph Writing
Write a one to two paragraph summary of your Thanksgiving break. Be specific on what you did and where you went. If you want, describe your meal and any interesting relatives or friends who might have shared it with you. Be creative and humorous if the situation warrants it. Use for a title, "Thanksgiving 2010".

Pain Free Thanksgiving Assignment

Thanksgiving Assignment
English 6
Lucille Dew, Instructor

Twins Otis and Odessa were very excited about Thanksgiving break. Their grandmother was coming and they knew she would bring presents for the upcoming Christmas holiday. She arrived on November 23 and everyone was glad to see her. The next day after the Thanksgiving meal was served she called the twins in and handed them an envelope. They opened the envelope and took out a note, several coupons, and a check. The twins read with excitement. This is what the note said:

Otis and Odessa,
I am giving each of you $200.00 to spend on Christmas gifts for your family. You must buy at least one gift for your mom, your dad and your little brother. You have one weekend to spend the money and you must use all of it. Be sure to use the attached coupons to get the most out of your money. Buy lunch for yourselves at the mall and use the coupon enclosed. If you do as I said, you’ll each receive $200 of your very own. Love ya,
Grandma

The two received:
a coupon for 20% off the total purchase at Toys R Us
a coupon for $15 off any purchase of $50 or more at Best Buy
a coupon for $20 off any purchase of $75 or more at Wal Mart
a coupon for one free meal with the purchase of another one at McDonalds

YOUR TASK:

Write a composition entitled, “Otis and Odessa’s Shopping Adventure.” Tell what each of them bought with their $200. Show your work!!!!

Homework for Thursday/Friday, November 18/19, 2010

Using the same skill you learned earlier this week and using transition, explain to me how to get from your home to M. C. Williams. You don't have to tell me to stop at stop signs and at traffic lights, but you must tell me when to turn left or right and explain some of the sights I'll see on my way. For instance, if you pass the Multi Purpose center on your way to school, I should know to pass the Multi Purpose center. If you go past O Lan O's, tell me that. Street names are important, so watch where you're going on your way home. Then you can reverse the directions and tell me how to get from your home to M. C.

Do not just begin by giving me directions. Write, 'to get to M. C. Williams from my home on Donaldson Street, you need to have a car. ' Write in complete sentences and use your best handwriting.

Homework for Monday/Tuesday November 15/16, 2010

I'M BAAAAACCCCKKKKK!!!

Choose a family recipe and write it down. When you do this, list the ingredients, the quantity (how much) and then write a paragraph on the preparation. Not only will you tell what is in the recipe, you will explain how to make it. Make your directions so clear that if I've never been in a kitchen before, I will be able to read your instructions and make your product.

The skill you're using is sequencing. It is both a reading objective and a writing objective. There are certain transition words you will use when you tell someone how to do something. They should come natural to you. (Think first, second, next, etc.)

Homework for Thursday/Friday/ October 28/29, 2010

Write a summary of the novel Brothers in Arms.
Be sure to give all the details you can while maintaining your focus on what happened. Your summary should be at least two paragraphs and at the most three. Be sure to use character's names and places.
(You don't have to use them all)
Martin Luna
Mama (Imelda)
Frankie, Junie, Chago, Jesus
Officer Ramirez
Vicky
Mr. Mitchell
Steve
Huero
Eric
Bluford High School
Zamora High School
Clarence
Mrs. Spencer

Homework for Monday/Tuesday October 25/26, 2010

Complete two sentence skeletons: 1. The picture was hanging. 2. The girl screamed. There are 4 sentences per skeleton. Meat 1, 2, 3 and Fat.


As I informed you in class, good sentences are full of vivid verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and prepositional phrases. I want you to write good sentences. Use the skeleton model to put "meat" on the bare bones sentences. Make it incredibly fat!!!! Good Luck.

Example: The phone was ringing.
M1 = The phone was ringing loudly. ( Tell How with an adverb)
M2 = The cell phone was ringing loudly. (Describe the phone with an adjective)
M3 = The cell phone in my purse was ringing loudly.(Tell where with a prepositional phrase)
Fat = The cell phone in my purse was ringing loudly until I turned it off. (Add a subordinating conjunction WABU WABU WATIST)

Homework for Thursday/Friday, October 20/21, 2010

Continue writing on the personal narrative.

Hopefully, you have begun writing your personal narrative. Remember, your narrative should be reflexive. It should resemble a diary entry in that it is written in the first person "I" and it contains a personal memory. It should be autobiographical and based on fact. You can embellish the details to make it more interesting, but it should be essentially true. Don't write something so personal you don't want to share it. That type of writing belongs in a diary. You may be asked to read some of your paper to the class or some really good sentences could be pulled to show the class good writing.

For homework tonight, finish the narrative. Be careful of the spelling and punctuation, but really work on your voice. The paper should sound like you.

Homework for Monday/Tuesday October 17/18, 2010

Write a friendly letter inviting a friend over for your birthday party.

Remember that the friendly letter has five parts: Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing and Signature. The heading contains the address; the salutation contains a greeting and is followed by a comma; the body is the meat of the letter. It says what you wrote to say. The closing has a capital letter only on the first word even if the closing is five words long; and the signature is written in cursive writing.

Invite your friend over for a birthday party. Be sure to include details about what kind of party (pool, slumber, popcorn) and tell the friend when, where and what time to come. Have fun and be creative with the letter.

Homework for Thursday/Friday, October 14/15, 2010

Use 5 prepositions and 5 adjectives to describe your room. Underline each.

Go back in your mind (and your notes) to prepositions. You will remember that they are often position words. In essence, they show where something is. Where is your hand? It is in your pocket. In is the preposition. Use those types of words to describe your room.

Ex: On the wall next to the window is my bed. I have a 32 inch TV on the stand in the middle of my room. You get the picture.

Also, you are to use 5 adjectives to describe the things in your room. You know that adjectives which describe objects. The tall boy in the corner is extremely cute. I have a blue comforter on my bed. There is a small closet in the corner of the room.

Put these things together to create a paragraph describing your room. It really doesn't have to be your bedroom; just a room where you hang out most of the time. Be as descriptive as you can so I can "see" your room without being there.

Get Busy!!

Homework for Monday/Tuesday, October 11/12, 2010

(This is a repeat from a previous lesson that we didn't get to)

Write 5 sentences using sensory details (write one for each sense)
We all have 5 senses. They are: hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight.
Good writers write so that their readers can experience their thoughts with their senses. Instead of saying, "The fish had smelled bad" a good writer would say, "The fish had a foul odor." Likewise, there are words which indicate that something smells good. "The aroma of the flowers was like nothing I've ever smelled."

Your job is to create one sentence for each of the five senses. Do not use the words: hear, smell, touch, taste, or sight. Use words like noise, stench, texture, sour, and scenic.

Good luck and don't copy my words!!! You may use a thesaurus if you wish. Don't forget Thesaurus.com if you don't have the book

Homework for Monday/Tuesday October 4/5, 2010

Write 6 sentences – 3 with singular subjects and 3 with plural subjects.
Use these verbs: give, wait, eat

The object here is for you to make subjects and verbs agree. Remember the chart that you got in class on Monday/Tuesday. For most (not all) nouns, if the subject ends in "S", the verb does not; if the subject does not end in "S", the verb does. For example

Subject = table
Verb = sit

The table sits on the floor in the dining room. (noun does not end in s; verb does)
The tables sit on the floor in the dining room. (noun ends in s; verb does not)
This example constitutes 2 sentences. Do this three times.

"Stuff" to Study! Tests Wednesday and Thursday/Friday

Words for Vocabulary test and WABU WABU WATIST. Refer to previous blog for FANBOYS:

1. suburbs
2. rosary
3. tumor
4. loco
5. posse
6. gash
7. alley
8. wailing
9. warily
10. hesitantly
11. barrio
12. zinged
13. cringe
14. bolted
15. gushed
16. concrete
17. endured
18. shard
19. hiss
20. lurched
21. waiver
22. kneel
23. ameliorate
24. machete
25. flinched
26. plodded
27. miser
28. cower
29. monarch

WABU WABU WATIST: when, as, because, until, why, after, before, unless, where, although, that, if, since, though

Homework Adjustment!

I had to do some reteaching on the conjunction lesson. Most of you didn't get it. THEREFORE, THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WAS NOT GIVEN!!! You may do it for extra credit if you desire, but it is not required. It is essential that you understand how to use the conjunctions because they are the key to complex sentences and compound sentences. Without those, your writing would be booorrrriiiinnnngggg (boring)! There will be no NEW homework for this week 9/27/10 - 10/1/10 because this is test week for English class. You are expected to STUDY YOUR VOCABULARY WORDS FOR THE TEST ON WEDNESDAY AND STUDY YOUR CONJUNCTION ACROYNYMS (FANBOYS, WABU WABU WATIST) FOR A TEST THURSDAY/FRIDAY. ALSO, complete paragraph one of your imaginative essay to turn in ON YOUR LAST DAY OF CLASS THIS WEEK (THURSDAY/FRIDAY). It is first draft work, so it doesn't have to be perfect, but you should try to write complete sentences and use your best handwriting.

If you have any questions about any of this.....TALK TO ME PLEASE!!!

Homework for Thursday/Friday, September 23/24, 2010

Write 5 sentences using sensory details (write one for each sense)

We all have 5 senses. They are: hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight. Good writers write so that their readers can experience their thoughts with their senses. Instead of saying, "The fish had smelled bad" a good writer would say, "The fish had a foul odor." Likewise, there are words which indicate that something smells good. "The aroma of the flowers was like nothing I've ever smelled."

Your job is to create one sentence for each of the five senses. Do not use the words: hear, smell, touch, taste, or sight. Use words like noise, stench, texture, sour, and scenic.

Good luck and don't copy my words!!! You may use a thesaurus if you wish. Don't forget Thesaurus.com if you don't have the book.

Homework for Monday/Tuesday September 20-21, 2010

Write 3 Compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) and 3 sentences using subordinating conjunctions (WABU WABU WATIST) Refer to your notes for the conjunctions.

This assignment is self-explanatory, but I will try to simplify it. You are to write three sentences which have are compound sentences (Compound sentences are TWO simple sentences which are joined by a FANBOY conjunction).

Example: My mother made spaghetti for dinner, but I was not hungry.

Simple sentence - conjunction - simple sentence.

Now write 3 Complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions.

To do this, write a simple sentence, a subordinating conjunction, and another simple sentence

OR

Write a dependent clause, a comma, and a simple sentence (A dependent clause is a simple sentence which has a subordinating conjunction in front of it).

Example: My mother made spaghetti for dinner because she knew I was hungry.

simple sentence - conjunction - simple sentence.

OR

Because she knew I was hungry, my mother made spaghetti for dinner.

Dependent clause, simple sentence.

Homework for Thursday, September 16, 2010

Complete pages 9 and 10 in the English Reteaching Workbook.

Compound sentences are two simple sentences joined together by a conjunction (usually a FANBOY).
F = FOR
A = AND
N= NOR
B = BUT
O = OR
Y = YET
S = SO

You are to write simple or compound for the sentences given. One quick way to do this is to locate the conjunction first in the sentence and circle it.

Now look at the words before the conjunction and the words after the conjunction.

If the words before and after the conjunction are sentences by themselves, then the sentence is compound.
Example:

Bobby is in school, but he should be home any minute.

• circle the conjunction (and)
• Look at the words before the conjunction (Bobby is in school). Is that a sentence? (YES!)
• Look at the words after the conjunction (he should be home any minute) is that a sentence? (YES!)

The sentence is compound.

Example #2

Bobby and Caroline are in school.

• circle the conjunction (and)
• Look at the words before the conjunction. (Bobby). Is that a sentence? (NO!)
• Look at the words after the conjunction (Caroline are in school). Is that a sentence (YES even though the subject and verb do not agree.

The sentence is simple

Page 10 asks you to list the conjunction you find in each sentence. Remember FANBOYS!!!
Get to Work!!!

Homework for Monday/Tuesday September 13-14, 2010

Directions: Punctuate the 5 sentences provided and then make up two of your own. Remember to use a quote.

Punctuating dialogue is easy. People speak to each other all the time. In order to punctuate what is being said, you only have to remember to put quotation marks (" ") around every word that is said in the conversation. For example, if your mom is speaking to you she might say,
"I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!" Notice that the punctuation was inside of the quotation mark. That was easy, but it becomes a little more difficult when YOU are quoting what she said. For instance: My mother shouted, "I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!" Notice the placement of the comma before what was actually said.

In a broken quote, you need two sets of quotation marks. For example,

"I'm going to scream," my mother shouted, "if you say that one more time!" Notice that the second quote does not begin with a capital letter because it is the same sentence. Look at the following examples:

1. "I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!" my mother shouted.
2. "I'm going to scream," my other shouted, "if you say that one more time!"
3. My mother shouted, "I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!"

After punctuating the 5 sentences provided for you, make up two of your own with dialogue (somebody is speaking).

Assignment for Thursday-Friday 9/9-9/10,2010

1. Complete page 1 of the English Reteaching Workbook: Kinds of Sentences
2. Write one original sentence for each type.
Rewrite each sentence and put the correct endmark at the end.

There are 4 types of sentences:
Declarative - It says something (ANYthing). I am 11 years old. I live in Houston. My mother has a small car. Our family visits Louisiana every summer.
This sentence ends with a period.

Interrogative - It asks a question. How are you today? Do you have change for a dollar? When are you coming home?
This sentence ends with a question mark.

Imperative - It tells someone to do something. Clean your room. Take out the trash, please. Call me when you get to your grandmother's house. Do the dishes.
This sentence ends with a period.

Exclamatory - It shows excitement or strong emotion. The Lakers won the playoffs! Stop hitting your sister! Be careful, there's a hole there! How wonderful she looks!
This sentence ends with an exclamation point.

Welcome To Mrs. Dew's Homework Help

This blog was created to communicate with my 6th grade English students and parents (if any are brave enough to be bloggers or followers) about assignments for my class. I will provide examples to the homework and give holiday assignments using this method. Periodically, I will provide links to other sites for assistance in reading, ESL help, grammar, and punctuation. I hope you will use this for the purpose it has been created.

Assignment for Wednesday, September 8, 2010
"Create a Frayer Model using one of the vocabulary words given in class."
Your paper is divided into 4 sections with a diamond in the center (given in class).
1. Put your word in the center diamond
2. Square 1 = definition of the word
3. Square 2 = characteristics of the word
4. Square 3 = examples of the word
5. Square 4 = non examples of the word

The word of the week is miser YOU CANNOT USE THIS WORD FOR YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE I AM USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE!

Center diamond = miser
Square 1 = (definition) a stingy, greedy person
Square 2 = (characteristics) cheap, frugal, close fisted, unfeeling
Square 3 = (example) someone who won't share; someone who always buys the cheapest product
Square 4 = (non example) a giver; a sponsor