WEEK OF AUGUST 24-28

Using pages 79-92 in your literature book, define the following words. Write the word, definition, and part of speech.

1. Valiant2. Gait3. Singe4. Cunningly5. Consolation

…is this sentence punctuated correctly?

We saw a red, fire truck.

Use it or lose it? Example One - We saw a red, fire

truck. Test #1: red and fire truck Test #2: fire, red truck

REMEMBER: if you can insert ‘and’ where the comma is, you NEED the comma

Use it or lose it? Example Two - We need to put up our

green, Christmas tree. Test #1: green and Christmas tree Test #2: Christmas, green tree

Example Three - We saw a cute, furry rabbit. Test #1: cute and furry rabbit Test #2: furry, cute rabbit

Use it or lose it? Example Four – Cinderella wore

her shiny, crystal slippers at the ball. Test #1: shiny and crystal slippers Test #2: crystal, shiny slippers

Use it or lose it – Practice 1. The quiet, respectful class

listened to the speaker. - Test #1- Test #2

2. We had warm, French bread at Panera.

- Test #1- Test #2

Construct a sentence that uses the listed character, vocabulary word, and two coordinating adjectives.

Example: Within the blossoming, fragrant garden, the valiant Rikki-tikki-tavi prowled towards Nag.

1. Rikki Tikki + valiant2. Nag + cunningly3. Nagiana + gait

Analogies – Write the answers ONLY. 1. _______: Rikki Tikki:: wicked:

Nagiana2. Stride: _________:: corn: vegetable3. Obnoxiously: annoyingly:: sneakily:

_______4. Destroy: rebuild::________:freeze5. Awkwardly:_________:: speedily:

slowly6. _______: timid:: perplexed:

understanding7. Loss: ___________:: victory: prize

For 1-5, write the bold/underlined text. If the text needs revision, cross out and revise; if it is correct, write ‘C’. The head was lying a little clear of the (1) earthen,

shiny water jar under the curve of it; and, as his teeth met, Rikki braced his back. Then he was battered to and fro as a (2) matted, and scarred rat is shaken by a dog—to and fro on the floor and round in great circles; but his eyes were red, and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the (3) dingy splintered floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish. He felt shaken to pieces when something went off like a (4) roaring screeching thunderclap just behind him; a hot wind knocked him senseless, and red fire singed his fur. The big man had been awakened by the noise and had fired (5) both, iron barrels of a shotgun.