Overall test on prefixes and suffixes and spelling associated with them.
Overall test on prefixes and suffixes and spelling associated with them.
Check composition books.
1. February 19/20
Write about a time when you were cold. Where were you? When was it? How long were you cold? How did you get warm? I should be shivering by the time I finish reading this!
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2.- #2
Ice Story DEW In your composition book, under editing, make a list of the words that should be capitalized in this passage. Capitalize them. Also tell where punctuation is needed.
Ice Story DEW In your composition book, under editing, make a list of the words that should be capitalized in this passage. Capitalize them. Also tell where punctuation is needed.
a) Fix the punctuation and capitalization in this passage. (Editing)
b) Prompt: If you could go exploring, where would you go? Why?
growing up in westchester new york elizabeth cody kimmel did not find much in the way of sub-zero temperatures and blizzards to play in. In her imagination, however, each winter brought the frozen wasteland of antarctica to her doorstep, and in her dreams she explored the icy peaks and glaciers surrounding the south pole.
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What does it take to make a great leader? What leadership qualities do you see in Shackleton?
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4. - #2 Ice Story DEW -- Tape this into your composition book.
a) Editing: Fix the punctuation and capitalization in this passage.
for years cody kimmel collected and read books on explorers of both antarctica and the arctic, and came to view them as old friends. but the tale of one such explorer, ernest shackleton and the endurance, was one to which she returned time and time again
b) Prompt – Write your answer in your composition book: Tell about a subject you have enjoyed learning about. How did you learn about it? Tell us a few interesting things you’ve learned about that subject.
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5. - #3 Ice Story DEW -- Tape this into your composition book.
a) Editing: Fix the punctuation and capitalization in this passage.
"even now," kimmel says, "knowing shackletons story inside and out, I still have trouble believing it. the things that happened to him, and the things he did, simply defy belief. he certainly had the very worst luck and the very best luck of any man alive"
b) Prompt – Write your answer in your composition book: Do you believe in luck, or is there something else that shapes our experiences? Explain. (or) You could tell about ways in which you have had really bad luck and/or really good luck, or tell about someone else who has had really bad or good luck or both.
Ice Story -- Finish reading and creating a test on the book.
