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SPELLING

CAPITALIZATION

PUNCTUATION

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word that ends with a silent e

Proper nouns: places; organizations, religions, languages, nationalities; regions

Titles of works

Periods: with initials

Commas: in addresses; with quotations; with introductory material; with appositives; with interrupters

Apostrophes: with possessives

Underlining: of titles

Quotation marks: with direct quotations; for titles

Hyphens: with compound numbers

Semicolons: in compound sentences

Plurals: irregular plurals; nouns ending in f or fe

Verb tense: irregular past tense

Sentence fragments

Run-on sentences

Comparison: irregular comparison

Articles: a vs. an

Demonstrative adjectives

Commonly confused verbs

Verb forms: helping verbs with participles



Week 1: Orphan Trains

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i writeing a report called the orphan trains of new york

my friend les and i can learn you about this trains

in 1853 the children’s aid society of new york seed thousands of homeless children

charles l brace the founder maked a unusual proposel

the childrens aid society shipped thousands of childs to the midwest and west



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yes charles brace thought that raiseing them children in gooder environments was important

a ad appeared in the daily record our newspaper before the orphan trains arrival

in dowagiac michigan forty seven children found new homes in a single week

les said some of the children led normal pleasent lifes with their new families

other children however were mistreated some were overworked others were even beaten





SPELLING

CAPITALIZATION

PUNCTUATION

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Adding a suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends with a

silent e



Proper nouns: people; places; months; titles of people; family relations

The pronoun I

First words: in sentences; in quotations

Proper adjectives

Periods: with abbreviated titles

Commas: in dates; in addresses; for items in a series; with quotations; with introductory material; in direct address; with interrupters; with appositives

Apostrophes: with possessives

Underlining: of titles

Quotation marks: with questions and exclamations


Pronoun case: of subjects; of objects of prepositions; before nouns; who vs. whom

Agreement: of subjects and verbs; with compound subjects

Articles: the vs. a or an; a vs. an

Adverbs: good vs. well




Week 2: Isabella Stewart Gardner

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whom was mrs jack uncle hector asked me

mrs jack i said was the nickname of isabella stewart gardner an unusual and lovly woman

after her husbands death mrs gardner assembled a pricless collection of paintings statues and other works of art

i said we can see these next june at the Isabella stewart gardner museum in boston massachusetts

my teacher told we students mrs gardner opened her museum to the public on January 1 1903


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ms gavriel said the art treasures and the building is unique hector

mrs gardner loved Italian art and fenway court her museum look like a venetian palace

because of a statement in her will nothing in the museum can be changed or moved

i has heard many stories about isabella stewart gardner said adamma my friend

well she was certainly a unconventional and completly charming person me said to she






SPELLING

CAPITALIZATION

PUNCTUATION

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Adding the suffix –ion to words that end with -ate

Proper nouns: places; titles of people

Titles of works

The pronoun I

First words: in sentences; in quotations

Proper adjectives

Initials

End marks: with declaratives; with interrogatives; with indirect questions

Periods: with abbreviated titles

Commas: in items in a series; with quotations; with appositives; with first, second, third, etc.

Quotation marks: for titles; with divided quotations; within quotations

Colons: to introduce lists

Semicolons: in compound sentences; for items in a series


Pronoun case: of subjects; of objects of prepositions; before nouns; who vs. whom

Agreement: of subjects and verbs; with compound subjects

Articles: the vs. a or an; a vs. an

Adverbs: good vs. well




Week 3: Arab Americans

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my teacher said these here facts will fuel your speculateion about the arab world

more than 185 million people speak arabic said ms west and mot of them are muslims

later i said the arab world is comprised of many different nations

i know arab americans whose ancestors came from five nations algeria bahrain oman syria and the united arab emirates

among 1880 and 1924 the united states receive the first major wave of arab immigrateion



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someone asked i if most of them peoples came from syria or palestine

i once readed a narrateion about a syrian peddler it was the laugh peddler by alice e christgau

then ms west said to me the author called the man a jolly lovable peddler

name the most faousest arab american entertainer living or dead

who shall i name three people immedietely come to mind first jamie farr second f murray abraham third danny thomas





SPELLING

CAPITALIZATION

PUNCTUATION

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Prefixes and base words

Proper nouns: names of people; places; days and holidays; titles of people

First words: in sentences

Proper adjectives

The pronoun I

Abbreviations: A.M. and P.M.

End marks: with exclamations

Periods: with abbreviated titles

Commas: with quotations; with introductory material; in direct address; with coordinating conjunctions

Apostrophes: with possessives

Quotation marks: with questions and exclamations

Colons: between hours and minutes

Hyphens: with compound numbers

Semicolons: with conjunctive adverbs


Plurals: irregular plurals

Pronoun case: of direct objects

Sentence fragments and run-ons

Agreement: of subjects and verbs; with subjects in unusual positions

Verb tense: past tense

Comparison: comparative; superlative

Articles: the vs. a or an

Verb forms: helping verbs with participles




Week 4: The Amazon River

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mr wongs students studying the amazon river therefore their teacher made a special request

mr wong wants them to watch the special television show at 800 p m next thursday

the amazon river the second long river in the world carry one fifth of the worlds river water

each second the amazon discharjes more than six million cubic feets of water into the atlantic ocean said karl

the nile river is longer than the amazon but the amazon is wide than the mississippi river perclaimed meira


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what an amazing variety of wildlife the amazon foster more than 300 kinds of hummingbirds live near this river

is it possible mr wong that in prehistoric times africa and south america may have been joined asked karl

mr wong said well the rivers in the two continents did contain similar fish millions of years ago

meira told we a spanish explorer francisco orellana visit the river in 1541 and named it

he thinked the local warriors were like an amazons in ancient greek myths she added





SPELLING

CAPITALIZATION

PUNCTUATION

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Prefixes and roots

Proper nouns: places; titles of people

First words: in quotations; of lines of poetry

Proper adjectives

The pronoun I


Commas: for items in a series; with quotations; with introductory material; with coordinating conjunctions; with appositives; with interrupters

Quotation marks: with direct quotations; with questions and exclamations; with divided quotations

Semicolons: with conjunctive adverbs

Pronoun case: subjects; objects of prepositions

Pronouns: order of; possessives vs contractions

Run-on sentences

Verb tense: irregular past tense

Articles: the vs a or an; a vs. an

Verb forms: helping verbs with past participles

Demonstrative adjectives: with kind and sort



Week 5: Daedalus and Icarus

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my english teacher miss najjar said daedalus and his son icarus jailed by king minos

she said daedalus a inventor was resourceful consequently he was not dajected

both of they were imprisoned on an island and they could not escape by land or sea

daedalus said nothing however will prahibit an escape through the air

daedalus said i will make two pairs of wings for me and you


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he added these kind of wings i believe will be made from feathers string and wax

daedalus gived his son a wings and said now i must disuade you from reckless flight

if you fly to high he said the sun will ruin youre wings

then me said icarus loved flying and he felt inspird to fly high than his father

yes the sun melted the wax on his wings and him fell into the sea and drowned





SPELLING

CAPITALIZATION

PUNCTUATION

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Compound words

Proper nouns: names of people; places; months; organizations, religions, languages, nationalities; family relations; ships, trains, aircraft, automobiles

Proper adjectives

The pronoun I

Initials

Abbreviations: A.M. and P.M.


Commas: in dates; in addresses; with appositives

Quotation marks: with questions and exclamations; with colons and semicolons

Colons: between hours and minutes

Hyphens: with compound numbers

Semicolons: in compound sentences

Plurals: regular plurals; mouns ending in s, x, sh, or ch

Pronoun case: of subjects

Pronouns: order of; possessives vs contractions

Sentence fragments and run-ons

Verb tense: irregular past tense

Articles: a vs. an

Adverb formation: using –ly

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