Capitalization
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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
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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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