Name: ________________________ Period: _____ Date: ________
Week 2 Word Work Homework
DUE 10/8/14
1. What is a complex sentence?
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2. Write a complex sentence for each of your week 2 words. They may be
written on a sheet of lined paper or typed and then printed. Attach it to
this paper. Do not email or share the document. Print only!
Use the sentence below to answer questions 4, 5 and 6.
The short, skinny girl with brown hair stood next to the teacher while she
waited for her bus to come.
4. Circle the nouns in the sentence above.
5. Underline the adjectives in the sentence above.
6. Box the verbs in the above sentence.
Complete the chart:
Prefix
uni-
Meaning
Examples: List 2
unicorn, unicycle
two
triSuffix
-ous, ious
Meaning
Examples: List 2
full of
creator, defender
Name: _____________________ Period: ___
Date: ____________
This week’s story should focus on character development. In this story be
sure to tell about your character in two ways:
● Indirect Characterization: describing a character through
appearance, speech, actions or thoughts. The reader has to learn
about the character through these “clues”.
● Direct Characterization: describing a character through the
author’s words. The reader learns about the character through
direct telling of information from the author.
A sixth grader has just found out that another student in class has been cheating. Tell the
story of how the sixth grader finds out and what the character does to handle this situation.
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Eyewitness to History
By Logan Stonesifer, Scotland Elementary School, Scotland, PA
World War II started in 1939, after Germany invaded Poland. Led by Adolf Hitler, the German army
went on to conquer much of Europe. The United States and its allies defeated Germany and its
allies, Italy and Japan, in 1945. Logan Stonesifer talked with Gustav Rewwer, a German soldier who
fought in World War II.
Gustav Rewwer was born in 1924 in northern Germany. In 1942, when he was 18, he was drafted
into the German air force. That same year, Americans bombed Romania, which supplied 80 percent
of Germany’s gas. Most of the air force was grounded.
As a result, Gus spent five months in the infantry1on the Eastern Front, fighting the Soviet Union.
He spent almost an entire month just digging trenches, often digging more than 14 hours a day. His
feet were always cold and wet, and there was mud and more mud. The wind howled, and the nights
were so dark you could not see your hand in front of your face until the Soviet flares went up.
Despite all this misery, Gus was still able to describe the beauty of a mortar shell exploding in the
snow, the impact creating a red ring and black puff of smoke.
On March 15, 1945, Gus was wounded by shrapnel.2 He didn’t know that he was hit until he felt his
left foot getting warm as his boot filled up with blood. Later he was hit by a much larger piece of
shrapnel that shredded through three layers of clothing but spared his left knee. He believed a
superior force must have interceded.3He was still able to walk, often passing his buddies who were
wounded. The dead were always left behind, frozen to the ground.
He was treated at a makeshift first-aid station. He remembers this as "a most horrible scene." Bloody
young soldiers were everywhere—some screaming as doctors operated on them. Gus’s wound
became seriously infected. After several months, it started to heal.
Gus was discharged in September 1945. When he came back to his house, it was completely
destroyed. He felt "absolutely lost." He couldn’t understand that he didn’t need the "safety and
protection" of the trenches.
In 1957, Gus met an American woman, June. Gus and June moved to the United States on May 6,
1958, and got married four days later.
Conclusion: After talking with Gus, I see how tragic war really is. I look at Gustav Rewwer as a
great person and a brave man.
1 infantry: trained soldiers on foot
2 shrapnel: metal piece from an exploded bomb or mine
3 intercede: to plead on behalf of another
Name:
Date:_______________
“Eyewitness to History” Questions
_____ 1. What does, “Gus was drafted into military service,” mean?
a. Gus wanted to fight for his country.
b. Gus was forced to join the military service.
c. Gus avoided going to war.
d. Gus volunteered to go to war.
_____ 2. The author said that Gus was able to find beauty even though there
much misery around him. What does this say about Gus?
a. Gus did not realize how bad the war was.
b. Gus appreciated beauty even in bad circumstances.
c. Gus found enjoyment in bad things.
d. Gus enjoyed war.
was so
_____ 3. Gus was discharged when he was ____________ years old.
a. 18
b. 21
c. 25
d. 28
_____ 4. Gus told the author that he worked for months doing very hard labor in
difficult conditions. Gus must be
a. a hard worker.
b. a strong person.
c. someone who can overcome difficult situations.
d. all of the above.
very
_____ 5. The author said that after talking to Gus, he thought that Gus was a
man. What did Gus do that was brave? Explain using the RACE strategy.
brave
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