Name: ___________________________________________________________ Enrichment Activities Language Category: You may NOT select sentences that are already correct. STUDY THE NOTES! Do not guess. Check your answers with Mrs. Watkins when you finish with the entire category. Chapter 4 (Blue Book): Study p. 122-129. Complete any 3 questions on the page/exercise indicated. ________ Adjective & adverb phrases (p. 132, Exercise A – STUDY THE NOTES!) Study p. 135-138. Complete any 3 questions on the page/exercise indicated. ________ Identifying independent & subordinate clauses (p. 147, Exercise B) ________ Identifying clauses as adjective or adverb (p. 148, Exercise C) Study p. 145-146. Complete any 3 questions on the page/exercise indicated. ________ Complex & Compound -Complex sentences (p. 146, Exercise 17 – do not pick any simple sentences) Chapter 5 (Blue Book): Study p. 158-161. Complete any 3 questions on the page/exercise indicated. ________ Predicate nominatives (p. 160, Exercise 5) ________ Predicate adjectives (p. 161, Exercise 6) ________ Identifying complements (p. 163, Exercise D) Chapter 8 (Blue Book): Study p. 236. Complete any 3 questions on the page/exercise indicated. ________ Pronouns with Appositives (p. 236-237, Exercise 9) Chapter 9 (Blue Book): Study p. 243-247. Complete any 3 questions on the page/exercise indicated. ________ Identifying modifiers as adjectives or adverbs (p. 245, Exercise 1) ________ Using comparative and superlative forms (p. 248, Exercise 3) ________ Regular & irregular comparison of adj. & adverbs (p. 249-250, Exercise 4) Chapter 12 (Blue Book): Study p. 318 & 325. Complete any 3 questions on the page/exercise indicated. ________ Interrupters / Punctuating Appositives (p. 319, Exercise 6) ________ Correcting sentences by adding commas (p. 320, Exercise 7) ________ Semicolons (p. 325-326, Exercise 10) Enrichment Activities Vocabulary Category: Log into Easy CBM. Take the three vocabulary lessons assigned to you. Record your scores below. Reflect on what you had difficulty with and write it below. Vocabulary 6_8: Score: _______________ Vocabulary 6_9: Score: _______________ Vocabulary 6_10: Score: _______________ Reflection: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Read the Casey at Bat excerpt on p. 23 in the Grammar (blue) book. Answer the questions indicated below. Week 2 questions (p. 24). Write why you missed each one under reflection. Mon: _________ Tues: _________ Wed: _________ Thurs: _________ Fri: _________ Reflection: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Week 3 questions (p. 25). Write why you missed each one under reflection. Mon: _________ Tues: _________ Wed: _________ Thurs: _________ Fri: _________ Reflection: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Enrichment Activities Communication & Media Category: “Lesson 38” Organizing an Oral Presentation (p.125-126) “Lesson 39” Summarizing an Oral Presentation (p. 127-128) “Lesson 42” Working on a Team (p. 133-134) Go to the following website to practice summarizing: http://www.quia.com/rr/86000.html Enrichment Activities Logic Category: “Lesson 48” Cause & Effect (p. 149-150) “Lesson 50” Inferences and Conclusions (p. 153-154) “Lesson 52” Analogies (p.157-158) Go to the following websites to play fact/opinion games: http://users.dhp.com/~laflemm/RfT/Tut2.htm http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/habit.html Go to the following websites to play battleship with analogies: http://www.quia.com/ba/71941.html Enrichment Activities Writing & Research Category: Complete the worksheets in the packet and then answer the reflection questions below. Irrelevant sentences activity #1 How many irrelevant sentences did I correctly pick out? _________ How many irrelevant sentences did I get incorrect? ____________ Conclusion sentences How many of my conclusion sentences did my group member agree with? ____ How many of my conclusion sentences did my group member disagree with? ____ Irrelevant sentences activity #2 How many irrelevant sentences did I correctly pick out? _________ How many irrelevant sentences did I get incorrect? ____________ Practice editing paragraphs: http://mrnussbaum.com/paragraph/ Enrichment Activities Informational Text Category: Main Idea Activity #1 Main Idea & Details Moby Max Worksheet – Citing Evidence Questions Go to the following websites to play main idea games: http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/MainIdea.html http://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/games/burger/burger.html Enrichment Activities Literature Category: Log into Easy CBM. Pick ONE of the three stories assigned to you. Circle the one you pick: On the Ice Bamboo Rescue Mrs. Reynolds’ Grand Adventure Answer the questions. How many did you get correct? ____________________ How many did you get incorrect? __________________ What kinds of questions did you have the most difficulty with? ________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Go to the following websites to play figurative language games: http://ereadinggames.com/orpheus/ http://quizlet.com/3962217/figurative-languagedefinitionsexamplespictures-flash-cards/ Go to the following website to review story elements: http://quizlet.com/14968916/story-elements-quiz-6th-grade-honorsflash-cards/