March 21, 2011
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Recognize the schwa in words 4 of 5 trials
Determine antonyms of words 8 of 10 trials
Determine nouns and adjectives in sentences
successfully 80% of the time
Utilize commas successfully at least 8 of 10
trials in sentences
Use the context clues to answer questions at
least 4 of 5 trials
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Please turn to workbook page 113 (it
continues onto page 114)
Read each word in the Word Bank
Sort and write each word in the proper
column according to its schwa condition
Circle the vowel representing the schwa
sound
Underline the stressed syllable in each word
in the second column
Workbook
Page 113
(top)
amongst
subscribe
extra
subtract
aside
perform
conform
Workbook Page 113 (bottom) & 114
a
aside
schwa
amongst
extra
unstressed
root
scribe
tract
form
form
prefix
sub
sub
per
con
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Please turn to workbook page 115
Read the word parts in each table
Combine two or three word parts to build as
many words as you can
Write the words on the lines below the table
Apply spelling rules to add endings when
necessary
inspect
invest
inspector
investor
conduct
confess
conductor
confessor
Workbook
Page 115
conform
conformist
reform
reformist
inquire
inquirer
inside
insider
inspect
install
installment
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What can be added to the beginning of a word to
extend its meaning? A prefix
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What is the word part called that carries the most
important part of a word’s meaning? Root or base word
What are morphemes like –ness, -ing and –y
called? Suffixes
What is the root in tractor? Tract
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How many morphemes are there in inspector?
What are they? Three; in-, spect, -or
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Con- : means “with, together”
In- : means “into,” “toward,” “not”
Duct : means “to lead”
Scribe : means “to write”
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Example:
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Prefix
+
Word
=
Con-
+
duct
=
Prefix
+
Word
=
In-
+
scribe
=
New Word
Conduct “to lead together”
New Word
Inscribe
“to write in”
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Con- and in- can change the spelling of the
word
Example:
 Con- + rupt = Corrupt
 Con- + mune = Commune
 In-
+ mortal = Immortal
 In- + regular = Irregular
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Please turn to workbook page 116
Read the directions
Read each prefix and root or base word
Underline the last letter of the prefix
Underline the first letter of the root or base
word and write it on the line provided
Decide if the prefix will change to the first
letter of the root or base word
Combine the prefix and root or base word
and write the completed word on the line
Workbook Page 116
L
collect
L
illegal
M
immediate
M
command
R
correct
R
L
irregular
college
M
committee
L
R
illuminate
corrupt
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Many verbs indicate action; for example run,
invent, stop.
The verb be does not indicate action; it
indicates a state of being, or what is or was.
Although most of the variations of the word
be (am, are, is, was, were, be, been, being)
don’t look or sound like the word be, they are
the forms of be
Different forms of be signal different tenses
(past, present, or future)
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Example:
 The diary is factual.
 The student is reading the diary in class.
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A progressive form of a verb indicates ongoing
action in the past, present, or future
The progressive form is made up of the present
participle of the verb (with the suffix –ing) plus a
form of the verb be as a helping verb.
Example:
 He is going  is going is the present progressive form
of the verb go
Yesterday
Past
Kept
Was keeping
Today
Present
Keep
Is keeping
Tomorrow
Future
Will keep
Will be keeping
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Please turn to workbook page 117
Read each sentence
Look at the underlined verb or verb phrase
Write that verb or verb phrase in the proper
place on the Tense Timeline
Expand the verb to include six forms:
 Past, present, future, past progressive, present
progressive, and future progressive
Workbook Page 117
kept
Was keeping
observed
Was observing
was
Was being
hid
Was hiding
read
Was reading
keep
Is keeping
observe
Is observing
is
Is being
hide
Is hiding
read
Is reading
Will keep
Will be keeping
Will observe
Will be observing
Will be
Will be being
Will hide
Will be hiding
Will read
Will be reading
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Nouns are words that name people, places, things,
and ideas
Nouns can sometimes be used to describe other
nouns.
A noun that describes another noun function as an
adjective but is still a noun. If you look up the word
in a dictionary, you will see it listed as a noun
Example:
 Anne Frank enjoyed a good family life.
▪ Anne Frank: names a person
▪ Life is a noun that is an idea
▪ Family is a noun. In this sentence it is being used to tell more
about the word life, so it is functioning as an adjective.
Please turn to workbook page 118
Read each sentence
Decide whether each underlined noun names a
person, a place, a thing, or an idea, or describes
another noun and so functions as the adjective
 Circle the noun if it names a person, place, thing,
or idea
 Draw an arrow from the noun to the word it tells
more about if the noun functions as an adjective
 Put a check in the column to indicate the
function of each underlined noun
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Workbook Page 118
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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Workbook page C30
Reading comprehension is a crucial part to
our education
Do you ask yourself questions as you read?
Do you make sure you understand
everything?
Do you try and picture the setting?
Characters?
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Please turn to page C30 in your workbook
Read lines 40-181
Apply the Ask Myself strategy by asking
yourself questions after every page
Underline information that describes Anne’s
feelings about herself and others
Paraphrase that information in the spaces
provided
Workbook Page C30/C31
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Focus your attention on the headings of the
handout
As you read, underline information you can
use to put in the chart
Topic: Anne’s feelings
Anne
A Family in Hiding: Anne Frank’s Diary
- At times Anne was - Ann admired her father
and loved him very much.
critical of herself.
- Anne was critical of her
She scolded herself
sister, and thought that
for writing negatively
she was too passive. At
about her mother.
one point, she explained
that she used to be envious
- Anne felt confident in of her sister’s relationship
with her father.
herself. She thought
she was ready to be - Anne felt that her mother
treated like an adult. treated her like a baby. This
frustrated Anne.
She thought she had a
mind of her own and - Anne grew fond of Peter.
She felt she could really
inner strength.
talk to him.