Due Thursday, September 26, 2013 (FI#4 + Raffelsia, Ultralight Airplanes or Mother Tongue)

Your homework is due on Thursday, September 26.

There are 4 assignments that need to be submitted:

1)  KEY WORD OUTLINE  (KWO)

Your key word outline should be handwritten on a lined piece of notebook paper and stapled to the back of your essay. It must be properly headed with your name and due date on the upper right lines. Remember, only 3 words per sentence. Numbers and symbols are free. They do not count as part of the 3 word limit per sentence.

2) ROUGH DRAFT ESSAY

Staple a copy of at least one of your rough drafts to your final draft and KWO. 

3) ESSAY

Your one-paragraph final draft essay is also due.  Essays must be typed and both your rough draft & KWO must be stapled to it. Proper formatting is extremely important.   ESSAY FORMAT REQUIREMENTS may be found on the side bar of our website. Include a properly indicated who/which clause and a properly indicated adverb ("ly word").
You will receive extra credit for properly used and indicated vocabulary words.
 
Example: 
     The tired mama bear happily ambled toward her cave with her cubs right behind her. The cave which was hidden in the mountain, had been their home for as long as the cubs could remember. Sniffing the air, the cubs knew that they were close to home. The bear family had been playing hooky all day and they were blissfully exhausted. There had been no hunting or fishing on this crisp fall day. Instead, the bear clan had romped in the newly fallen leaves and chased each other through the meadows. 

Essays should simply re-tell one of the following:

• The Stinking Giant (Rafflesia), 

• Ultralight Airplanes  (younger students) or 

• Mother Tongue (high school or younger students who want a challenge). 

The original source paragraphs are included at the bottom of this post. Your essay may have a different number of sentences than the source paragraphs but the content should reflect the source paragraph.  

Using ONLY your key word outline, re-tell the paragraph in your own words.

4) FIX IT #4
Name over due date (9-26-13)  on the top right.  Determine if it is necessary to indent. Some of the passages this week contain more than one sentence. If so, be sure to find the subject/verb in each sentence. Look for those faulty homophones. Be sure to "Fix It." 

FIX-IT #4 due Thursday, September 26, 2013

Vexed, Aunt Polly tried a different line of questioning. “Well, then, you busted the stitches on your collar, hmm?”

Phew! Tom was safe. His shirt collar was sewn securely.

Then Tom’s cousin Sidney chimed in. “Well, now, if I didn’t think you sewed his collar with white thread, but it’s black.

“Why, I did sew it with white! Tom!” In a flash Tom was out the kitchen door muttering two himself, “I wish to geeminy she’d stick too one or t’other!”

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ESSAY SOURCE PARAGRAPH CHOICES:

 

Ultralight Airplanes  (recommended for Younger Students - 7 sentences to outline)

      An ultralight airplane is very different from a conventional airplane. It looks like a lawn chair with wings and weighs no more than 254 pounds. It can fly up to 60 miles an hour and carries about 5 gallons of fuel. Most ultralights are sold as kits and take about 40 hours to assemble. Some models now have parachutes attached, while others have parachute packs which pilots can wear. Flying an ultralight is so easy that a pilot with no experience can fly one. Accidents are rarely fatal or even serious because the ultralight lands so slowly and gently and carries so little fuel. 

The Stinking Giant  (recommended for Younger Students - 7 sentences to outline) 

     The rafflesia is the biggest flower in the world. Its bloom can be three feet wide. It takes two years to form and stays open for a week. Unlike other flowers, it has no stem or leaves. It grows on the root of another plant. You do not want to get too close to this giant flower, though, because its big blossom gives off a big stink! Some people think that it smells like rotting meat. Because of the awful smell, the rafflesia is also called a "corpse flower" or a "stinking lilly."

Mother Tongue  (recommended for Older Students - 10 sentences to outline)

      First language, also known as mother tongue, is generally the language a person learns first.  However, it is possible to have two or more native languages thus being a native bilingual or indeed multilingual. The order in which these languages are learned does not necessarily predict proficiency.  In fact, incomplete first language skills often make learning other languages difficult. Children learn the basics of their first language or languages from their family. The term mother tongue, however, should not be interpreted to mean that it is the language of one's mother. Many first generation Americans have a different mother tongue than their parents. Also, in some paternal societies, the wife moves in with the husband and thus may have a different first language or dialect than the local language of the husband. Yet their children usually only speak their local language. This is a trend that might be changing because being multilingual is a valuable skill.

 

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All about “FIX-IT” HOMEWORK (which includes vocabulary homework)

• Find the bolded vocabulary words.

~~>  Look up the words in a dictionary and then write key words of the definition that best fits that context. Turn in HANDWRITTEN words and definitions each week. Include part of speech, definition, and a sentence using the word.

~~>  Start a master list of vocabulary words right away and keep it in your personal class binder. We will have surprise vocabulary quizzes. You may use your notes for the quizzes. You may not use your neighbor’s notes.

• Edit each week’s FIX-IT homework according to the instructions `           

• Always search for the imbedded errors in the passage. Reading the passage aloud will make finding errors easier.

Errors requiring correction will not begin until week 3.

• Handwrite the corrected passage and turn in each week. This is why we call the assignment “FIX-IT.”  J

• Name and due date must be included on each page of your homework (top right lines). Staple multiple papers together in the upper left corner.

HELPFUL REMINDERS for the first 4 FIX-IT assignments

Vocabulary: Find the bolded vocabulary word. Look it up in a dictionary, and then write the definition that best fits the context.

Indent? Decide if each passage needs to be indented. Ask yourself, “Is it a new topic, a new scene/time, or a new person speaking?” If yes, indent.

Underline the subject and double underline the verb.

Homophones: Beginning in week 3, correct faulty homophones, which are words that have the same sound but different spelling and meaning.

(Advanced students) Identify the #1 subject opener. This is for advanced students who already know their dress-ups. Starting in week 2, mark subject openers by placing a (1) in front of the sentence.

Some tricky homophones to watch for:

to, two, too

Sally went to the store. to = "

Sally bought two cases of candy. two = 2

Bobby said, “I want to go too!” too = also, besides

Sally and Bobby ate too much. too = to an excessive degree

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