Literacy Homework Week Beginning October 7th

1.          SPELLING/LITERACY ASSIGNMENTS:

SPELLING:

·         Study spelling words from last week – There will be a spelling test on these words.

Scribe comes from a Latin word meaning write, and scope is from a Greek word meaning look or observe.

Port means carry.  Transport means to carry across.

porter portable transport export telescope gyroscope scribe inscribe

portal portfolio import microscope horoscope stethoscope scribble transcribe

2.          CLASS LITERACY TEXTBOOKS

 OXFORD – INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH- Moira Brown

·         Student Textbook – Media mayhem - Read page 124 – Work page 125 A-C

·         Student Textbook – Skate School on television - Read page 126 – Work page 127

     OXFORD – INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH Emma Danihel 

·         Student Workbook 6 – Grammar – Media mayhem - Work pages 50 and 51

FOCUS ON WRITING COMPREHENSION 4

·         Unit 15 – Read - Constructing Effective Arguments  Pages 44-45

·         Work Page 46   Write a complete sentence for each answer

         Thinking Back

                                Thinking About it

                                Thinking Through it

FOCUS READING COMPREHENSION 4

·         Read - The Fuss over the Fordham Factory pages 41-42. 

·         Work Page 43     Write a complete sentence for each answer

Thinking Back

                                  Thinking About it

                                  Thinking Through it

 Cambridge Primary

Revise for Cambridge Primary Checkpoint

English Study Guide – Stephanie Austwick

PHONICS, SPELLING, AND VOCABULARY

o    Spelling Rules - Pages 10-11

o    Phonics spelling and vocabulary – Pages 18-19

GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION

o    Adverbs and Adjectives – Pages 26-27

o    Commas -  Pages 34-35

READING

o    Recounts – Page 70 - 71

o    Persuasion– Pages 62 - 63

WRITING

o    Planning stories - Pages – 78-79

               

       Read another book of your choice!

On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions:

·         What is the title of your book?

·         What is the genre?

·         Who is the author?

·         How many pages?

·         Where does the story take place?

·         Name the characters?

·         What is the plot?

·         Write one or two paragraphs on what the book is about.

·         Did you like the book?  Why/Why not?

·         Would you recommend others to read the book? Who would you recommend to read the book?

·         Why should they read the book?

·         Draw your favorite part of the book to share with your classmates.