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Chapter 3 Nouns

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. If you can touch it, see it, or taste it then it is a noun. If it is a specific noun that begins with a capital letter then it is known as a proper noun.

Examples: AVI, Atlanta, The Secret School Person: teacher, Ida, man, doctor Place: classroom, café, Tampa Thing: book, table, sun Idea: time, imagination, thought

In the space below, list the nouns from the first paragraph of this chapter of The Secret School. Next, underline the proper nouns.

Summary

In your own words, describe what took place in this chapter of The Secret School using specific details from the book. In parenthesis, write the page numbers of the specific details mentioned in your summary.

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Chapter 5 Nouns: Singular and Plural and Important Details

Nouns: Singular and Plural

The word, single, means “one.” Therefore, a singular noun is a noun that names only one person, one place, one thing, or one idea.

The word, plural, means “more than one.” Therefore, a plural noun, is a noun that names 2 or more people, 2 or more places, 2 or more things, or 2 or more ideas. Plural nouns often, but do not always, end in‘s’ or ‘es’.

List the singular and plural nouns from the first paragraph of this chapter of The Secret School.

Singular Nouns: Plural Nouns:

Important Details:

Identify and explain

what you feel are 2

of the most

important details

from this chapter of The

Secret School.

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Chapter 6 Adjectives & Character Thoughts

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Examples: wet, small, wrinkled, spotted, smelly, cold

List the adjectives from the first 3 paragraphs of this chapter of The Secret School.

Adjectives:

____________________________________ ___________________ ___________________ Now, think of and write 10 more adjectives:

1. _____________________ 2. _____________________ 3. _____________________ 4. _____________________ 5. _____________________ 6. _____________________ 7. _____________________ 8. _____________________ 9. _____________________ 10. ____________________

Character Thoughts

Pretend that you are Ida from The Secret School. Choose an event that has already taken place in the book and describe your thoughts and feelings during that event.

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Chapter 7 Verbs & Main Idea

Verbs

A verb is an action word. If it is something that you “do,” it is a verb. Verbs often end in “ing” or “ed.” Examples: ran, walking, smiling, poked, saw, opened, whispered, took, etc. Verbs also include words such as: is, was, were, has, have, said, etc. List the verbs or verb phrases from the first paragraph of this chapter of The Secret School. Remember, each sentence should have, at least, one verb.

Verbs:

Main Idea

The main idea refers to the “topic” of what is written. What is the main idea of this chapter of The Secret School?

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Chapter 9 Personal Pronouns & A Day with Ida

Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns are words that replace nouns. They usually refer to people. However, the pronoun “it” refers to a thing. Examples: he, she, they, us, we, me, you, them, it, etc. List the personal pronouns from the first paragraph of this chapter of The Secret School. You do not need to write the same pronoun more than once.

Pronouns:

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

A Day with Ida

If you could spend the day with Ida from The Secret School, where would you go and what would you do? Explain in detail.

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Chapter 14 Prepositional Phrases

Grammar Activity: Prepositional Phrases

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a

noun. It is not the subject, and it is not the action of the sentence. It

is extra information added to the sentence to show a relationship of a

noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence.

Example:

AVI of The Secret School is one of my favorite authors of children’s literature.

Prep. Phrase 1 Prep. Phrase 2

Some common prepositions: at, of, to, in, into, with, through, above

Examples of prepositional phrases:

at the store beside the table to my school of the chapter in the backyard, under the stairs above the sink List the prepositional phrases from the second paragraph of this chapter of The Secret School.

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Chapter 17 Subjects and Predicates

Grammar Activity: Subjects and Predicates

All sentences consist of a subject and a predicate. The complete subject consists of the words that tell what the sentence is about and the complete predicate includes the verb and the rest of the sentence. Example: The Secret School is one of my favorite books. S P S = subject P = predicate Write the subject and predicate of the first 2 sentences of this chapter of The Secret School. 1) Subject__________________________________________ Predicate __________________________________________ 2) Subject__________________________________________ Predicate ________________________________________

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Answers to Grammar Activities for The Secret School

3 Chapter Nouns (all) fence mare Snooker

lambs driveway car

Ida fright tails Chapter 5 Nouns

Singular: work Miss Fletcher

Afternoon

Plural: Children

Chapter 6

Adjectives (all) supper

new lamb earlier

Chapter 7 Verbs (all) stood was frowning

were looking could be heard was

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Chapter 9 Personal pronouns (all) her She

Chapter 14

Prepositional Phrases (all) to Herbert's father with his father

in the fields. to the sheep

to work

Chapter 17

Subjects and Predicates

1. Subject: THE LAST TWO WEEKS of school

Predicate: were frantic.

2. Subject: The students

Predicate: spent every day quizzing one another,

going over recitations, parsing sentences,

working on penmanship.

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