Section 1 1. Nominative Case Pronouns; Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Noun of Direct Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Verb Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4. Adverb Phrases; Diagramming Adverb Phrases . . . . . . 15 5. Quiz 1 and Extra Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Section 2 6. Indirect Objects; Diagramming Indirect Objects . . . . . 20 7. Principal Parts of Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8. Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 9. Narrative Rough Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 10. Quiz 2 and Extra Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Section 3 11. Revising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 12. Proofreading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 13. Never, Not, n’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 14. Self Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 15. Creative Writing, Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 16. Creative Writing, Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 17. LightUnit Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Cursive Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Spelling Word Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Today you will use the cluster you drew in Lesson 8 to write a personal narrative . Be sure you are accurate with the facts . Remember, a personal narrative is a true story, so no exaggeration is allowed .

Don’t be too concerned with punctuation and spelling in your rough draft—just write! Try to write the way you would tell the story to your best friend or your cousin . You will revise your work in Lesson 11 .

Here is David’s rough draft for his personal narrative “Visiting Washington, D .C .” Notice how he used notes from more than one branch of his cluster in the same paragraph .

Narrative Rough Draft

Visiting Washington D.C. This summer my family went to Washington D.C. I had never been to D.C. before, so I saw

a lot of new things. We used the subway to travel from place in the city. Daddy had wanted to

get to the subway station before everyone else did, but everyone else must have had the same

idea. So many people!

We went on the subway after we got our tickets. It was loud in there because of all the

talking. We heard the subway train before we saw it. When the doors opened, we all followed

Daddy into the one subway car. I didn’t think we would all fit, but we did.

After we got off the subway, we went to the zoo. They had a lot of big cats there. I wanted

to hear a lion roar, but they were so lazy that they just lay in the sun. I did hear the

monkeys chatter! We laughed at two monkeys chasing each other up and down their ropes.

We also saw elephants, many strange birds, and snakes.

After the zoo we went to the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. We also

saw the White House. I thought we might get to see the President, but Daddy said he thought

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the President was busy somewhere else.

We stopped for lunch at a hot dog stand. I ordered what the hot dog man called “the works.”

It was really good, but it was terribly messy. Some sauce got on my shirt and Mom tried to

clean it off but it left an ugly smear on my shirt. Daddy bought each of us cotton candy as

a special treat. Mom thought we would get sick from all the sugar, but we didn’t.

Our next stop was the Smithsonian museum. I think it had more animals the zoo! We walked

and walked but still had more to see when Daddy said it was time to go. Before heading back

to the subway, we stopped at a Chinese restaurant. I had never eaten chinese food before, and

none of the names sounded like food we eat. I let Mom order my meal. Although it had a

funny name, it was just chicken with a special sauce. I liked it.

I don’t remember the subway ride back to our vehicle because I fell asleep. Visiting D.C. was

so much fun, but it was a long day of walking. Maybe we’ll go again sometime and get to see

the President and hear a lion roar.

A Write your rough draft on other paper. Leave every other line blank so you have room to revise your rough draft.

B Writeyour titleherewhenyouhavefinishedyourroughdraft.Your titleshouldbeinterestingwithout telling toomuchaboutyournarrative.

ooking BackC Underlineeachverb twice. In theblank,write itsprincipalpart.

1. Kemper fixed the old lawn mower.

2. He had fixed it three times last week.

3. His father owns a small-engine repair shop.

4. He works in his dad’s shop two days a week.

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D Chooseamoreconcisewordfromtheboxtoreplacetheunderlinedwords.

5. Tom works with a person from Cambodia.

6. Julie trimmed the pie crust with great care.

7. The wolf snarled in a fierce way.

8. We do not have plans to move at the present time.

E Underline thenounofdirectaddress.Putparenthesesaroundeachadverbphrase.Diagrameachsentence.

9. (Dad lent Mr. Stewart his tractor for a week.

10. (A gray wolf fed her pups a rabbit.

11. For years, God gave the Israelites manna.

12. (Susan put your books away for you, John.

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Spelling — Hodgepodge

G Write thespellingwordsthathavetodowitheachsense.

13. smell

14. taste

15. touch

16. hearing

17. sight

H Writeaspellingwordthat isasynonymofeachword.

18. whine

19. slick

20. chilly

21. stern

I WriteSection2spellingwords inyournotebook.

PenmanshipF Write thisetiquetterule inyournotebook.

Usually whispering is rude—others feel left out when you are whispering.

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