LANGUAGE ARTS 408

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Guidelines for Self-Scoring1. Complete the lesson.

2. Get permission to score.

3. Check your work—put an 7 beside wrong answers.

4. Return to your desk and use your textbook or LightUnit to correct the wrong answers.

5. Get permission to rescore.

6. Recheck your work. If corrected, circle the 7. If wrong, make another 7. Repeat Steps 4-6 as necessary.

7.  Circle each page number after all mistakes have been corrected and the page is finished.

Symbols

– Indicates students must obtain the teacher’s aide or teacher’s initials before proceeding with the work in the LightUnit.

– Indicates an exercise that requires the teacher’s aide or teacher involvement. The teacher’s aide or teacher needs to grade or assist students with the exercise. The students may continue working beyond this symbol even though the exercise has not been checked.

– Indicates the student must obtain the teacher’s initials before proceeding with work in the LightUnit. Generally found before quizzes and self checks.

– Indicates an exercise that requires teacher’s involvement. The teacher needs to grade or assist students with the exercise. The students may continue working beyond this symbol even though the exercise has not been checked.

– Indicates students should check with the teacher for instructions on whether to do this optional activity.

Notes to Teacher and Student

Administering this LightUnitEach lesson in this LightUnit is one day’s work.

Two quizzes and a self check prepare the student for the test. The self check may be reviewed before being administered. Allow one day to review for the test before taking the LightUnit test.

Before issuing the LightUnit to the student, remove the test from the center and the quizzes from the back or center of the book. Give these to the student as directed in the LightUnit.

The score box on tests, quizzes, and self checks shows that 80 is the minimum score required to pass. The total score possible is 100. The empty box on the quiz and self check is to be initialed by the person who grades it.

Test Quiz and Self Check 80 100

80 100

To obtain a final LightUnit grade, average the two quiz grades and any optional activities. Add this average to the final LightUnit test grade and divide by two.

More Adverbs

You learned that adverbs are words that describe verbs and answer the questions how and when. Adverbs can also answer the question where.

Adverbs can come anywhere in a sentence. Look for adverbs by asking how, when, and where.

Regina ran upstairs to shut the windows.

I found the pen laying over there.

You have learned that adverbs and adjectives describe other words. From now on, we will use the word modify in place of describe. Adverbs modify verbs. Adjectives modify nouns.

Adverb

How?

When?

Where?

Underline the verb twice. Circle the adverb and draw an arrow to the verb it modifies.

1. Joe drove the tanker daily.

2. Our campsite is nearby.

3. Kevin went inside for a drink.

4. The eagles soared overhead.

A

modify (mod′ ǝ fī): adds to the meaning of a word

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Section 1

1More Adverbs

Diagram each sentence.

5. Uncle Peter will come soon.

6. The leaves have blown everywhere.

7. The wind is howling eerily tonight.

B

Write words to complete the sentences.

8. A is a noun or pronoun that follows an

and receives the action from the verb.

9. A direct object answers the questions or

.

C

Underline the verb twice. Underline the subject once. Circle the direct object.

10. Camels have two toes on each foot.

11. Plants need sunlight to grow.

12. Carla saw Lisa during the candy throw.

d

Direct Object

Whom?

What?

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Lesson 1

Write the letter to match the words and definitions.

15. lie

16. lay

f

a. to restb. to put something

Circle the letters that should be capitalized. (12) Add all punctuation marks where they belong. (10)

22. lazarus, come forth commanded jesus.

23. Lou have you seen the bottle for feeding the lambs

24. paul suggested let’s go play in the rain.

25. Last summer uncle dave’s family moved to spring hill georgia.

26. At easter we honor our risen saviour.

27. Fill the bird feeder duane before you come in for lunch.

H

Underline the verb twice. Write present, past, or future to show the verb tense.

17. Sir Isaac Newton was a famous scientist in the 1600s.

18. Sir Isaac Newton had a prism.

19. He made a fascinating discovery.

20. Rainbow colors come from light.

21. You will see this with a prism.

g

Underline the verb phrase twice. Label the parts of speech by writing n for noun, v for verb, p for pronoun, adj for adjective, adv for adverb, and c for conjunction.

13. Dean has been jogging lately.

14. Secretly Gordon and David were planting an orchard.

e

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Lesson 1

Write the spelling word for each pronunciation.

28. ne′ fyü 31. kǝ′ zǝn

29. nēs 32. vǝl′ chǝr

30. her′ ǝn 33. spa′ rō

j

Write the spelling words that have three syllables.

34.

k

Write the spelling words that have the i sound.

35.

L

Spelling Words

brother goldfinch nephew relative swallow chickadee heron niece sister vulture cousin mockingbird parents sparrow woodpecker

Go to page 60. In your notebook, write the sentences for Lesson 1.I

Write Section 1 spelling words in your notebook.m

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Lesson 1

More Irregular Verbs

You have learned that the irregular verbs form their other parts, not by adding ed, but by changing the spelling. Here are more for you to learn to use correctly.

Present Tense Past Tense Verbs that need Helping Verbs (have, has, had)break, breaks broke ( ) brokenbuy, buys bought ( ) boughtdraw, draws drew ( ) drawndrink, drinks drank ( ) drunk or drankgrow, grows grew ( ) grownknow, knows knew ( ) knownlose, loses lost ( ) lostring, rings rang ( ) rungsing, sings sang ( ) sungthrow, throws threw ( ) thrown

Underline the form of the verb for the tense given in parentheses.

1. The quaint teacup breaks, broke when Regina washed it. (past)

2. Aunt Tina drinks, drank a glass of carrot juice each morning. (past)

3. Kyle loses, lost his pocketknife while hiking in the woods. (past)

4. Mother buys, bought new shoes for Karin. (present)

5. Elizabeth draws, drew pictures of horses. (present)

6. Eric throws, threwthesoftballfromoutfield.(present)

7. The children sings, sang joyfully. (past)

A

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4More Irregular Verbs

Write present or past for each description.

13. shows something happening now

14. shows something that happened in the past

C

Circle the helping verb. Underline the correct form of the verb that needs a helping verb.

8. Sarah has grown, grow three inches taller since last year.

9. Nathaniel has sing, sung tenor since fourth grade.

10. Melvin had know, known that the tire was bent.

11. Miss Fields has rung, ring the bell for class to begin.

12. I have draw, drawn a picture for Mom’s birthday.

B

Write then or than to complete each sentence.

15. After the picture is colored, you may cut it out.

16. Do your Bible lesson; work on language arts and math.

17. Paula enjoys social studies more science.

d

Write a direct object to complete each sentence.

18. Margaret drew an .

19. The elephant carried with his strong trunk.

20. God created the .

e

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Lesson 4

Underline the pronoun that is the subject in each sentence. Circle the possessive pronouns.

21. She gave Johnny her ice cream cone.

22. They bought their son a new book.

23. We are going to your house for a hotdog roast.

f

Write a specific verb to complete the sentence.

24. Jason when Nate said “Boo!” in his ear.

25. “Nate! You shouldn’t scare me like that!” he .

g

Write two sentences with this homograph, using different meanings. .

31. tear a.

b.

I

Underline the verb or verb phrase twice. Circle the adverb and draw an arrow to the verb it modifies.

26. Someday that old chair may break.

27. Tony wrote his report today.

28. Patiently the young man repeated his question.

29. Charlotte left yesterday for Bible School.

30. The leaves from the oak tree have blown away.

H

Adverb

How?

When?

Where?

Place a colon where it belongs.

32. Anthony quoted John 14 1-4 for Mr. Sims.

33. Davis went to bed at 7 45 last night.

j

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Lesson 4

Rewrite the sentences correctly.

34. flowersbloombirdssingandweplantgardeninthespring.

35. tom did you move from toledo ohio asked mr spiecher

k

Underline the verb or verb phrase twice. Find a compound verb. Underline the subject once. Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.

36. Venus is an interesting planet to study.

37. This planet is called the morning star.

38. This summer, my brothers are going and helping some people in Haiti.

L

Write antonym or synonym.

39. honest — truthful

40. fearful — courageous

m

Go to page 60. In your notebook, write the sentences for Lesson 4.n

Make sure you have a sharp pencil.

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Lesson 4

Write Section 1 spelling words in your notebook. p

Fill in each blank with a letter from a spelling word. Use each word once.

41. T

42. H

E

43. L

44. O

45. R

46. D

47. I

48. S

49. G

50. O

51. O

52. D

T

O

53. A

54. L

55. L

o

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Lesson 4