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Identify the proper noun, collective noun, and abstract noun in the sentence:
Miss Katja was filled with happiness when she received a bouquet of flowers from her students.
proper noun: Miss Katja
collective noun: bouquet of flowers
abstract noun: happiness
Identify the type of figurative language:
By the end of the story, Poppy had become as bold as a peacock.
simile
Edit the sentence for punctuation and capitalization (2 mistakes):
please practice your presentations
Please practice your presentations.
or
Please practice your presentations!
List one entertaining strategy for starting a story.
-dialogue
-action
-sound effects
-character thoughts or questions
Identify the proper adjective, numerical adjective, and descriptive adjective in the sentence:
Nine students played the Jeopardy game during the last grammar meeting of 2020.
proper adjective: Jeopardy (describing game)
numerical adjective: nine (describing students)
descriptive adjective: last, grammar (both describing the meeting)
Identify the type of figurative language:
The abandoned classroom was a cemetery of old work and materials.
metaphor
Edit the sentence for punctuation and capitalization (3 mistakes):
As I stood in line, I heard santa say, "what would you like for Christmas this year"
As I stood in line, I heard Santa say, "What would you like for Christmas this year?"
List 5 alternatives for "said".
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Identify the verbs in the sentence. (Hint: there are 3.)
The fourth year students worked diligently to complete their to-do lists before the Fall term was over.
worked
to complete
was
Identify the TWO types of figurative language used:
The winter winds whispered to me as they whooshed through the willow trees.
alliteration and personification
Edit the sentence for punctuation and capitalization (3 mistakes):
Dont forget to send a new year's card to your grandma!
Don't forget to send a New Year's card to your grandma!
Use the emotions chart to revise this sentence:
My mom was angry.
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Identify the adverbs in the sentence. (Hint: there are 2.)
The Home cohort waited patiently while the slides uploaded slowly.
patiently (describing how they waited)
slowly (describing how the slides uploaded)
Identify the type of figurative language:
When I forgot to take a lunch break, and I realized it was 3:00pm, I felt so hungry I could have eaten a horse.
hyperbole
Edit the sentence for punctuation and capitalization (4 mistakes):
eat all of your vegetables if you want dessert, my mom insisted
"Eat all of your vegetables if you want dessert," my mom insisted.
Name the writing strategy this demonstrates:
It was dark and foggy as I walked home from school. I couldn't see what was 10 feet in front of me, or behind me. As I turned the corned, I suddenly heard footsteps. "Who's there?" I called out, but heard no response. Just then something rough brushed against my leg. I reached down to feel what it was, but nothing was there. All of a sudden two eyes appeared. "Awwww, it's just you Lady, I'm happy to see you too!" My dog had come to meet me part way.
"Magic of Three" or Building Suspense
Symbolize the sentence using the Montessori grammar symbols:
Seven students present their colonies on Wednesday.Create a sentence about the moon using TWO forms of figurative language.
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Edit the sentence for punctuation and capitalization (4 mistakes):
the childs eight five pancakes each
The children ate first pancakes each.
Describe the setting of our Zoom classroom in 3-5 sentences.
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