Homophones
Use the homophones correctly in a sentence: right/write
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my favorite month is october because my birthday is in october
My favorite month is October because my birthday is in October.
Name any one of the craft moves Jane Yolen uses in Owl Moon.
similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, powerful beginning and endings, descriptive language, etc.
What is a troublemaker word?
A word that is spelled not like how it sounds.
Name 3 words that rhyme with tock.
Clock, block, sock, talk, rock, etc.
Choose one of the (to, two, too) and write a sentence.
I went to recess.
What three ending punctuation did we learn?
period, question mark, exclamation point
Dazzling, grumpy, silly, wonderful, and tiny are all examples of what?
Descriptive language or adjectives
Correctly spell the words:
friend, about, could, said, school, what
Name two different powerful spelling patterns we learned.
ill, ack, ock, ight, ake, ike, etc.
What do the homophones flee and flea mean?
flee- run away
flea- a very tiny bug
Mom! Henry screamed where are my shoes?
Punctuate this sentence.
"Mom!" Henry screamed. "Where are my shoes?"
Give an example of onomatopoeia.
CRASH, BOOM, CLICK, BOING
What are two different sounds the vowel team oo can say?
book, soon
List seven words that rhyme with bed.
red, said, head, spread, lead, sped, fled, shed, dread, etc.
Create your own sentence using two homophones.
Example: I see two fish in the sea.
Name everything that must be capitalized.
names (people, businesses, restaurants), months/days, titles, I, beginning of a sentence, holidays
The rock was as light as a feather. What is this an example of?
Simile
What are two different sounds the vowel team ou can say?
shout, could, group, boulder
Write an original two lined poem that rhymes.
I bumped my head
It felt heavy as lead.
Correctly use there, their, and they're in one single sentence.
They're going to their house that is over there.
Ms. Fiza, Mr. Braswell, Ms. Audain, Ms. Moselle, and Ms. Grace will celebrate Halloween on Monday, October 31st, 2022.
The tears were a river down her face. What is this an example of and what does it mean?
Metaphor- Her tears are flowing heavy similar to a river.
What was the silly sentence Ms. Holstrom created for the troublemaker word COULD?
Could old uncles love dancing?
Name three different pairs of rhyming words that have different spelling patterns.
chalk/clock, bread/said, little/middle