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Mixed practice
Café de Language Arts
Circle one item in each section to complete.
DESSERTS
APPETIZERS
The “Adverb-tizer”: Write
three
sentences, each including
at least one
adverb. Underline the ad
verb.
Red Pepper–Roasted Roots
: Write three
words for each of the fol
lowing prefixes:
dis-, pre-, and mis-. Besid
e each word, list
its root word.
Great-Beginning Breadsti
cks: Write three
different sentences that
would each be an
interesting way to begin
your autobiography.
SIDE DISHES
Synonym Salad: Write at least five
synonyms for each of these words: big,
little, nice, mean. Use a thesaurus to help
you.
Antonym Applesauce: Write at least five
antonyms for each of the following words:
pretty, sad, soft, strange. Use a thesaurus
to help you.
Deep-Fried Definitions: Look up each
of the following words in the dictionary:
apparition, haggard, pungent, virtuoso. Use
each word in a sentence.
MAIN COURSES
Cheese-Stuffed Chatterboxes: Write a
conversation between you and your
best friend. Talk about something you
both love. Be sure to use quotation
marks correctly.
Grilled-to-Perfection Poetry: Write a
poem about something or someone
very important to you.
Cluck-Cluck Casserole: Write a
journal entry about a time when you
overcame a fear. Include details so
your reader feels like he or she is
right there with you!
Pickle Sandwich Prepositions: List
five objects in your classroom. Write
a sentence beside each object
that uses a prepositional phrase to
describe its location. Underline the
prepositional phrase.
Pile-of-Pasta Pandemonium: The
name of this dish is alliterative
because it includes words with the
same beginning sound. Write five
sentences that use alliteration.
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DRINKS
Tropical Transitions: List as many transition words
and phrases as you can.
Subject-Predicate Smoothie: Write five sentences
about things that are smooth. Draw a line to divide
each sentence between its subject and its predicate.
Mocha Milkshake Marvel: Write two complex
sentences and two compound sentences about
things you think are marvelous. Draw a star beside
each complex sentence.