10th Grade
January 10, 2011
Complete each sentence with a metaphor.
1. Happiness is _______________________________________________________________.
2. A challenging decision is ______________________________________________________.
3. An unexpected gift is _________________________________________________________.
4. A birthday is ________________________________________________________________.
January 12, 2011
Revise the sentences below following the example.
Example:
This poem by Dylan Thomas it examine attitudes toward death.
Corrected: This poem by Dylan Thomas examines attitudes toward death.
You try:
1. In “My City,” James Weldon Johnson he wrote a love sonnet for Manhattan.
2. Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote “The Bean Eaters,” she won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
January 13, 2011
When judging the reliability of a research source and taking notes for a report, you need to be able to
distinguish between facts and opinions. Read these sentences. Write F if the sentence is a fact; write O if
it is an opinion.
1. Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are thrilled to see the wild swans.
2. The adult male trumpeter swan has a wingspan of up to 8 feet.
3. Although the trumpeter swan was once endangered, its numbers are now gradually expanding.
4. Its call is an eerie, loud coo hoo, coo hoo.
January 14, 2011
Follow the example to combine each pair of sentences below.
Example:
They were like old men already. They worked from daybreak to sunset.
Corrected: They were like old men already because they worked from daybreak to
sunset.
You try:
1. I am going to be late for school. I missed the bus.
2. Joel ran every day after school. He wanted to make the team.