Class 2

LA Homework 10

Name: ______Date: ______

Reading Fiction: Identifying Point of View

Directions: Determine from which perspective the passage is narrated. If it is third-person, circle each time characters' thoughts or feelings are narrated. Explain your answers in the box.

The Green Fox's legs were sore. He had been sitting on a tree branch for several hours waiting for the Sheriff. He believed that the Sheriff would be coming this way to transport some prisoners, one of whom might be the Green Fox's best friend, Lavender Luke. The Green Fox heard the sound of hooves approaching. He swung down from the branch by his knees and observed an armored carriage with the royal symbol on the door. "That's our mark. Get ready boys!" the Green Fox shouted to his men.

Point of View: first-personthird-person limitedthird-person omniscient

(circle one)

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Reading Nonfiction: Main Idea/Text Structure

Directions: Read the passage. Complete the following: write a sentence explaining the main idea of the text identify the text structure that represents the information in the text, and come up with a title related to the main idea of the passage.

It is estimated that over twenty million pounds of candy corn are sold in the US each year. Brach’s, the top manufacturer, sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 4.25 times if each piece were laid end to end. That’s a lot of candy corn, but that’s nothing compared to Tootsie Roll production. Over 64 million Tootsie Rolls are produced every day! But even Tootsie Rolls have got nothing on the candy industry’s staple product, chocolate. Confectioners manufacture over twenty billion pounds of chocolate in the United States each year. Now that’s a mouthful!

Main Idea: ______

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Text Structure: (circle one)

Compare and Contrast Chronological Order Problem and Solution

Cause and Effect Sequence/Order of Importance

How do you know? ______

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Writing: Argumentative

Directions:Complete the chart.

Prompt: Should GMS have holiday parties?
Thesis Statement:
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
Reason 3:
  • Grammar: Identifying Pronouns

Directions: Label the pronoun and circle its antecedent. Remember, the antecedent is the word the pronoun is replacing.

  1. Giraffes gettheir supper from the trees.
  1. Juan understood the question. He answered correctly.
  1. The tree has lost its leaves.
  1. My uncle has made his famous chicken soup.
  1. Musicians handle their instruments carefully.

Language: Idiom, Alliteration, Metaphor

Directions: Identify which type of figurative language is used by circling the correct choice.

Alliterationis a tongue twister repeating the same constant sound over and over

Metaphorsare comparisons between two unlike things without using the word “like” or “as.”

Idiomsis an expression that you don’t mean literally

  1. We thought that our neighbor’s, the Jones family, were rich beyond our wildest dreams, but it turns out that we’re all in the same boat. Alliteration Metaphor Idiom

2. The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area. Alliteration Metaphor Idiom

3. Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom. Alliteration Metaphor Idiom

4. Sing me no sad songs cause my hearts been broken. Alliteration Metaphor Idiom