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English Episode 1: Steve vs. Everything Achievements: Subject and verb agreement – plural vs. singular

Circle the right words in this story about Steve’s trip to fight the Dragon in The End.

The End portal (take / takes) Steve to a

dark and unfriendly looking place, the End. He

(was / were) told that Endermen are rare! But,

here they come. He only has one diamond

(sword / swords), so he decides to quietly go

around them. A villager told me they (don’t /

doesn’t) like water, but he (doesn’t / don’t)

have any! Steve (has / have) to save his strength for the Ender Dragon.

Where is the big bully dragon? Steve is (look / looking) everywhere, but no dragon.

There (is / are) many Endermen, though. Steve decides to take out the Endermen, but how?

They are strong. He (looks / is looking) and

(sees / see) one, two, three…oh no, so many

of them! I think it is time for Steve to retreat

and go back to his house to better plan for the

attack. Steve is giving up for now, but he will

return when he (think / thinks) he has enough

(weapon / weapons) and strength to kill the

dragon.

Steve gets home and thinks about how to defeat the Ender Dragon.

You are Steve’s friend, tell Steve how he should prepare for his next battle with the Dragon.

Copyright 2015 Ken Harmel | HKKS EDUCATION

English Episode 1: Steve vs. Everything

What is happening in these pictures?

Use these verbs to describe what is happening to Steve NOW (present continuous).

attacking fighting running watching shooting biting coming blowing up

swimming thinking looking surrounding

Write six sentences using the present continous to describe the action.

1. Steve is thinking about running away

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.



Looks like Steve really needs your help.

What is happening in this picture? What should Steve do?!?

Rearrange the following sentences to describe his situation:

1. A / is / Steve / arrows / shooting / skeleton / at.

A skeleton

2. many / Steve / shot / been / has / times.

Steve

3. good / feeling / isn’t / so / Steve.

Steve

4. skeleton / attacking / underwater / the / Try.

Try attacking

5. I / working / think / don’t / plan / is / Steve’s.

I don’t think

6. is / Steve / air / out / running / of.

Steve

7. run / die / I / better / away / Steve / will / or / he / think.

Steve better run away or

8. The / well / very / can / skeleton / swim.

The skeleton



Describe what is happening to Steve the Brave:


English Episode 2: Let’s Build Objective: Past tense (irregular verb) review

Steve had lots of trouble building his house. Read the story and circle the adjectives.

Night was coming. That means only one thing…monsters. You look around but you can’t

build a house anywhere. The ground is too rocky and the mountains are too steep. The full moon is

rising above you, when you hear the howl of the wolves.

Then you notice a small opening in the face of the mountain, a cave! This could be good

news, or bad news. You look inside. It is dark, it is quiet and it is a little smelly, too. Something was

living here not too long ago. You have no choice but to enter the cave and explore. The cave is wide

and deep, you don’t know how deep, but you have to find out because a tall shadow appears at the

entrance of the cave behind you.

Finish the story. What are you going to do?


English Episode 2: Let’s Build Describing places and things

Steve needs your help! Where do I build my home? Look at the pictue and circle the area where Steve should build his home.

flat low rocky hidden high beautiful top bottom open green foresty safe

Using the above words, write 7 sentences to describe why it is the best place.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.


Get the right tools! What’s best for mining and building? Choose the best tools for mining and crafting.

Example: Obsidian is strong. Diamonds are colourful.

Write seven sentences to explain your choices.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.


Creepers, I hate them! Looks like Steve really needs your help.



1. A creeper / building / up / blew / the

2. The building / damaged / is / badly.

3. The plane / all / not / is / damaged / at.

4. The walls / the / are / stairs / broken / and.

5. There is / the / hole / in / a / large / ground.

6. Steve / rebuild / strong / needs / material / to.

7. The fence it / holes / two / large / has / in.


Design time Design your own item. Explain what it is.


English Episode 3: Diamond Mining Reading: Finish the story

Steve had lots of trouble finding diamonds other ore to make tools and weapons.

Legend says that diamonds can be found near lava

flows. That is where you start digging. The lava is all

around you and you start to feel real hot, but you can’t

give up yet. You move to the left, to the right, you dig

up, down, under and over using your trusted diamond

pickaxe. Your pickaxe begins to wear down, and so do you. You have to find a better, easier

way to find diamonds. You check your inventory and it looks like you have plenty of dynamite.

What do you do? (Write what happens next in the space below – the pictures are optional).

I take out some dynamite


English Episode 3: Let’s Mine! Telling stories using the simple present tense No diamonds, Steve is a little dissappointed. But, there is some good stuff here. Describe the picturte, describe what you should take and why it is useful.

look move take check dig use drop feel walk see pick up smell

Using the above words, write 5 sentences to describe why it is the best place.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.


Get the right tools! What’s best for mining and building? Choose the best tools for mining and crafting.

Example: Obsidian is strong. Diamonds are colourful.

Write seven sentences to explain your choices.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.


Hmmmm, where to dig? Steve needs your advice.

There are montains, lava, forest, ravines, and water, where to start digging?

Rearrange the following sentences to give Steve advice:

1. Diamonds / found / underground / are / deep / always.

2. Iron pickaxes / very / quickly / wear down.

3. Diamond / time / last / pickaxes / long / for / a.

4. I like / dig / lava / in / near / ravines / to / and.

5. There / ground / no / on / diamonds / the / are.

6. I always / in / dig / find / mountain / gold / when / I / a.

7. I take / mine / with / pickaxes / me / five / to.


Design time Design your own item. Explain what it is.

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English

Episode 1: A Day in the Nether Achievement: Clear and concise writing (subject/verb agreement)

Circle the right words in this story about a trip to the Netherworld.

The nether portal (take / takes) me to a

dark and unfriendly looking place, the

Netherworld. I (was / were) told Endermen are

rare! But, here they come. I only have one

diamond (sword / swords), so I decide to quietly

go around them. A villager told me they (don’t /

doesn’t) like water, but I don’t have (any / one)! I

have to save my strength for the Enderdragon. The dragon has 200 hit points but can be

healed by nearby Ender Crystals. First, I have to take out the crystals, but what are

(they/them)?

Too late, here (come / comes) the big bully, and he has a (friend / friends) too, an

Enderman. I’ll take out the Enderman first. How do I take out the Ender crystals and how many

(is / are) there? I look up and (sees / see) one,

two, three…oh no, so many! I think it is time for

me to retreat and go back to my house to plan

more for the attack. I don’t (think / thinks) I

have enough (weapon / weapons) or strength

to kill the dragon.

What does Steve need to battle the Enderdragon? Write five essential items or strategies required

to beat it:

Example: Steve needs to have many arrows.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

2

Nothing but trouble!

What is happening in these pictures?

Use these verbs to describe the Steve’s situation

attack fight run watch shoot bite come blow up swim think look surround

Write five sentences to describe the action.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

3

Suit up!

Quick! Suit up and get ready for battle! What would you choose? Why?

Example: Gold swords are softer/better than iron.

Example: Gold is the best.

Write five sentences to explain your choices.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

4

from Bad to worse Looks like Steve really needs your help.



1. A / is / Steve / arrows / shooting / skeleton / at.

A skeleton

2. many / Steve / shot / been / has / times.

Steve

3. good / feeling / isn’t / so / Steve.

Steve

4. skeleton / attacking / underwater / the / Try.

Try attacking

5. I / working / think / don’t / plan / is / Steve’s.

I don’t think

6. is / Steve / air / out / running / of.

Steve

7. run / die / I / better / away / Steve / will / or / he / think.

Steve better run away or

8. The / well / very / can / skeleton / swim.

The skeleton

5

Draw and write what happens next to our friend Steve:

English Episode 5: Trading Target: Comparing items with modifiers

Steve’s quest for the Ender dragon continues. Now, he tries to trade with villagers.

Steve needs armour and lots of

weapons, but he just can’t craft it. Luckily, he

runs across some villagers who may have

what he needs. Steve has pockets full of

emeralds plus a few other useful items, such

as food. He checks his inventory:

Emeralds: 46 Steak: 23 Gold bars: 60 Fish: 20 Books 18

He approaches the blacksmith and begins trading. The Blacksmith is (better / gooder) than the

Farmer, but the Blacksmith (isn’t as bad as / isn’t as good as) the Villager. He can get (many / much)

more items from a Blacksmith than from anyone else. But, he just offers an iron pickaxe for 15

emeralds. It’s (better / worse) than nothing. It’s (a little / little) more than he wanted to spend so

though. Steve tries again, “How about 22 emeralds for a diamond helmet, chest plate and leggings? He

has a helmet, it looks (stronger / more strong) than Steve’s. He takes the trade.

Steve runs over to the farmer to find some arrows, which is the best way to take out the Ender

Dragon. The arrows aren’t as good (as / than) the Priest, but they will do. Steve walks up to the

farmer and offer him 5 steaks for 10 arrows. The Farmer was (more friendly / friendlier) than the

Priest too.

“That is too low” he tells Steve. “You’re a a lot (crazier / more crazy) than JumboMuffin who

offered me a steak an arrow. Arrows are (hard/harder) to make, so I will only take emeralds for them.”

Steve offers one emerald for 10 arrows. “That is (not as / as) good as you are going to get, so take it

or leave it. The farmer accepts Steve’s offer and so Steve trades three emeralds and walks away.


English Using modifiers to compare

Here is a list of items you can trade with villagers. Discuss the following questions:

1. What have you traded in the past? Do you trade Pokémon cards? 2. What was your best trade ever? 3. Which is the best deal in this list, which is the worst? 4. How would you get armour if you didn’t have emeralds?

Use these modifers

a heck of a lot

a lot

so much

much better

quite a bit

a little / a bit

slightly



Write the synonyms in the following boxes

+ - + - good useful

inexpensive rare durable weak

Using the above words, write 5 sentences to describe the difference between two items. Use the modifiers to improve communication.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Use these modifers

a heck of a lot a lot so much much better quite a bit a little / a bit slightly



Steve needs your help to figure out what are good and bad deals.


1. Two emeralds / can / buy a much better / helmet / than / one.

2. Farmers / blacksmiths / much / are / than / fairer.

3. Coal / a little / is / useful / than / to trade / more / steak.

4. Diamond / to trade / a few more / pickaxes emeralds / take.

5. Villagers nose / a heck of a / Steve / have / than / bigger / does.

6. Arrows are / find / swords / to / so much / than / harder.

7. Emeralds / find / a little / in / forest biomes / are / easier / to.



Journal writing

Write a few sentences about a time that you traded something with someone. How did you feel about the trade at the time, how did you feel a week after?

Be sure to use some comparisons with modifiers to discuss the items you traded.

English Episode 6: I’m hungry!! Target: Countables and uncountable quantifiers

Steve’s quest for the Ender dragon continues. He needs the energy to continue. He needs food and lots of it.

Steve is not a bad cook, but he can use some help.

He knows that he can get food from three sources:

kill it, farm it, and make it. He has (some / many)1

raw pork, a (little / a)2 beef and (a lot of / two)3

rotten flesh that he got from a zombie battle. He

doesn’t have (any / some)4 chicken but he does

have (a few / few)5 eggs that he can make a nice

cake with. He will ask a villager to help him make the cake.

Later that day Steve went out fishing and (many / much)6 fish. He can cook (it / them)7 on an

open fire. So, he starts cutting down trees and lights them up. His

gets much higher with just one fish. So, he tries to catch more, but he has no luck and quits. On the

way back to his house, Steve gets (a few / lots of)8 beef from a cow and goes home to cook (it /

them)9 in his oven.

On the way home he pops by his garden to see what’s growing. There are (some / ten )10 corn,

(few / a few )11 potatoes and he is surprised to see a spider eye in his carrot field. He takes it home

because he needs (a / some)12 spider eye to make potions. It is his lucky day.

When Steve gets home he is surprised to see a huge cake waiting for him! What a wonderful

villager. Steve takes (some / one )13 and sits down to eat his steak and fish. Steve is stuffed and full of

energy. So, the next morning he is ready to go out and venture for the Nether World.

1. What is your favorite food?

2. What dishes can you make? How do you make it?

3. Tell Ken some other dishes that is unique to Vietnam.


English Using countable and uncountable nouns

Write the ingredients and the recipe for the following foods using the following words:

many / much a lot of / lots

some a little / a few / a bit of

one, two, three… a couple a dozen

a handful

Name Ingredients Image Write the recipe

Bowl Wooden Planks

Mushroom Stew

Bowl & Red Mushroom & Brown Mushroom

Bread Wheat

Golden Apple Apple & Gold Nuggets

Sugar Sugar Cane



Cake Milk Buckets & Sugar & Wheat & Egg

Cookies Wheat & Cocoa Beans

Melon Block Melon Slice

Golden Carrot Carrot & Gold Nuggets

Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin & Egg & Sugar

Rabbit Stew Mushroom & Bowl & Cooked Rabbit & Carrot & Baked Potato



Steve needs your help to figure out what are good and bad deals.


1. Two emeralds / can / buy a much better / helmet / than / one.

2. Farmers / blacksmiths / much / are / than / fairer.

3. Coal / a little / is / useful / than / to trade / more / steak.

4. Diamond / to trade / / a few more / pickaxes emeralds / take.

5. Villagers nose / a heck of a / Steve / have / than / bigger / does.

6. Arrows are / find / swords / to / so much / than / harder.

7. Emeralds / find / a little / in / forest biomes / are / easier / to.



Journal writing

Write a few sentences about some of the most interesting food you have every seen or actually tried. Be sure to include the much, many, lots of, etc. quantifiers.

English Episode 7: The unEnd Target: Review of countables and past tense irregular verbs

Steve is ready for The End world and to fight the dragon.

Well, Steve did not expect this! There are so (much / many) monsters down here in The End!

What is up with that? He (sees / saw) ghasts and, and, and he (doesn’t / didn’t) even know what (that /

those) are – whither skeletons? Anyway, he had to fight them so he could survive and take down the

dragon. Luckily, Steve (has / had) an enchanted diamond sword with special (power / powers) so he

was ready. He (fighted / fought) three ghasts and a few other monsters but was attacked and (hurted /

hurt) by some whither skeletons. He (eated / ate) a golden apple and continued his quest.

Ah ha! Steve must be close to the dragon. He saw some towers and something black flew over

his head. He heard the dragon getting closer, but he could not see it through the mist. All of a sudden

it came out of the clouds and (attack / attacked) him. He (bring / brought) out his golden bow and

arrow and started shooting. He (shooted / shot) a few times, but the dragon’s health kept improving.

There were many towers with lights on them, that must

be where it’s health is coming from – they had to be

destroyed! Steve climbed up each tower and (breaked /

broke) the light at the top. The dragon flew around the

tower, so Steve began hitting it again and again with his

enchanted sword. It worked…the dragon’s health fell

slowly until it finally exploded high in the sky.

Steve defeated the dragon!

(Many / Much) large crystals, or were they eggs, fell to the ground. Steve collected (that/ them)

and headed back to the portal to take him back up to the regular world and back to safety. Now what

to do? At least the dragon was gone, so life would be more peaceful.


English Review of countables and past tense irregular verbs

Discuss the following questions about challenges.

1. What was one of your greatest challenges? How did you overcome it?

2. What kind of treasure do you think can still be found in the world?

3. Think of a famous person and tell about a challenge they may have had.

Library research: Find information on these famous people and write one sentence about what made these people famous.

1. Thomas Edison

2. Neil Armstrong

3. Michael Jackson

4. Wayne Gretzky

5. Your Choice:

Draw two pictures of famous events or people and have Ken guess what they are.



Steve had some great adventures and found some great weapons on the way.

Rearrange the following sentences to talk about Steve’s adventures:

1. Steve / biggest / the / ever / sword / found.

2. There / The End / so / many / are / towers / in.

3. The / towers / them / have / on top of / health beacons.

4. The / use / is / too / heavy / to / The End /sword / in.

5. Just / beacons / more / to / destroy / four.

6. The / dragon’s / towers / health / improve / the.

7. Where / Steve / the / portal, / is / home / wants / to / go.



Journal writing

Write about a challenge that you, or someone you know, had. For example, taking a long plane trip, or walking a difficult path. Tell me how you felt and how you finally did it.

English Episode 8: The Quest Continues Target: Talking about the future using

Steve has defeated the Ender dragon, but there is always another challenge ahead of him.


What is up with that? He (sees / saw) ghasts and, and, and he (doesn’t / didn’t) even know what (that

/ those) are – whither skeletons? Anyway, he had to fight them so he could survive and take down the


was ready. He (fighted / fought) three ghasts and a few other monsters but was attacked and (hurted

/ hurt) by some whither skeletons. He (eated / ate) a golden apple and continued his quest.













(Many / Much) large crystals, or were they eggs, fell to the ground. Steve collected (that/

them) and headed back to the portal to take him back up to the regular world and back to safety. Now

what to do? At least the dragon was gone, so life would be more peaceful.








1. Thomas Edison

2. Neil Armstrong

3. Michael Jackson

4. Wayne Gretzky

5. Your Choice:




Journal writing


English Episode 8: Oh No! Don’t! (mod) Target: Talking about thepast using irregular verbs

Steve has defeated the Ender dragon, but there is always another challenge ahead of him.


What is up with that? He (sees / saw) ghasts and, and, and he (doesn’t / didn’t) even know what (that

/ those) are – whither skeletons? Anyway, he had to fight them so he could survive and take down the


was ready. He (fighted / fought) three ghasts and a few other monsters but was attacked and (hurted

/ hurt) by some whither skeletons. He (eated / ate) a golden apple and continued his quest.













(Many / Much) large crystals, or were they eggs, fell to the ground. Steve collected (that/ them)

and headed back to the portal to take him back up to the regular world and back to safety. Now what

to do? At least the dragon was gone, so life would be more peaceful.








1. Thomas Edison

2. Neil Armstrong

3. Michael Jackson

4. Wayne Gretzky

5. Your Choice:




Journal writing


English Episode 10: Herobrine myth Target: Adding colour to your writing with adverbs and adverb phrases

Discuss the following questions about believing.

1. What was something you believed in when you were younger?

2. What is something that many people believe in but may not actually exist?

3. Is it okay to tell children that the Easter Bunny doesn’t exist?

Review

An adverb describes a verb and usually ends in –ly. An adverb phrase can tell the

when, where and how of a verb. Example: Steve left shortly after 5:00pm. This

describes when Steve left.

Steve is setting out to find if Herobrine is real or just a legend.

The night was as dark as ink, the air was colder than ice. The rain was falling in buckets, but this

was still going to be the night to find out for sure: was Herobrine just a myth, or did he really exist?

Steve put on his warmest clothes, picked up his beaten‐up but trusted sword and set out into the

unfriendly night. The tales told of a mysterious man living in the mountains to the east, so this was the

direction to go. Steve walked quickly to keep warm and to arrive in the mountains before daybreak.

After two hours of walking Steve finally arrived at the foot of the unwelcoming mountains. In

front of him was a cave that appeared to faintly glow in the dark night. He moved forward and into

the mouth of the cave slowly and cautiously to hopefully surprise Herobrine. The dim light grew

brighter, the smell of a barbeque hung in the air; this was the cave. From around a corner Steve could

see a makeshift camp and a plate full of food. This was it, this was Herobrine’s camp! Carefully Steve

looked around the corner and saw a man wearing purple pants and a blue shirt. It was him! What to

do now?




1. Thomas Edison

2. Neil Armstrong

3. Michael Jackson

4. Wayne Gretzky

5. Your Choice:




Journal writing


English Episode 11: Stuck Inside Skill: Talking about cause and effect

Discuss the following questions about cause and effect:

1. What if you went to school in Australia instead of Canada?

2. What if Chinese was the international language?

3. What if you lived when there were no PC computers?

Review

Cause and effect describes the relationship between two events. The events,

event 1 and event 2, could be in any order: Steve ran because a creeper appeared. Or, A creeper

appeared so Steve ran. What is the difference between the two sentences? Which one is the cause

and which is the effect?

If Steve only knew how to use redstone repeaters...

Now that Steve is comfortable in his new land (because/so) he can focus on protecting his

wonderful castle. But how can he protect such a large fortress? He can’t use redstone canons

(because/so) but he doesn’t know how to make them. Now Steve is thinking that he shouldn’t have

built such a large castle. He can create some iron golems (because/so) he can use them as guards.

Wolves can be used as protection (because/so) the can be tamed. For now, he has to keep walking

along the walls day and night to watch for creepers (because/so) they want to blow a hole in his walls

and enter his home. That won’t happen tonight, (because/so) Steve went to bed.

The castle has a moat to help protect it, but the water is not enough to keep the skeleton

arrows out. And, his drawbridge has been blown up seven times already (because/so) he spends many

days fixing it. He doesn’t want the bridge, but he needs it (because/so) he has to go to the village.

Steve has to go out one in a while to get food, trade with villagers and do some mining in the

mountains (because/so) he has nothing inside his castle. Can he do everything inside his castle and

keep the drawbridge raised? Hmmmm, what to do? Something has to be done (because/so) Steve is

going crazy!


English Episode 11: Talking About Cause and Effect

Find five causes and effect relationships from the story above.

1. (example) Creepers blew a hole in the wall so they can enter the fortress.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Add effects or causes to the following lines:

6. Steve got rid of his drawbridge so

7. A creeper got in the castle because

8. Steve invited some villagers into his castle so

9. Steve is going crazy because

10. Steve’s castle is large so

Write your own cause and effect sentences on any topic.

11. (example) I stayed home because I was sick.

12.

13.

14.

15.

English

Episode 12: Skill: Finding main ideas and inference

Main ideas Main ideas are hard to find, but it can be easier if you use this formula:

detail + detail + detail = main idea Look at the picture, what do you think this story will be about? Take three guesses and then read the story. Write a title for each paragraph and underline three details to support your title.

1)

Steve is totally tired of walking around. He’s been digging, farming, pillaging, and making friends with

villagers for weeks. His world is very large, and he wants to explore more, but he just doesn’t want to

walk anymore. Steve begins to look for solutions.

2)

A villager he met had a horse that he wanted to trade for two diamonds, but two diamonds was too

much. Steve didn’t take the horse, but now he thinks two diamond might be okay. There are wild

horses, but he doesn’t know how to tame them. Can he ride a pig? He doesn’t know, but he could try.

3)

Steve heard that the ender dragon could be ridden if he had the right potion, or if he just jumped on

top of it and started riding it. Was this actually possible? Steve new where to find the dragon, but he

wasn’t ready to do battle with it. Steve said quietly “wouldn’t flying the ender dragon be the coolest?”

4)

For now Steve has to walk. But, he has made up his mind. He will find the Ender Dragon again and

tame it. Then, he can fly around the land and explore all he wants. He will have complete freedom!


English

Episode 12: Skill: Finding main ideas and inferrence

Inference:

Inference is when you think something is true but is not written; you think it is true from other facts that are written. You use words like: I think, probably, most likely to infer meaning. Look at the example below. Find four inferences about Steve’s story. Write one inference on each paragraph.

(example) Steve probably wants a horse or something like that.

1.

2.

3.

4.

English Episode 12: Running on Empty Skill: Avoiding run on, incomplete and short sentences when writing

Discuss the following questions:

1. What foods can you find in Minecraft and which can you grow?

2. How many of these foods do you eat?

3. Do you think the nutritional value is the same as in real life?

Review: Sentence structures

Run on sentences are sentences that have two main ideas in one sentence and should be broken in

to two. Incomplete sentences don’t make sense because they don’t have a subject or an object.

Finally, short sentences, although grammatically correct, can be painful to read because they are

like 20 red lights on one kilometer of road.

If Steve only knew how to use redstone repeaters...

Steve got up one morning and found that he had no food in his chest so he had to find some

quick but he didn’t know how and he didn’t have a garden but there were animals running around

outside that he could turn into dinner so he grabbed his sword and went outside only to find that all

the animals had disappeared so he decided to start growing garden with the seeds and a magic

potion that he had along with some ground up bones that he could use and an excellent fertilizer

but just when he was about to dig his first hole a cow walked slowly past him so Steve turned it into

his dinner.

It was good. Steve was full. He had time. He went outside. He began to dig. He dug a garden.

Was deep so he planted seeds. The next morning. The corn was tall. He cut the corn. It tasted good.

He had energy again. He was ready to battle. He put it on. The armour was heavy and strong. His

diamond sword was dull. It was old. He wanted another. He began to mine. He was lucky and found

many diamonds. He crafted two. He crafted a diamond helmet as well. Why? Because he was struck

on the head. An Enderman struck him on the head. The Enderman struck him on the head two

times. It hurt. So, Steve wanted one stronger. A diamond one is strong. He crafted it. He brought

both diamonds swords on his next adventure. Look out Endermen here Steve comes!!


English Episode 12: Avoiding run on, incomplete and short sentences when writing.

Discuss the following questions regarding the story.

1. What is wrong with paragraph 1? How can you fix it?

2. What’s wrong with paragraph 2? How could you fix it? Be specific, which words can you use, like

so, and, but, then.

Rewrite the story. Use your ideas from questions 1 and 2.

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Episode 13: Building an exciting town/story Skill: Building complete sentences with punctiation

Great sentences have three elements:

1. Proper punctuation.

2. One idea in each sentence.

3. Great grammar.

Building sentences is like building a town in Minecraft.

You want to make each building look good so visitors

will want to come/read. You also want each building/sentence to be strong so your whole

town/story is strong and an exciting place to visit/read. Steve is building his city now, and needs

your help to decide what to build.

Put a 1 or 2 (or once 1 & 2) beside each sentence to say if the sentence is weak in punctuation or main idea. Grammar is correct. This is also wonderful practice to help you proofread your own work.

Steve only has one castle, so it’s a nice castle. ___ he would love to start a nice town, so

he begins to plan on what kind of buildings to build, ___ First, he needs a nice store where

villagers can trade stuff and he likes them. ___ Next, he needs a farm where he can raise animals

such as horses cows chickens and pigs. ___Finally, he decides to build an amusement park,

everyone likes villagers. ___ Steve needs a name for the city and Steveieville, why not? ___

stevieville is just a large flat area that needs developing. ___ So, Steve creates a few Iron

Golems to help him fight off Monsters while he works. ___He begins to make a 10 by 10 by 15

Store with nice windows and Huge doors. ___ It looks plain, and Stevieville is by the mountains.

___

Steve needs a farm too help feed all the new townspeople that will come running to his

beautiful town so he builds a small farm but he can’t find any animals and sees many animals

walking around but none want to be fenced so he will deal with this problem later. ___

It takes two weeks to build a Red Stone Roller Coaster, but it was worth it. ___ He has a

great roller coaster, and a haunted house, with creepers, and zombies, walking freely, around the

place. ___ A little dangerous, but it will be fun and the small farm is too. ___

Steve is happy with his progress. Stevieville needs some review and rebuilding

(proofreading), but it promises to be a great city to be proud of. Now, what to build next…


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1. Continue the story with your own imaginative information. Focus on using proper punctuation and keep the ideas to one per sentence.

2. Fix the punctuation in the first part of the story.

3. Proofread your part of the story.

English Episode 14: Redstone Traps Target: Giving instructions and using prepositions (behind, next to, etc)

Use the following sequence markers when giving instructions, such as making a redtone repeater. What is redstone? It is similar to gunpowder and can be used as a fuse.

Use: First, then, next, after that, and finally to make the instructions clear.

Don’t forget to put a PERIOD and a CAPITAL to keep your ideas apart. Read the next Steve story and add periods and capitals where they belong (or, use and, but, because and or to join ideas).

Steve was sick and tired of fighting off the creepers every day he made iron golems, but they took

off! I guess he didn’t feed them well he decides to make

a redstone trap he has all the items: redstone torch,

redstone and stone he gets to work.

First, he makes four redstone tripwires Steve goes

to his crafting table and lays down the items and

voila, one, two, three and four repeaters.

Then, he finds an open area to build and set his

trap. He finds a good place right next to his house.

After that, he lays down four tripwires next to each other.

Next, he lays eight stones behind the tripwires the stones will send the creepers to the moon.

Finally, Steve lays down some redstone in front of the repeaters to activate them from a distance.

Now, all Steve can go exploring, do his farming or hang out with villagers without worrying about

Creepers always blowing fighting with Skeletons around his hours and blowing things up! He begins to

walk towards the village with a load of emeralds in his pocket he wants to do some trading, or he might

just give some away he’s feeling generous.

BOOOOOOOOOM!! “Oh no, what was that?” Steve yells as he races back to his house.

What does Steve find? Write your answer:


English Target: Giving instructions and using prepositions (behind, next to, etc)

Try teaching someone how to build build this image. Use prespositions, such as in front of, beside, next to, on top of, across from and along to make instructions clear.

First,

Next,

Then,

After that,

Then,

Finally,

What else can you build using redstone?

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Episode 12: Skill: Finding main ideas and inference

Main ideas Main ideas are hard to find, but it can be easier if you use this formula:

detail + detail + detail = main idea Look at the picture, what do you think this story will be about? Take three guesses and then read the story. Write a title for each paragraph and underline three details to support your title.

1)

Steve is totally tired of walking around. He’s been digging, farming, pillaging, and making friends with

villagers for weeks. His world is very large, and he wants to explore more, but he just doesn’t want to

walk anymore. Steve begins to look for solutions.

2)

A villager he met had a horse that he wanted to trade for two diamonds, but two diamonds was too

much. Steve didn’t take the horse, but now he thinks two diamond might be okay. There are wild

horses, but he doesn’t know how to tame them. Can he ride a pig? He doesn’t know, but he could try.

3)

Steve heard that the ender dragon could be ridden if he had the right potion, or if he just jumped on

top of it and started riding it. Was this actually possible? Steve new where to find the dragon, but he

wasn’t ready to do battle with it. Steve said quietly “wouldn’t flying the ender dragon be the coolest?”

4)

For now Steve has to walk. But, he has made up his mind. He will find the Ender Dragon again and

tame it. Then, he can fly around the land and explore all he wants. He will have complete freedom!


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Episode 12: Skill: Finding main ideas and inferrence

Inference:

Inference is when you think something is true but is not written; you think it is true from other facts that are written. You use words like: I think, probably, most likely to infer meaning. Look at the example below. Find four inferences about Steve’s story. Write one inference on each paragraph.

(example) Steve probably wants a horse or something like that.

1.

2.

3.

4.

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