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Children are the World’s Most Important People

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No Choice

The Word Is . . .

Why Does a Woodpecker Peck?

The Tennin’s Robe

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A Chilling Thrill Or was it a thrilling chill?

The White Crane A Japanese Folktale

He Made Trees Live Again

The Unwelcome NeighborA tale from the Panchatantra

The Woman in the MoonA Kumeyaay Legend

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Making the Team

Everella’s Wand

Stop the Hungry Giant Fish! Based on a Legend from the Island of Guam

For the Love of the Game

Citizen Carmen

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In This Grade

L.6.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speakingW.6.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences W.6.3 a: Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logicallyW.6.3 b: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or charactersW.6.3 c: Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to anotherW.6.3 d: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and eventsW.6.3 e: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or eventsW.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audienceW.6.10: Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences

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1. Underline the demonstrative adjectives and circle the noun being referred to.

a. Take that junk out of here.

d. Those wooden sticks fell from my desk.

h. Please hold this balloon for me.

k. He asked to borrow this hammer.

b. This stuff is cluttering the room.

e. Does this machine work well?

i. Will you give me that screwdriver?

l. “Someday those inventions will be worth money,” his mother said.

c. These drawings are of my first invention.

g. That string is broken.

f. Please hand me those rubber bands.

j. He wanted to know if that book gave instructions on how to build it.

m. He wondered if these contraptions were really useful.

L.6.1A determiner is a word or phrase that comes before a noun or noun phrase. They indicate whether the noun phrase is specific or general; sometimes they tell how much or how many.The determiners “this,” “that,” “these,” and “those,” are known as demonstrative adjectives. They indicate which specific person or thing is being referred to.

Examples: This is my shirt. (near) These are my shirts. (near) That is my shirt. (far) Those are my shirts. (far)

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1. Read each sentence. Write the correct determiner on the line.

a. My teacher gave me __________________ my coloring books.

d. __________________ balls are lost on the playground.

h. The answer is __________________ true or false; it cannot be both.

k. __________________ school I go to, I make friends.

b. __________________ Gina and Becky knew the answer.

e. It’s twelve o’clock now. I hope we can go __________________ time soon.

i. She will get __________________ cats to keep her cat company.

l. __________________ people gave her money.

c. They looked for an hour, but __________________ of my friends found my coat.

g. This box cannot hold __________________ game cartridges.

f. Did __________________ student find my markers?

j. He said we could get __________________ books from the shelves.

m. __________________ time is spent reviewing homework.

n. We can watch __________________ film.

Determiners can also be indefinite pronouns, such as “enough,” “few,” “fewer,” “less,” “little,” “many,” “much,” “several,” “more,” “most,” “all,” “both,” “every,” “each,” “any,” “either,” “neither,” “none,” “some,” etc.

L.6.1

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1. Combine the sentences by adding an appositive to one sentence. Write the new sentence on the line.

2. Write your own sentences with appositives.

a.

b.

c.

a. The track coach spends a lot of time guiding us. Mr. Smith is our track coach.

b. Will our competition be held at their school? They go to Rising Stars School.

c. I will buy a pair of Flash Lightnings. Flash Lightnings are shoes for running.

d. She doesn’t run through the open area on Main Street. The open area on Main Street is called Town Square.

L.6.1An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. An appositive is always separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma(s). Some sentences can be combined by adding an appositive to one of the sentences.Examples: Henry is playing in the yard. Henry is the little boy who lives next door. Henry, the little boy who lives next door, is playing in the yard. My friend is coming. My friend is Sally. Sally, my friend, is coming.

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Homework: Look for sentences with appositives.

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1. Write either “good” or “well” in the blank to complete the sentence correctly.

2. Write sentences using “good” and “well.”

a.

b.

a. We did _____________ at the competition.

d. The clothes here are not _____________ for winter.

h. It is _____________ to plan ahead.

b. Is that spaghetti _____________?

e. Can she dance _____________?

i. How _____________ do you know him?

j. The train is running _____________ ahead of schedule.

c. He does not travel _____________ in a car.

g. These are _____________ seats to see the play.

f. I love a _____________ jog in the park.

“Good” is an adjective used to describe a noun. “Well” is an adverb that tells about a verb. Be careful not to confuse these words.

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1. Underline the intensifier in each sentence.

a. I am not so tall.

b. He is pretty nice.

c. The view was absolutely amazing.

d. They are quite helpful.

e. The game is not very good.

f. Are the directions fairly simple?

g. I feel really bad about not getting here on time.

h. The room is rather cold.

i. Is she a little sad now?

2. Write your own sentences using the intensifiers “strongly,” “extremely,” and “too.”

a.

b.

c.

L.6.1An intensifier is a word that is used to add force to the meaning of verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Some intensifiers are “strongly,” “extremely,” “very,” “really,” “fairly,” “quite,” “pretty,” “rather,” “so,” “too,” “absolutely,” and “a little.”Link to Anchor Reading Unit 1 – Perfectly Safe

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1. Think of a story you have recently read and use this chronological order chart to record the events that occurred.

First:

Then:

Next:

After that:

Finally:

A narrative tells a real or an imaginary story.Narrative writing has characters, settings, and a plot.The plot is a series of events that form the story. A plot has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The story is told in order.

W.6.3 W.6.3 a W.6.3 e W.6.10

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2. Read the opening lines of the stories below. Choose one and write a short narrative paragraph based on the story plot. Use a writing page from the back of this book or a separate sheet of paper. Include what the characters see/feel/smell/taste/hear.

Story 2A long time ago, a group of native people in Southern California traveled between the mountains and the ocean in search of food and comfort. They gathered acorns, mushrooms, and berries from the mountains. They fished and found sea plants and crabs by the sea. What they found to eat depended on each season’s gifts.

Story 1Swirls of snow blew across the path as the old man started home. He had stayed out hunting longer than he should have, but he still had no luck. There would be no meat to put in the soup that his wife was cooking.

He quickened his pace so that the storm would not overtake him before darkness set in. But then he heard a plaintive cry. Slowing his pace to look, he saw that a great bird had been caught in a trap.

Story 3A boy named Jiko and his mother lived in a village on the rocky coast of Japan. Jiko’s mother collected herbs in the mountains. She hung the herbs upside down to dry in the sun so that she would have herbs all year round, and all year round the villagers came to her for herbs to heal the sick.

One winter it happened that Mother herself became ill, but she had given away her last herbs. There were none left.

W.6.3 b W.6.3 c W.6.3 d W.6.4 W.6.10

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3. Read these story plots and write short fitting conclusions for each.

A sea creature is eating the natives’ island. One young girl thinks of what they can do so that their island does not end up in the belly of a fish.

The animals who shared a tree as a home had a meeting one day to discuss their newest resident, a black snake who they believed to be dangerous, in the hole at the bottom of their tree.

A narrative tells a real or an imaginary story.Narratives have characters, settings, and a plot.Characters have actions, thoughts, and feelings. Describing these actions, thoughts, and feelings will help your reader to understand the story better.

W.6.3 e W.6.10

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