Basic English 1

Assignments for the week of May 11, 2020: There are no new assignments. Go catch up on your missing/incomplete work.

Students, you will notice that we now have hyperlinks for our assignments. This should take care of any issues of only a portion of an image being visible. Complete the below assignments for the week of May 4, 2020.

For the week of May 4, complete all squares for the Vocabulary Analogies.

Week of May 4: Read Flying Vermin and complete the questions.

For the week of May 4, follow the instructions for Write On!

Assignments for the week of April 27, 2020. You have Analogies to solve, Related Pairs 1-6. You also have two short passage of literature to read: No Need to Fear and Royal Decree. Read them and answer the questions for each passage. Again, it is probably easier for you to record your responses on a blank Google doc. and submit your answers that way.


Assignment for week of April 27, 2020: Read both No Need to Fear and Royal Decree and answer the questions for each. No Need to Fear is a fiction passage; Royal Decree is a nonfiction passage.




Assignment for the week of April 27, 2020. Follow the directions and complete both pages of Analogies: Related Pairs 1-6. You may record your answers on a blank Google doc and submit since that seems to be easier than trying to manipulate the image.


For the week of April 27, 2020

MakingProgressFiction (2).pdf

For the week of april 20, 2020 you have a total of three assignments. Read this short story and Answer #1-5 in complete sentences on your own blank Google Doc. Then submit. Complete the other two assignments and submit them as well.


Also for the week of April 20, 2020: Complete #13-25 from last week's grammar sheet and submit. If you worked ahead and submitted the whole sheet already, submit just these items again so they are recorded accurately for your grade.

Journal prompt: How have you spent your time during this "shelter in place" time? What have you been doing? What have you discovered about yourself? Respond in complete sentences on a blank Google Doc, proofread, and submit.

Mixed Grammar Review (2).docx


figurative language (1).pdf

For this week you will complete these two assignments. Failure to follow any of the directions will result in a grade of "unacceptable."

  1. Complete # 1-12 on the new Mixed Grammar Review sheet. Record your answers on a separate Google Doc and submit. Remember analogies are relationships between two pairs of words. Figure out the relationship between the first pair and you can figure out how to complete the analogy.

  2. Record your answers for the Figurative Language sheet using a Google Doc. This sheet uses song lyrics. In the first set of lyrics, identify the metaphor and explain. In the second set identify the simile and metaphors and explain. In the third set identify the hyperbole and explain. In the fourth set identify the metaphors and explain. See if you can also identify the alliteration. In the final set identify the allusion. If you do not recall what these literary terms mean, look them up on dictionary.com.


Lesson Plans for week of april 13, 2020


follow the instructions for #1-10. You may record your answers on a google doc and save it to your drive. Then share it with me. You obviously can not circle and underline items,so just identify them for each sentence instead of circling or underlining.


Mixed Grammar Review (1).docx

Remember, the predicate is the action part of the sentence


Go to stories.audible.com and select Folk/Fairy tales. Click on the icon for Why koala has a stumpy tail and listen to this short story. Then answer this question: What is the lesson koala learned in this story? Respond in a google doc and share with me. Use the story title as your heading/subject.