Literacy By Design: The Bake Sale Battle Level Q

Name Date Here are this weeks Vocabulary WordsfrustrationsolutionimpatientpermissionprofitablereducerecipesuccessOther words:___________, ________________________________________________, ________________________________________________, ________________________________________________, ________________________________________________, _____________________________________Weekly AgendaMonday: Meet with Mr. OBegin Reading The Bake Sale BattleComplete vocabulary definitionsBegin Whole Class Strategy WorksheetTuesday Meet with Mr. OContinue The Bake Sale BattleComplete seatwork on PREPOSITIONS (pgs 2)Homework will be the second page of PREPOSITIONS (page 3)Continue Whole Class Strategy Worksheet

Friday: Finish Agenda, Weekly quizzesPlease Note: Early finishers: Once you have completed you daily checklist please read your assigned novelLiteracy By Design: THE BAKE SALE BATTLE Level Q: __/17Name Date PREPOSITIONS : word showing a relationship between nouns or pronouns and can show the relations of direction, time, location, or even exclusion. A preposition is a word used before noun: a member of a set of words used in close connection with, and usually before, nouns and pronouns to show their relation to another part of a clause. An example is "off" in "He fell off his bike " and "What did he fall off?"

Most prepositions can easily, in US English, though not necessarily in all other forms of English, make sense in this sentence: "The bird flew ________ the tree."

Wednesday Meet with Mr. OContinue The Bake Sale BattleComplete seatwork on PICTURES (ps 4-5)Homework PICTURES (pages 6-7)Continue Whole Class Strategy Worksheet

ThursdayMeet with Mr. OFinish The Bake Sale Battleseatwork on HUMOR (pgs 8)Homework will be the second page of HUMOR (page 9)Continue Whole Class Strategy Worksheet

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Circle the correct spelling of the preposition. 1.   due too due tio deu to due to2.   alonside alongsidi alogside alongside3.   pust paast past passt4.   in frant ef ihn frint uf in front of ih frant af5.   undor undir under uhdur6.   uhv ef uf of7.   during dring darong durig8.   underneath undirneath undernaeth undernath9.   inte inta into unta10.   with wiht wihh wih

Fill in each blank with a preposition from the list of prepositions to best complete each sentence.

in back of beyond   upon in beside out over1.  As we looked ____ the horizon, we could see that a severe

thunderstorm was coming our way.2. 

I placed the new books ____ the shelf in the library.

3.  I thought I saw your book ____ the garage sitting on top of the shelves.

4. On the long bus ride home, Jennifer sat ____ a cranky baby.

5. A flock of geese flew ____ the school today.

6.  Mom took us ____ of town for my birthday last year, but I think we'll just go see a movie this year.

7.  As we drove on the roads ____ the mountain, we could see that we were getting higher with every curve.

HOMEWORK Literacy By Design: THE BAKE SALE BATTLE Level Q: __/16Name Date PREPOSITIONSCircle the correct spelling of the preposition. 1.   after afur iftor aftor2.   insidi inside insede insidde3.   uot uott outt out4.   with thi ixception of wihh thi axceptaun ef with the exception of wiht the exception ehv

5.   in regard tio ih regerd to in regard tuo in regard to6.   exept for excipt foor except for excep foor7.   near noer nahr naer

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8.   taward towward towar toward9.   siince sihs sinci since10.   throughout truoghout thoughout troughuot

Fill in each blank with a preposition from the list of prepositions to best complete each sentence.

alongside around because of below due to until instead of down in front of near at of

1.  If an enemy comes ____ a beta fish, the fish will puff out its gills to make it appear to be larger than it really is.

2.  How long is it ____ summer vacation?

3..  The bottom of the mantle of the earth is approximately 1,800 miles ____ the earth's surface.

4..  One of my ancestors rode ____ George Washington during the American Revolution.

5..  Do you know ____ an easier way to navigate through all this construction?

6..  Please put the cup ____ before you pour the coffee.

Literacy By Design: THE BAKE SALE BATTLE Level Q: Name Date USING PICTURES: Pictures contain information that helps readers understand a story. Facial expressions can help to convey feelings such as joy or frustration. Use the image below to create a short story. Use the lined paper on the next page to create your story.

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HOMEWORK Literacy By Design: THE BAKE SALE BATTLE Level Q: Name Date

USING PICTURES: Pictures contain information that helps readers understand a story. Facial expressions can help to convey feelings such as joy or frustration. Use the image below to create a short story. Use the lined paper on the next page to create your story.

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THE BAKE SALE BATTLE Level Q: UNDERSTANDING HUMORName Date Humor can be used by using words in a clever manor. It can also be someone who proves to be very clever as well. Read the story below and answer the questions that follow IN COMPLTETE SENTENCES.The Story of the Traveling Cowboy and his Kansas Stone Soup:Times were rough back in the early days of Kansas. People didn’t always have enough to eat. One day a cowboy rode into a settlement and began asking questions, as he planned to stay for the night.

“There’s not a bite to eat in the whole place,” he was told. “Better keep moving on.”

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“Oh, I have everything I need,” he said. “In fact, I was thinking of making some Kansas Stone Soup to share with all of you.”

He pulled an iron pot from his saddle bag, filled it with water, and built a fire under it. Then, with great ceremony, be drew an ordinary-looking stone from a leather bag and dropped it into the water.

By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the settlers had come to see what was going on. As the cowboy sniffed the “broth” and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to overcome their skepticism.

“Ahh,” the cowboy said to himself, rather loudly, “I do like a tasty stone soup. Of course, stone soup with tomatoes-that’s hard to beat.” Soon a settler approached hesitantly, holding some tomatoes she had gathered from her garden, and added them to the pot.

“Wonderful!’ cried the cowboy. “You know, I once had stone soup with tomatoes and a bit of beef as well, and it was fit for a king.”

The local butcher managed to find some beef…and so it went, through potatoes, onions, carrots, okra, and so on, until there was indeed a delicious meal for all. The settlers offered the cowboy a great deal of money for the magic stone, but he refused to sell and traveled on the next day. From that time on they reminisced about the finest soup they’d ever had.

1) What was the cowboy told in the beginning of the story?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2) What did “with great ceremony” mean in paragraph 4?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3) When the cowboy said, “of course, stone soup with tomatoes-that’s hard to

beat.”, what was he suggesting?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) What was the humorous element to this story ?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK Literacy By Design: THE BAKE SALE BATTLE Level Q: UNDERSTANDING HUMORName: ____________________I had already done jobs working at restaurants and grocery stores and wanted to try something more interesting. As it turned out, the zoo director liked my style and said he had an interesting job that he felt I could handle.

The director told me that their gorilla named Kong had caught a bug and was in quarantine for the next

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week. Kong just sits on a tree branch holding onto a rope all day. When the crowds started arriving on the weekend, they'd be disappointed to have no gorilla since everyone enjoys the gorilla exhibit, even a boring old gorilla.

The director said he had a gorilla suit I could wear if I would be interested in sitting on the branch for 4 hours at a time so the people would at least have something to look at. It sounded good to me, not the usual high school job, so I told him I would.

The next day I went to the zoo, put on the gorilla suit and climbed into the cage. I sat on the branch holding the rope and soon there was a crowd of children pressing their faces to the bars. It didn't take long for me to start getting bored, so I would scratch my armpits, thump my chest, and twirl the rope. About an hour passed and I began to really get into this gorilla stuff. I would grab the rope and swing across the cage. The kids thought it was great so I started swinging higher and higher.

In the next cage there was a lion and he was becoming irritated by my antics and began to pace his cage and roar. I kept swinging and started to swing to the lion's side of the cage and would use my feet to push off of his bars. I could really swing out far and he roared even louder. It was actually pretty fun and the kids were really enjoying the show.

All of a sudden I missed the bars, flew through, and dropped right into the lion's cage! I landed on my back and was stunned but immediately got up and ran to the front of the cage to the crowd, screaming "Help me, help me, I'm not who you think I am!"

Just as I yelled, the lion jumped on my back and knocked me to the ground. His head was at my neck and I was sure I'd never make it to graduation. Then he whispered in my ear, "Shut up, or you'll get us both fired".

1) What job did the narrator get in the story? Why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) What was the humorous element to this story ?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Midnight Journeys Literacy By Design: Level Q

1. What happens if you gently touch a person’s face?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Why do you think doctors began to study sleep?

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3. How long does one sleep cycle last?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What problem do people with narcolepsy have ?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. How do you think a person might feel after waking up from a nightmare?

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6. Why do you think some people do not get the amount of sleep they need?

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7. What problem do people with sleep apnea have?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Is it hard to sleep when you are excited about something? Why do you think that?

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