Biweekly Review Worksheet # 2

Grade 6, English - Semester 1

Academic Year 2017-2018

Name: __________________ Date: ------- /------/17

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Topics covered in this worksheet
Unit 1: Week 2,3 – Drumbeat of Freedom
Vocabulary: adversity, alliance, confinement, inflicted,
reminisce retrieved, smuggle, spindly pgs. 34-45 in
Reading/Writing Workshop
Reading: Drumbeat of Freedom pgs. 36 to 39 in
Reading/Writing Workshop
Comprehension:
-strategy: visualize
-skill: character, setting ,plot
-genre: historical Fiction
Phonics/Spelling: Compound Words pages:
Grammar: simple, compound, run-on sentences
Writing: an invitation
ISI Grade X Circular Competencies (What
students are expected to do)
-Identify genre and recognize elements of historical
fiction
-Visualize understanding plot and character
-Acquire & use accurately the words
- Demonstrate sorting spelling words by pattern
-Identify compound and run-on sentences.
- Proofread sentences
- Analyze models to understand how writers organize
ideas and write an invitation
- Recognize invitation features
- Include words as the base element of any invitation
letter.
Topics planned for the next two weeks
Unit 1: Week 5 – Making Money
Vocabulary: available, basically, factors, fluctuate,
formula, inventory, manufactured, salaries pgs. in
Reading/Writing Workshop
Reading: Making Money pgs. in Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension:
-strategy: reread
- skill: author’s point of view
- genre: expository text
Phonics/Spelling: compound words sentences for
dictation
Grammar: complex and noun types
Writing: an invitation
ISI Grade X Circular Competencies (What students
are expected to do)
- Identify genre and recognize elements of expository
text
-Visualize understanding author’s point of view
-write sentences with compound words correctly
-Identify complex sentences.
-introduce noun types
- use a new prompt to write new invitation.

- This Worksheet is AUGMENTED. Make sure to use AURASMA and look for symbols next to each
augmented question (with a next to it). You must follow user T.Maisa for it to work.
- Solutions to this worksheet can be found in the Shared Subject Folder with name: Biweekly worksheet 2,
Semester 1.
A) Vocabulary
I. Match the vocabulary words with their definitions.

a. reminisce ( ) misfortune

b. adversity ( ) recall-remember

c. alliance ( ) slim and tall

d. smuggle ( ) agreement

e. spindly

II. Complete the sentences below with the correct vocabulary.

smuggle confinement
inflicted spindly

1. They felt a feeling of _____________ inside the tiny tree house.

2. The tornado _____________ damage in many towns.
3. I had to ____________ my son’s gift into the house.

B) Reading Comprehension
I. “Drumbeat of Freedom” on pgs. 36 - 39 in your Reading/Writing Workshop books
and answer the following questions.

1. What is the genre of the story?

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2. Where and when does the story take place?

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 3. Explain this quote “The Continental Army had very little money”
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4. Why might soldiers take to begging?

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5. What did Sara’s brother do at the end of story?

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C) Phonics
Use Aurasma for the instruction and write your answers on the lines below.

heart five full all

north pool shield school

sea sighted water teen

eye in-law fiction nail

sea fashioned self question

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D) Grammar
I. Tick  the box that has the correct answer.

1. Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident.
❑ Simple ❑ Compound ❑ run-on

2. Jennifer liked William’s friend, and she also liked his cousin.
❑ Simple ❑ Compound ❑ run-on

3. The big brown dog ran after the blue and red ball.
❑ Simple ❑ Compound ❑ run-on

4. James and Eve ate lunch they rode bikes.

❑ Simple ❑ Compound ❑ run-on

E) Writing
Worksheet # 2 is to be done on your copy book about writing an invitation.