Grammar,punctuation,spelling

Week 11 term 2

Spelling:

1.Thesaurus

2.disappointed

3.slaughter

4.steamers

5.handle

6.aotearoa

7.chimpanzee

8.trigger

9.teleporting

10.jeopardy

11.litigation

12.chatterbox

13.disconnected

14.separate

15register

Week 10 term 2 Spelling words:

Make a sentence:

1.where √

Where is my cell phone?

2.heard √

I heard a noise.

3.breakfast √

I had breakfast before I went to school.

4.hair √

I brushed my hair.

5.Important √

It’s very important to have my cell phone with me.

Find the meaning:

6.criminal √

A person that doesn't or didn’t follow the law.
 * 1) 7 Gawked √

An awkward or shy person.

8.director √

A boss or a manager, counsellor and/or mentor.

9.engrave √

To carve, cut, etch or impress.

10.favourite √

Most-liked, preferred or chosen.

11.fracture √

A break, crack or split.

12.freakish √

Odd, weird or erratic.

13.disorder √

Confused, disarrange or discomposed.

14.eclipse √

Could, dark or dim.

15.endanger √

Hazard, imperil or a risk.

Week 9 term 2 Spelling:

Find the meaning:

Not described or made clear. Getting rid of something. 3.Acrobatics √ Flexible people. 4.Belittle √ Make (someone or something) seem unimportant 5.Billionaire √ Someone how has lots of money (rich). 6.Calcium √ The chemical element of atomic number 20, a soft gray metal. 7.Carpenter √ A person who makes and repairs wooden objects and structures 8.Disrespect √ Lack of respect or courtesy. 9.Dormitory √ A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.
 * 1) Unexplained √
 * 1) Abortion √

Make a sentence:

10.Efficient √ He was very efficient at his work and was at the top of his class. 11.Evolution √ The evolution of humans where apes. 12.Fluoride √ Theirs fluoride in tooth paste to keep our teeth strong. 13.Foliage √ The last foliage fall off the tree. 14.Ghastly √ My mate cut open his leg and he had a ghastly gash. 15.Gracious √ My friend was gracious to me today.

__Week 8 term 2__

__Spelling words:__

Make a sentence:

1.Options √ I went onto options on the TV to turn up the sound. 2.Guide √ I used the guide to see what was on TV. 3.Winner √ I was a winner. 4.Dangerous √ The sign said keep out dangerous. 5.Jersey √ It was cooled so I put my jersey on. 6.Tracksuit √ I war my tracksuit pants when it was raining. 7.Award √ I got an award form winning. 8.Invisible x I used my supper powers to go invisible.

Find the meaning:

9.Leather √ The Scales of a crocodile ect cut off to make a fabric. 10.History √

11.Country √ A big island e.g. America, China, Africa ect. 12.America √ America is a country. 13.Imagine √ Imagine means thinking of something that isn’t real. 14.Extinct √ Extinct means that it’s not alive any more. 15.Sprigs √ Sprigs are the metal things on the bottom of a rugby bout.

Spelling: Week 7 term 2

Dangerous x Lightning √ Thunderstruck √ Lynx √ Guitar √ Piano √ Mobile phone √ Transporter √ Transformer √ Collage √ Television √ Thousand√ Dollars√ Hundred √ Rusty √

Week 6 Term 2

Spelling words:

Find the meaning to the words:

1.Kathmandu √ Kathmandu is a brand of a fishing and hunting shop. 2.sky scrapper √ Sky scrappers are big tall buildings. 3.portable √ Portable is something that you can walk around with and dont have to plug it in. 4.Volcom √ Volcom is a surf and skate brand. 5.Cuponk √ Cuponk is a game that you play. 6.Advanced √ Advanced means that someone is a pro or good at something. 7.Regular x Regular means normal. Make a sentence for the words:

8.Caribbean √ I went to the Caribbean. 9.Garnier √ I used garnier jell for my hear. 10.Amount √ I had this amount of money. 11.Generous √ I was generous enough to give my mate $10. 12.Combine √ When I combine this and that it makes this. 13.Ability √ I have the ability to walk. 14.Ingredients √ The ingredients to make a cake are. 15.Healthy √ I am nice and healthy.

Week 5 spelling words:

Find the meaning: Make a sentence:

1.intermediate 1.pronouns 2.wrap 2.conjunctions 3.defintly 3.prepositions 4.humour 4.nouns 5.wonderful 5.adverbs 6.punctuation 6.verbs 7 .explanation 7.adjectives 8.vocabulary

Intermediate: In the middle of something.

Wrap: Covering something up e.g he wrapped up the christmas present.

Defintly: Of cores yes

Humour: Funny laughter

Wonderful: Awesome cool

Punctuation: clarify a meaning of a word.

Explanation:

Clarification, simplification, description ect

Vocabulary: language

I used adjectives, verbs, adverbs, nouns, prepositions, conjunctions and pronouns in my writing.

Week 4 term 2

Spelling words:

Words I have to find the meaning too.

1. Intermediate √

2.Definitely √

3. Yahtzee X

4.Prepositions X

5.Punctuation X

6.Gravity √

7.Sentence √

Words I have to put in a sentence:

8.Machine √

9.knife √

10. Turkey √

11.New Zealand √

12.Tauranga √

13.neighbors √

14.police √

15.million X

Week 3 term 2 spelling words

1.Definitely 2.Intermediate 3.Prepositions 4.Punctuation 5.Skeleton 6.Gravity 7.Diamond 8.Sketch 9.Avalanche 10.Yahtzee 11.Turbo 12.Wheels 13.scarecrow 14.machine 15.rapid

19/05/11 reflection: it was easy for me because I got all of them right again. 18/05/11 reflection: it was easy for me because I got all of them right.

09/05/11 week two spelling words: 1.vocabulary√ 2.explanation√ 3.punctuation x 4.wonderful√ 5.adjectives√ 6.humour√ 7.pronouns√ 8.conjunctions√ 9.prepositions x 10.nouns√ 11.adverbs√ 12.verbs√ 13.intermediate x 14.wrap√ 15.defintly x

3.punctuation 4.wonderful 5.adjectives 6.humour 7.pronouns 8.conjunctions 9.prepositions 10.nouns 11.adverbs 12.verbs 13.intermediate 14.wrap 15.defintly

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">__Tuesday 3rd May__

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Literacy-reading

Reflection: Today I learnt that if theres more then one thing the apostrophe comes after the last letter. it was a bit easier today because I got the hang of it.
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Saw seven ships’ masts and two sailor’s heads.
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">The mens cars were picked up at the ships side.
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">We traveled in the smith family’s new car. Its fun to travel with ones friends.
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">The children's heads could be seen above the railing.
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Beverley’s brown bag

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; width: 160px;"> 03/05/11 week one spelling words: 1.vocabulary 2.explanation 3.punctuation 4.wonderful 5.adjectives 6.humour 7.pronouns 8.conjunctions 9.prepositions 10.nouns 11.adverbs 12.verbs 13.intermediate 14.wrap 15.defintly **Spelling and vocabulary**
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You must always write down new words that you have come across and put these in your vocabulary section with their meanings underneath. You should be doing this on a daily basis.
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Every time you spell a word incorrectly you must write it down in your spelling area - you must have 15 words a week so you can write words from your vocabulary list as well. You will have a week to learn these words and you will then be tested on them in your literacy programme.

Week one to two:

You must complete all of the following activity sheets by Friday the 13th, and have them uploaded on your wiki, as we will mark them in class. You will have two blocks to complete all of these over a two week period, they will be your homework if you do not complete them in time.


 * Belonging apostrophes & contractions - remember you can use your homework on apostrophes to refer back to.**

<span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Monday 2nd may

<span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Literacy reading

<span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Possessives:


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Brother’s before the s because its his jacket and it only one brother sentence: My younger brother’s jacket.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Brothers’ after the s because its more then one person sentence: My two older brothers’ rock band.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Boy’s before the s because its only one boy and its his bike sentence: Found the boy’s bicycle.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Boys’ After the s because its heaps of boys sentence: Members of the boys’ soccer team.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Girl’s before the s because they are admiring the girls portrait sentence: Admired the girl’s self portrait.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Girls’ after the s because there is heaps of girls in one group sentence: joined the netball association.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Aunt’s before because its the ant’s neighbour sentence: my aunt’s neighbour.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">After the s because theres more then one husband sentence: our aunts’ husbands.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">teacher’s before the s because its the teachers mother sentence: met his teacher’s mother.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Teachers’ after because theres more then one teacher in the school sentence: visited the teachers’ staffroom.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Lady’s before the s because they only shook one lady’s hand sentence: shook the lady’s hand.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Ladies’ after the s because theres more then one voice that they heard sentence: heard many ladies’ voices.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Family’s before because its there family's history sentence: read my family's history.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Families’ after because they are talking about there families’ holiday sentence: we talked about our families’ holidays.
 * 2) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Baby’s before the s because its the baby’s bottle sentence: got the baby’s bottle.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Babies’ after the s because they talked to both of the babies’ fathers sentence: talked to the babies’ fathers.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Grandma’s before the s because its the girls grandmas book sentence: enjoyed her grandma’s story.
 * 2) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Grandpa’s before the s because he ate his grandpa’s scrabbled eggs sentence: ate his grandpa’s scrambled eggs.


 * 1) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Dad’s before the s because its the dads bike sentence: took a ride on dad’s bicycle.
 * 2) <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Friend's before the s because its only one friend sentence: listened to a friend’s troubles.

<span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">02/05/11 <span style="color: #005ace; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Reflection: Today I learnt that if theres only one thing its before the s if theres more then one thing its after the s. I thought it was a bit hard.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">miss stovold don't know what happened but the numbers changed when I put it on my wiki.


 * 1)  Saw seven ships’ masts and two sailor’s heads. x
 * 2)  The men’s cars were picked up at the ship’s side. √
 * 3)  We traveled in the smith family’s new car. Its fun to travel with one’s friends. √
 * 4)  The children's heads could be seen above the railing. √
 * 5)  Beverley’s brown bag was on the woman's table. Everyone's table was there. √



<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">2. A.There’s the place where we’ll camp. That’s a really good spot.We’re lucky to get it. √  B.You shouldn’t complain about the weather. It isn’t fine all the time. You'll have to put up with a few wet days. √  C.They wouldn’t have any idea where we’re going, that’s certain. I haven’t said a thing. √
 * 1)  Didn’t you go on your trip around Australia? I’m sure i’d heard you were going. √
 * 2)  Where’s the tent? It’s always hard to find. You'd think that it wouldn't get lost, wouldn’t you? √

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">3.
 * 1)  Six 8’s are forty-eight. √
 * 2)  There are two b’s in the word abbreviation. √
 * 3)  I am at 6’s and 7’s about it; I just don’t know what to do. √
 * 4)  If you add the 3’s and 4’s, subtract the 7’s and multiply by the 5’s, you'll get the right answer. √
 * 5)  People often forget to write two c’s and two m’s in the word, accommodation. √

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">4. good work you only two wrong in that
 * 1)  When we travelled in the children's bus, we didn’t see emus but we saw scores of kangaroos, hopping along in groups of 3’s and 4’s. √
 * 2)  Haven't you brought the four boy’s sleeping bags? They'll have to sleep in 2’s. √
 * 3)  It’s a pity that it’s mother has hopped away. You don’t see many babies’ tails out side their mothers’ pouches. √
 * 4)  If you've been traveling in the sunlight, you should wear sunscreen. It’s very important that a child's face isn't burnt. √
 * 5)  Iv’e seen the families fathers in their cars. They’re parked in 3’s near the river. x