Sidney+M

__Task 1 __

Noun Phrase Verb Phrase Prepositional Phrase Singular Noun Possessive Apostrophe

My sister's friend waited for me at the house . The jacket  belonged to my friend's <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">brother <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> and <span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">it was lying on the <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #bd0df8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">kitchen's <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">floor. <span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">The <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #bd0df8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">dog's <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">tail <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">was wagging because it found <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #bd0df8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">it's <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">toy <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">underneath the <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #bd0df8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">neighbor's <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">couch.

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%; line-height: 48px;">Task 2 __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Persuasive <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> - Strengths: they were graded as all three's <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> - Weaknesses: they were graded as all three's <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Narrative <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> - Strengths: Organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> - Weaknesses: Ideas, sentence fluency, conventions <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Expository <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> - Strengths: Organization, conventions <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> - Weaknesses: Ideas, voice, word choice, sentence fluency <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Goals <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> I need to improve on my organization. In every essay I was graded lower on my organization.

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Task 3 __ //I, Too// By Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then.

Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-

I, too, am America.

1. Words and phrases that describe the concrete experience of the five senses, most often sight. 1a. The darker brother, kitchen 1b. they create an image of where the story takes place.

2. A comparison without using "like or as" 2a. The darker brother 2b. The comparison of good and evil.

3. Something of significance in a story 3a. The kitchen 3b. Fill in the blanks below: Langston Hughes uses the symbol of the kitchen to display him being separated from others. He is different and being forced to accept that

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