Week 2 Assignment

IEW: U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons

And Essentials of English Language

Week 2 Assignment

·         IEW – writing assignment

a.     Make and learn your vocabulary words for Lesson 2.

b.     Write two poems, following the model on page 15 of the U.S. History-Based student book. 

·        One describing Native Americans watching the explorers coming to their land

·        One describing the European explorers.

·        Fill in the blanks with an action verb and a phrase to continue the thought

·        Follow the checklist on page 17

·        Remember that poetry is not “paragraph” form writing. Each line begins with a capital letter.  And the Punctuation follows paragraph form.

·        Bring in an illustrated final copy of each poem for your end of the year bound book.

·        Be prepared to share with class

·         EEL assignment

a.      Work on memorizing and copying Charts C-D

b.     Week 2 EEL editing exercises

·        Review the punctuation and capitalization rule, spelling rule, and homophones