June 24, 2025 Summer Skills Review

Hi, again! During the summer months, please use this section to review skills we have practiced throughout the year! Use a paper and pen (or a notebook specifically for the summer), and list your responses. The answers will appear after all sections of assignments are listed, so please take a moment to check your work! If you write something you want me to review, please use the Writing Page to enter your work there! I am always happy to see students continuing to study hard during a vacation period, and I will do my best to respond as quickly as I can. Hope you have fun!

Part One
Idiom of the Day
Directions: Remember that since we are reviewing what we accomplished in 2025, you will see idioms here that we have spoken about in class. I am hoping you remember most of them, but if not, use this time to review the most common ones you will encounter. Enjoy!
Idiom: We are all in the same boat.
In Context: As a class, we discovered that although we all may have different wants and needs, when it comes to our goals in Reading Writing 3, we are all in the same boat!
List Your Meaning:

Write a new sentence in which you use this idiom effectively:

Part Two
Literary Term Review
Alliteration
Directions: Please find alliteration in the following sentences. I have included an example below, which should help you remember exactly what alliteration is!
Example: Cedar Street in Somerville is special (to me!).
Hint: Say this sentence out loud to HEAR the alliteration.
What is alliteration? List your Answer Here:

Now find alliteration in the following sentences. Write them down on your paper or notebook.
1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
2. Joan just joined a jewelry-making club.
3. Did you see what Doug gave his darling dog, Dino?
4. Mom made so much macaroni salad on Monday.
5. Laura loved her new locket.

Part Three
Grammar Challenge
Frequently Misused Words!
Directions: Please select the correct answer in each of the following sentences. Have fun with this one!
1. It was (to, two, too) late to go to the theater because the movie had started forty minutes earlier!
2. This table cannot stand without wobbling because there is a problem with one of (its, it's) legs.
3. (Who, Whom) is coming to the beach with us tomorrow?
4. Terri purchased a new laptop, (which, that) she hopes to use all summer long.
5. Stan was confused; (who, whom) was he supposed to drive to class?
6. Molly admitted it was (she, her) who had broken the vase in the hallway.
7. I love visiting (there, their, they're) new home; I especially like the game room that is located in the basement.
8. Can you believe the baby is (to, two, too) years old now?
9. Let's go (to, two, too) the mall to shop and cool off for a while.
10. (They're, Their, There) on the way to the party already; we had better leave soon so we are not late!

Part Four
True or False
Directions: In this section, you will decide if the statement provided is true or false. We will use literary terms in reading fiction for today's work.
1. A story that is fictional is one that has actually happened.                                         True    False
2. A problem in a story is known as the setting.                                                               True    False
3. The main character in a story is the protagonist.                                                          True    False
4. The moment when a character has a sudden realization that changes
the way he/she feels from that moment on is called an epiphany.                                  True    False
5. The person or force that goes against the main character in a story is called
the climax.                                                                                                                            True     False
6. If the story is told from a narrator who uses "I" or "me," this story is written
in second person point of view.                                                                                           True     False
7. Every fictional story has to have a conflict.                                                                    True     False
8. A story that you write about your own life is an autobiography.                                 True     False
9. Foreshadowing is a device an author uses to drop hints or clues for the reader
about what will happen later in the story.                                                                          True    False
10. When we read stories, we make inferences, which are ideas we form based on
what has happened in our own backgrounds as well as what is taking place in
the story.                                                                                                                               True     False

Now, go back to the statements that you marked as "false," and write down what the correct answer should be!

Part Five
Writing Prompt/Finish the Story!
Directions: This part is for you to enjoy (and you can feel free to send it to me on the Writing Page form, if you'd like). There are no right or wrong answers, but you should maintain point of view, use parallel sentence structure, and write at least two or three paragraphs that will continue the story I have started below. Have fun!!

     Summer vacation had just begun, but Netta had her mind on other things. She had just moved into a house that was far away from her closest friends, and she had begun to worry she would not see them that often anymore. Besides that, Netta kept noticing the same blue Toyota driving past her front door several times a day, but its tinted windows kept her from seeing who was inside.  The last time this had happened, the person had tooted the horn very lightly and then sped up down the street. What was going on?



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Answer Section (to be looked at after finishing all the exercises above--that's why the font is smaller here!) 
Part One
When we say we are all in the same boat, we mean that we share something in common. In the case of our class, we all want to communicate more effectively and pass our tests in order to graduate from SCALE! We share this common goal! The sentence you wrote for an example should reflect a feeling, idea, or goal that is shared by several people!

Part Two
Alliteration is a device a writer uses in which he selects words with the same sound to start several words. It is important to note that he uses the same SOUND and not necessarily the same LETTER because some letters are capable of making different sounds!
1. Every word in sentence number one except "a" and "of" is alliteration: Peter, Piper, picked, peck, pickled, peppers
2. Joan, just, joined, jewelry-making
3. Did, Doug, darling, dog, Dino
4. Mom, made, much, macaroni, Monday
5. Laura, loved, locket

Part Three
1. too
2. its
3. who
4. which
5. whom
6. she
7. their
8. two
9. to
10. They're

Part Four
1. False   Nonfictional stories are ones that are true.
2. False   A problem in the story is the conflict.
3. True
4. True
5. False   The antagonist is the force that tries to stop the main character/protagonist from getting what he wants!
6. False   "I" or "me" is used in first person point of view. Second person point of view uses words like "you" or "your."
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. True

Part Five
Did you write at least two solid paragraphs to continue these ideas and create a story of your own? Go back and edit your paragraphs, checking for proper use of capital letters, correct punctuation, spelling, and verb tense, and strong vocabulary! 

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