Kingdom SchoolsBoys’ Intermediate

English Department

(Feb. 16th-20th, 2013)

Name: ____________________________________

P.S. to get your soft copy of the weekly booklet, please visit: http://marsermir.pbworks.com Teacher: Mohamed Al Shamaly

Dear parents,Please make sure that your son follows this weekly plan and completes all the homework activities for the week. This plan is aguide for what your son is going to study and do for the week. Please do not hesitate to contact me(malshamaly@kingdomschools.edu.sa) if you have any queries.

WEEKLY PLAN + HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Day Classroom Activities Homework

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The Lady, or the Tiger? The Choice Connect to your life: Horns of a Dilemma

Literary Analysis: Surprise Ending/Tone

Active Reading: Drawing Conclusions/Paraphrase

Vocabulary: Words To Know (Synonyms & Antonyms)

Reading: The Lady, or the Tiger? (P:593)

Do P:1 in Week 4 Booklet Read P: 593

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The Lady, or the Tiger? The Choice Reading: Check the homework P: 1 + listen to the

selection P: 593-594 Grammar: Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives Spelling: Suffixes Following hard and soft c/g

Do P: 2 in Week 4Booklet Read P: 594-597

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The Lady, or the Tiger? The Choice Check the Homework: Spelling / Grammar Reading: Reading P: 598-599 Spelling Strategy: Adding Suffixes: P: 602 Writing: Story Ending P: 602

Do P: 3 in Week 4 Booklet Reread “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

TUES

DA

Y The Lady, or the Tiger? The Choice Check the Homework: Check CQ’s P: 601 Literary Analysis: Tone

Writing: Students Finish their writing

Study for the Spelling Test.

Do P: 4 in Week 4 Booklet

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The Lady, or the Tiger? The Choice Spelling: Conduct the spelling test. Reading: Finish the selection Active Reading: Drawing

Conclusions/Paraphrase Library: Students read on their own (Students either

get their books or borrow ones from the library)

Dear student,Please do your best to read for half an hour during theweekend. This can be any interesting book you find.Thanks

Spelling Words: Suffixes following hard and soft c/g

1. elegant 2. applicant 3. intelligent 4. magnificent 5. navigable

6. communicable 7. enforceable 8. replaceable 9. eligible 10. convincible

11. ambiguous 12. conspicuous 13. contagious 14. suspicious 15. outrageous

16. extravagance 17. significance 18. vengeance 19. negligence 20. innocence

Kingdom Schools – Boys’ IntermediateEnglish Department

Grade 8 International ProgramWeekly Parent Information Letter

Term: Second Week: 04 Date: Feb. 16th- 20th, 2013

Selection: The Lady, or the Tiger?by Frank R. Stockton

Name Date

Words to Knowassert destiny exuberant procure subordinatedecree doleful imperious retribution valor

In her way, without humility,

The princess chose a boyfriend who lacked nobility.

She knew her father would object, but felt it was her

To love this man, and so she did, and never would have guessed any

Tragic ending would result. Her love was handsome and full of ,

Unlike so many princes, with their royal, sickly pallor.

The girl would not acknowledge that she was

To the will of any other, and she would not budge one bit.

But while the princess did her right to choose her mate,

When her father learned what she had done, he planned a different fate.

The king was very angry and he made a harsh .

The poor young man was caught before he had a chance to flee.

Now the princess felt so —so gloomy and so sad—

That she worked to find an answer that would save her favorite lad.

She did the information that could turn the big event

From a tiger’s bloody dinner to a dance .

Finally arrived the day for the young man’s .

What took place in the arena? That’s the reader’s contribution!

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

Words to Know

A. Decide which word from the word list belongs in each numbered blank. Thenwrite the word on the corresponding line on the right.

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Key Concept: Writers can use prepositional phrases as adjectives to help make theirwriting more descriptive.

1. The arena of the king was built to hold all the people of the kingdom.

2. The king, surrounded by his court, sat high upon his throne of royal state.

3. The princess sat on the right side of her father.

4. The thick doors, heavily curtained, made it impossible to hear any noise from inside.

5. The door with the tiger looked the same as the door with the lady.

6. The princess of the royal family was the only spectator who knew the secret of the doors.

7. People in the arena watched the frightened victim of the king.

8. The man in mortal danger did not know which door to choose.

9. Not hesitating for a moment, he immediately reached for the door to the right.

10. A gasp from the crowd was heard throughout the amphitheatre.

Name Date

The Lady, or the Tiger?

Grammar in Context: Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives

Prepositional Phrases as AdjectivesPrepositional phrases can be used as adjectives to modify nouns and pronouns.They answer the question Which one? or What kind of? Examine how this sentencefrom the story provides description by including prepositional phrases as adjectives.

A door beneath the royal party opened, and the lover of the princess walkedinto the arena.

ActivityUnderline the prepositional phrase(s) used as adjectives in each sentence.Remember that an adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun—not a verb or an adjective.

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elegant navigable ambiguous extravaganceapplicant communicable conspicuous significanceintelligent enforceable contagious vengeancemagnificent replaceable suspicious negligence

eligible outrageous innocenceconvincible

and _____________________ when they follow a soft c or g sound. Write words from the list thatfollow this pattern.

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

2. Use the endings _____________________ , _____________________ , _____________________ ,

and _____________________ when they follow a hard c or g sound. Write words from the list thatfollow this pattern.

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

3. The final silent e of the base word is sometimes kept to protect the soft sound of the c or g whena suffix is added. Write examples of this rule from the word list.

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

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Rule 1: When the letters c and g have a hard sound, they will be followed by the vowels a or u. Use the endings ance, ant, able, uous.

Rule 2: When the letters c and g have a soft sound, they will be followed by the vowels e or i. Use the endings ence, ent, ible, ious.

Note: The final silent e is sometimes kept to protect the soft sound of c or g when a suffix is added.

Lesson Generalization: It is sometimes difficult to choose between the following endings when you are spelling a word: ant/ent, able/ible, uous/ious, ance/ence.

Spelling Lesson: Suffixes following hard and soft c/g

A. Complete the following exercises.

1. Use the endings _____________________ , _____________________ , _____________________ ,

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Suffixes following hard and soft c/g More Practice

1. elegant 6. significance 11. eligible 16. suspicious

2. extravagance 7. communicable 12. contagious 17. outrageous

3. navigable 8. conspicuous 13. magnificent 18. vengeance

4. ambiguous 9. intelligent 14. innocence 19. enforceable

5. applicant 10. negligence 15. convincible 20. replaceable

A. Find the missing vowels to complete each word. Write the word.

1. c__mm__n__c__bl__ ____________________ 6. __nf__rc __ __bl__ ____________________

2. c__nt__g__ __ __s ____________________ 7. s__gn__f__c__nc__ ____________________

3. c__nv__nc__bl__ ____________________ 8. m__gn__f__c__nt ____________________

4. __l__g__nt ____________________ 9. __xtr__v__g__nc__ ____________________

5. s__sp__c__ __ __s ____________________ 10. v__ng__ __nc__ ____________________

10. The directions he gave us were _______________________ and confusing.

11. Is your sister _______________________ for a college scholarship?

12. We had a _______________________ view of the mountains from our room.

13. The jury will decide the guilt or _______________________ of the accused.

14. Shana’s idea is so wild and _______________________ that it just might work!

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B. Vocabulary and Spelling: Complete each sentence with a word from the spelling list.

1. Even the huge ship was barely _______________________ during the storm.

2. Susan groaned when she learned that the broken china was not _______________________ .

3. What is the _______________________ of the fifty stars in the American flag?

4. Are porpoises more or less _______________________ than dogs?

5. His bright red hair made the celebrity _______________________ in a crowd.

6. Ruth felt that hiring a band was an unnecessary _______________________ .

7. The police believe the new traffic law will be easily _______________________ .

8. Because of your _______________________ , the supplies will not arrive on time.

9. Each _______________________ for the job must submit a sample of his or her writing.

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Name Date

Who?

The King

The Princess

The Young Man

Action Motivation

The Lady, Or the Tiger

Literary Analysis: Motivation

MotivationA character’s motivation is the reason why he or she acts, feels, or thinks a certainway. Sometimes a character’s motivation is explained or directly stated in the text.Other times you will have to infer, or draw a conclusion about, the character’smotivation. As you read “The Lady, or the Tiger?” use the chart below to note themotivations of the characters.

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PARAPhRASE

When you paraphrase, you restate the writer’s language in your own words. Follow these steps:

• Reread the passage, looking for main ideas.• Define unfamiliar words using context clues or a dictionary.• Restate important ideas and details in your own words. A good paraphrase should be as long

as or longer than the original text.

Line Numbers Paraphrase

NA_L08RMu06_03.indd 45 2/10/11 6:14:07 PM

Reading Strategy: Paraphrase

Directions: Paraphrase the sections indicated in the first column of the chart. An example has been done for you.

1-12 Long ago there lived a rough, cruel king. He had been influenced by the forward-thinking cultures of the time, but he was still uncivilized.

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P: 595 from"But if the accused... till the word reward."

P: 596-597 from"Of course, ... love the princess."

P: 599 from"Now, ... should have him?"