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Grade 2 English Language Arts Week 8 | Student Textbook

Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

WEEK 8 • STUDENT TEXTBOOK • DAYS 36–40

Read each lesson with a parent or teacher and study the worked example. Then answer the questions for that day in the Week 8 Practice Workbook.

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Day 36: Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings.

Some homophones are see and sea, ate and eight, sun and son, hear and here, and to, too and two. Use the sentence to decide which spelling fits.

Worked example: Choose the right word: I ___ a pear for lunch. (ate, eight)

  1. The sentence is about eating.
  2. ate means had a meal. eight is a number.

Worked answer: ate

Day 37: Synonyms and Antonyms

Synonyms are words that mean the same or almost the same thing, such as big and large.

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings, such as hot and cold. Writers use synonyms so they do not repeat one word too often.

Worked example: Write a synonym for small.

  1. A synonym means the same or almost the same.
  2. Little means almost the same as small.

Worked answer: little (tiny is also correct)

Day 38: Poetry: Rhyme Scheme and Kinds of Poems

Many poems rhyme at the ends of lines. A rhyme scheme uses letters to show which lines rhyme. Lines that rhyme get the same letter. AABB means lines 1 and 2 rhyme, then lines 3 and 4 rhyme. ABAB means lines 1 and 3 rhyme, and lines 2 and 4 rhyme.

There are many kinds of poems. Rhymed verse uses rhyme at the ends of lines. A haiku is a short poem of three lines: the first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7, and the third has 5. Free verse does not follow a set rhyme or beat. A limerick is a funny five-line poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA.

Worked example: Find the rhyme scheme: The cat sat by the door, / Waiting in the sun. / She did not want to snore, / She wanted to have fun.

  1. Line 1 ends in door. Call it A.
  2. Line 2 ends in sun. It does not rhyme with door. Call it B.
  3. Line 3, snore, rhymes with door: A. Line 4, fun, rhymes with sun: B.

Worked answer: ABAB

Day 39: Fact or Opinion?

A fact is a statement that can be proven true, for example by measuring, counting, or looking it up in a reliable book.

An opinion tells what someone thinks or feels. Others may disagree. Clue words such as best, worst, beautiful, should and I think often signal an opinion.

Worked example: Is this a fact or an opinion? Dogs have four legs.

  1. Can it be proven? Yes, by looking at dogs.
  2. It does not tell a feeling.

Worked answer: Fact.

Day 40: Independent Check: Word Meanings, Poems and Facts

Today you will answer on your own.

Use what you learned this week: homophones, synonyms and antonyms, rhyme schemes, and facts and opinions.

Worked example: Write an antonym for tall.

  1. An antonym means the opposite.
  2. The opposite of tall is short.

Worked answer: short

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