Informal Assessment
WRITING CONNECTION
Use pages 236–237 of the Writing portion of the book.
Use the review as preparation for the formal assessment. Count the review as a portion of the grade. Have students work to find the correct answers and use their corrected review as a study guide for the formal assessment.
TEACHING OPTIONS Reteach Tell students they will be playing Noun Scavenger Hunt. Have students reread a story or magazine article they have previously read. Give students 10 minutes to find as many different kinds of nouns as they can. Have students keep a tally of common nouns, proper nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, possessive nouns, collective nouns, and nouns in direct address.
Meeting Individual Needs
1.6 Identify the subject and the subject complement in each sentence. 25. Robert Louis Stevenson was
a writer.
26. Stevenson was a native of Scotland.
27. His most famous book is Treasure Island.
28. My sister is a fan of his writing.
Identify the underlined word in each sentence as a direct object or an object of a preposition. 1.7
29. Brad enjoys skateboarding after school.
30. He often practices tricks. 31. Responsible skateboarders always wear helmets.
32. A group of friends built a ramp on the weekend.
33. They will get better with practice. 1.8 Identify the indirect object in each sentence. 34. Nina gave her sister a cold.
35. Mom gave the children cough syrup.
36. The teacher sent sick students their homework.
37. Nina taught Kelly the missed lesson.
Challenge Have students write each letter of the alphabet vertically on a sheet of paper. Then challenge students to write a noun that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Have students tell whether each noun names a person, a place, or a thing. As an extension encourage students to write a person, a place, and a thing that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Remind students to use a variety of nouns in their lists.
1.9 Identify the noun in direct address in each sentence. 39. Class, please stand next to
your science projects.
40. Why is chlorophyll necessary, Jing Mae, for most plants?
41. Todd, please explain the results of your experiment.
Common Core Standards
42. Tell the class what you learned, Amy.
CCSS.ELA.L.5.1 CCSS.ELA.L.5.2c CCSS.ELA.L.5.2e
1.10 Identify each underlined word as a noun or a verb.
43. Do you know how to do that dance?
44. My first attempt to dance was not very successful.
45. I often step on my dance partner’s feet.
46. Please just copy my movements.
47. Let’s take a photograph together at the dance. 1.11 Identify each underlined word as a noun or an adjective. 48. Did you sign up for the
newspaper?
49. Every newspaper article is written by a student.
50. Our computer club meets before school.
51. Unfortunately, that computer has a virus.
38. Kelly read Nina the answers.
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Encourage students to further review nouns, using the additional practice and games at www.voyagesinenglish.com.
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