Informal Assessment
WRITING CONNECTION
Use pages 232–233 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 Review that a noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. Remind students that we use nouns in different ways in sentences. Write these uses on the board:
subjects objects appositives to show possession separate and joint possession as verbs as adjectives
26. The camper watched the antics of the raccoon.
27. Dan asks his brother questions constantly.
28. We will build a giant sandwich with plenty of onions. 1.7 Add punctuation to the possessive nouns. 29. My sisters-in-laws puppies 30. Both pets toys 31. The Great Danes bowl
32. Ms. Joness little pug 1.8 Write whether the nouns show separate possession or joint possession. 33. Mom and Dad’s present
34. Bob’s and Alison’s reactions 35. Aunt Bea and Uncle Al’s CDs 36. Lilly’s and Brandon’s paintings 1.9
Identify the appositives.
37. The Statue of Liberty, the symbol of America, stands on a small island in Upper New York Harbor.
38. The statue was created by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi.
39. He was born in Alsace, a
Hand out the following passage and ask students to circle nouns as the class calls them out. Have volunteers read aloud the passage and ask students to tell how each noun is used and how they know.
40. Liberty’s crown, a circle with
Sebastian, a very hungry fox, discovered a bunch of grapes hanging from a vine up a tree. He longed to get the vine’s fruit and could not. “Eating is fun but not worth the effort,” he said. He left the grape cluster hanging there and walked away from the tree muttering, “They’re sour grapes anyway.”
seven spikes, represents the seven continents and the seven seas. 1.10 Write whether each underlined word is used as a noun or a verb. 41. The idea was to have young
children experiment with different art forms.
42. The experiment worked. 43. Each child used a camera to photograph his or her surroundings.
Have pairs of students find a passage in a classroom book or magazine and repeat the activity with their own passage.
44. The work of developing the film excited the children.
45. Teachers and parents came to the studio for a visit. 1.11 Write whether each underlined word is used as a noun or an adjective.
Common Core Standards
46. We can never keep track of
CCSS.ELA.L.6.1 CCSS.ELA.SL.6.1
the phone book.
47. Last night, I wanted the number of Joe’s Pizza.
48. I looked on the glass table, but I found only a dirty glass.
49. I ran over to the summer house.
50. I found it near the paint cans.
region of France, and studied art in Paris.
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Encourage students to further review nouns, using the additional practice and games at www.voyagesinenglish.com.
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