Thursday

Language

Continue working on the paragraph below, correct the punctuation.
Replace every * with a  .  ,  -  "  !

Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage* not much larger than a rat*hole* She knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw* How she longed to get out of that dark hall* and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains* but she could not even get her head through the doorway*  *and even if my head would go through*  * thought poor Alice*  *it would be of very little use without my shoulders*  Oh*  how I wish I could shut up like a telescope* I think I could* if I only knew how to begin* * For* you see* so many out*of *the*way things had happened lately* that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible*

I've added a second paragraph for anyone who wants more practice.
The answers to both paragraphs are posted to the right under pages.

After a time the ladder was finished* It looked clumsy* but the Tin Woodman was sure it was strong and would answer their purpose* The Scarecrow waked Dorothy and the Lion and Toto* and told them that the ladder was ready* The Scarecrow climbed up the ladder first* but he was so awkward that Dorothy had to follow close behind and keep him from falling off* When he got his head over the top of the wall the Scarecrow said* *Oh, my**

Grammar

It's  - Use to replace it is or it has 
Example - Where's my purse?  It's on the table.

Its - Use every other time
Example - The bird has lost its feathers.

Try to come up with a few more example sentences, some using it's and some using its.
We'll discuss them on Friday.



GRADE 7 MATH
Remember:
4 is the square of 2
2 is the square root of 4

Think about this:
a x a = b
What letter is the square? a or b?
What letter is the square root?

Work on some of this math:
Text book page 21 # 1, 2, 3, 9

And also:

GRADE 6 MATH
Text book page 15 # 1, 4, 5, 6b, 6c, 2