Estimated Time: 30-40 minutes

Spelling

Dictate one of the passages you copied in your journal from Read, Write, Learn.

• Be careful to punctuate and capitalize correctly and watch for spelling. If you make any errors, correct them.

If you have never used dictation before:

• ​​Dictation just means the student writes the copywork from memory while the teacher reads it aloud. The student should be familiar enough with the passage to accurately spell, capitalize and punctuate the passage.

Literary Elements

From the reading this week you should be able to answer the following questions:

• What is the point of view for each chapter that you read this week?
• What motifs did you find in your reading?

Turn your answers in to your parent if required.

Point of View

Chapter 1 is written from a first person point of view, being Kurt Vonnegut himself. However Chapter 2 shifts to a 3rd person omniscient point of view. Vonnegut maintains this point of view with a few exceptions.

Did you notice toward the end of Chapter 3 after Wild Bob told the boys to look him up that there was one sentence with a change of point of view?

Motif

Here are some motifs that you have may have noticed:

• So it goes.
• mustard gas and roses
• bobbing up and down, up and down
• Three Musketeers
• nestled like spoons

Did you find others?

Grammar

• This week we are only going to focus on rules 1, 2a and 2b. Review the rules if needed then correct the passage below.
• Check your answers in your book.

Vocabulary

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