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© 2010 The Critical Thinking Co.™ • www.CriticalThinking.com • 800-458-4849 iii Language Smarts TM Level D Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Authors ........................................................................................................... ii Standards ...................................................................................................................... vi About This Book ........................................................................................................... vii Syllables ......................................................................................................................... 1 Consonant Blends .......................................................................................................... 6 Consonant Digraphs ..................................................................................................... 12 Long and Short Vowels ................................................................................................ 18 Silent e.......................................................................................................................... 23 R-Controlled Vowels ..................................................................................................... 30 Vowel Digraphs ............................................................................................................ 34 Vowel Diphthongs......................................................................................................... 39 Y as a Vowel and a Consonant .................................................................................... 44 Editor in Chief ® ............................................................................................................. 46 Word Families............................................................................................................... 47 High Frequency Words ................................................................................................. 50 Writing Detective ® ........................................................................................................ 54 Contractions ................................................................................................................. 56 Compound Words......................................................................................................... 58 Synonyms ..................................................................................................................... 62 Antonyms...................................................................................................................... 64 Synonyms and Antonyms ............................................................................................. 66 Word Parts.................................................................................................................... 68 Capitalize ...................................................................................................................... 74 Editor in Chief ® ............................................................................................................. 77 Alphabetize ................................................................................................................... 78 Writing Detective ® ........................................................................................................ 84 Sentences..................................................................................................................... 86 Conjunctions ................................................................................................................. 96 Simple and Compound Sentences ............................................................................. 100 Editor in Chief ® ........................................................................................................... 103 Paragraphs ................................................................................................................. 105 Common Nouns.......................................................................................................... 107 Proper Nouns ............................................................................................................. 111 Common and Proper Nouns ....................................................................................... 114 Possessive Nouns ...................................................................................................... 115 Editor in Chief ® ........................................................................................................... 118 Pronouns .................................................................................................................... 119 Adjectives ................................................................................................................... 123 Verbs .......................................................................................................................... 128 Verb Tenses ............................................................................................................... 134 Irregular Verbs ............................................................................................................ 136 Free resource from www.criticalthinking.com. 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Page 1: TABLE OF CONTENTS · 2015-12-01 · © 2010 The Critical Thinking Co.™ • • 800-458-4849 iii Language SmartsTM Level D Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Authors

© 2010 The Critical Thinking Co.™ • www.CriticalThinking.com • 800-458-4849 iii

Language SmartsTM Level D Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTSAbout the Authors ........................................................................................................... iiStandards ...................................................................................................................... viAbout This Book ........................................................................................................... viiSyllables .........................................................................................................................1Consonant Blends ..........................................................................................................6Consonant Digraphs .....................................................................................................12Long and Short Vowels ................................................................................................18Silent e..........................................................................................................................23R-Controlled Vowels .....................................................................................................30Vowel Digraphs ............................................................................................................34Vowel Diphthongs.........................................................................................................39Y as a Vowel and a Consonant ....................................................................................44Editor in Chief ® .............................................................................................................46Word Families ...............................................................................................................47High Frequency Words .................................................................................................50Writing Detective ® ........................................................................................................54Contractions .................................................................................................................56Compound Words.........................................................................................................58Synonyms .....................................................................................................................62Antonyms......................................................................................................................64Synonyms and Antonyms .............................................................................................66Word Parts....................................................................................................................68Capitalize ......................................................................................................................74Editor in Chief ® .............................................................................................................77Alphabetize ...................................................................................................................78Writing Detective ® ........................................................................................................84Sentences.....................................................................................................................86Conjunctions .................................................................................................................96Simple and Compound Sentences .............................................................................100Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................103Paragraphs .................................................................................................................105Common Nouns..........................................................................................................107Proper Nouns .............................................................................................................111Common and Proper Nouns .......................................................................................114Possessive Nouns ......................................................................................................115Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................118Pronouns ....................................................................................................................119Adjectives ...................................................................................................................123Verbs ..........................................................................................................................128Verb Tenses ...............................................................................................................134Irregular Verbs ............................................................................................................136

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Language SmartsTM Level D Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)

Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................138Subject-Verb Agreement ............................................................................................140Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................142Compound Subjects ...................................................................................................143Compound Predicates ................................................................................................144Adverbs ......................................................................................................................145Prepositions ................................................................................................................150Singular and Plural .....................................................................................................152Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................157Commas .....................................................................................................................159Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................161Periods .......................................................................................................................162Periods and Commas .................................................................................................164Exclamation Marks .....................................................................................................165Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................168Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................169Question Marks ..........................................................................................................171Colons ........................................................................................................................173Semicolons .................................................................................................................176Colons and Semicolons ..............................................................................................177Quotation Marks .........................................................................................................179Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................181Alliteration ...................................................................................................................183Articles ........................................................................................................................185Less and Fewer ..........................................................................................................188Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................189Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................190Farther and Further ....................................................................................................192Good and Well ............................................................................................................193Then and Than ...........................................................................................................197Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................198To, Too, and Two .......................................................................................................199Your and You’re..........................................................................................................200Hear and Here ............................................................................................................201There, Their, and They’re ...........................................................................................202I and Me......................................................................................................................203Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................206Myself .........................................................................................................................207Me, Myself, and I ........................................................................................................208Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................208Imply or Infer...............................................................................................................209

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Language SmartsTM Level D Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)

Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................212Can and May ..............................................................................................................214Lie and Lay .................................................................................................................215Sit and Set ..................................................................................................................216Editor in Chief ® ...........................................................................................................217Homophones ..............................................................................................................218Homographs ...............................................................................................................219Homophones and Homographs..................................................................................220Similes ........................................................................................................................222Metaphors...................................................................................................................223Similes and Metaphors ...............................................................................................224Fact or Inference ........................................................................................................226Fact or Opinion ...........................................................................................................232Real or Make Believe .................................................................................................237Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................243Compare and Contrast ...............................................................................................245Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................249Titles ...........................................................................................................................251Subtitles ......................................................................................................................254Table of Contents .......................................................................................................255Setting ........................................................................................................................257Plot .............................................................................................................................259Characters ..................................................................................................................262Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................268Main Idea ....................................................................................................................270Supporting Details ......................................................................................................271Ordering......................................................................................................................276Sequence ...................................................................................................................279Categorizing ...............................................................................................................282Cause and Effect ........................................................................................................284Story Maps .................................................................................................................289Writing Numbers With Words .....................................................................................296Prediction....................................................................................................................298Writing Detective ® ......................................................................................................301Context Clues .............................................................................................................303Reference Materials ...................................................................................................308Using the Library ........................................................................................................310Writing ........................................................................................................................311Write a Research Paper .............................................................................................313Answers ......................................................................................................................318

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Language SmartsTM Level D Writing Detective®

Writing Detective®

Read the story. Then answer the questions.

Money Mystery Solved

1Rosie had been saving her allowance for weeks, and today, her mother was taking her to the bank to open a savings account. 2She opened the drawer where she kept her allowance, but almost all of the money was gone! 3“I know I had several dollars in here,” Rosie thought to herself. 4But now, the box held only a few coins. 5Just yesterday, she had opened that drawer in her room when her little brother, Adam, had begged to borrow a dollar to get a comic book. 6He always spent his money as fast as he got it. 7He had promised to pay her back when he got his allowance in a week. 8Last night, Rosie had seen him reading in his room, and he had at least a dozen new comic books! 9Suddenly, Rosie had an idea. 10“Adam!” she yelled. 11“You come here right now!”

Reading Questions

1. What sentence tells you how much money was left in the drawer? _____

2. What sentence tells you the last time Rosie saw her money? _____

3. Where do you think Rosie’s money went? __________________________

_____________________________________________________________ What sentence is the best evidence for your answer? _____

4. Number the events from 1—5 in the order they happened in the story.

_____ Adam asks to borrow a dollar.

_____ Rosie goes to get her money to go to the bank.

_____ Adam is reading a bunch of new comic books.

_____ Rosie has an idea where her money went.

_____ Adam promises to pay Rosie back.

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Language SmartsTM Level D Word Elements

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Language SmartsTM Level D Writing Detective®

Now that you’ve read the story and answered the questions,write a paragraph about what the story was about.

Before you write your paragraph, look at the questionsand make some notes about the story to guide

you when you write.

1.Who is the story about? ______________________________________

2.What happened to her? ______________________________________

3.Where did this happen? ______________________________________

4.When did this happen? ______________________________________

5.Why or how did this happen? _________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

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Writing Detective®

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Language SmartsTM Level D Sentence Elements

SentencesA simple sentence is a group of words that form a complete thought. A sentence always starts with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or an exclamation mark.

Julian spilled juice all over the table.

Write a simple sentence about each picture.

1. _______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

2. _______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

3. _______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

4. _______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

5. _______________________________________

_______________________________________

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Sarah picked some strawberries from the garden.

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Language SmartsTM Level D Sentence Elements

Editor in Chief®

Circle the errors in each story andwrite the corrections above the errors.

Double Trouble

4 possessive nouns, 2 spelling

Williams watch had stopped and he wasn’t sure what time it was. The

watch was his grandfathers gift to him and it had been working just fine.

William looked up at the clock on the wall and saw it was neerly 6 o’clock.

He had to hurry! But there was more bad news. Williams bike had a flat

tire. He grabbed his sisters bike and hurried to the ball field for practise.

Quiet! Dog Sleeping

4 possessive nouns, 1 spelling

Dillon was a lazy dog. Dillons idea of a great day was to lie in the sun

and snooze. One day as he was dozing under the appel tree, a bumblebee

landed on Dillons nose. The bees soft buzzing didn’t bother Dillon, but the

little bee tickled Dillons nose. He lifted his paw and took a lazy swipe at the

bee without even opening an eye, and then fell back to sleep.

Language SmartsTM Level D Editor in Chief®

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Language SmartsTM Level D Sentence Elements

AdjectivesAn adjective is a word that describes (modifi es) a nounor pronoun. It gives more information about the nounor pronoun.

The tiny bird fl ew away from the two cats.

Circle the adjectives and underline the nouns they describe.

2 1. The angry man hollered at the frightened boy.

3 2. On the large table, Dusty found six peaches and a rotten apple.

3 3. Two hours ago, Samantha put the yellow folder in the middle cabinet.

3 4. Six elephants and one hippo lumbered down the dusty trail.

2 5. Sam and his two friends climbed the tallest tree in the yard.

2 6. The cute baby was chewing on his chubby fi st.

Write three adjectives to describe each picture.

________________ __________________ _________________

________________ __________________ _________________

________________ __________________ _________________

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Language SmartsTM Level D Sentence Elements

Adverbs

Using an adverb, write a sentence about each picture. Circle the adverb in your sentence and

underline the word it describes. Finally, write whether the adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.

1. ______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

This adverb describes a/an ________________

2. ______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

This adverb describes a/an ________________

3. ______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

This adverb describes a/an ________________

4. ______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

This adverb describes a/an ________________

The cook was awfully messy.

adjective

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Language SmartsTM Level D Punctuation

Colons

A colon (:) is used to mark a division in a sentence. When you see it, you know more information will follow.

Use a colon:• to introduce a list.

These are fruits: apples, pears, and plums

• to separate numbers that represent different times.

He arrived at 9:30 p.m.

• to follow the greeting in a business letter.

Dear Ms. Whipple:

• to introduce important ideas.

Warning: Do not enter

Write a sentence with a colon about each picture.

1. ___________________________________

___________________________________

___________________________________

2. ___________________________________

___________________________________

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3. ___________________________________

___________________________________

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My brother will be here at 5:30.

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