5th Grade Jump Start - Writing: Week 1

Writing, Phonics, and Vocabulary

Week 1 - Day 1

• Watch this video on simple and compound sentences: Simple and Compound Sentences
• IXL - Is the sentence simple or compound?

Writing, Phonics, and Vocabulary

Week 1 - Day 2

• In your journal, respond to the following question: When Wyatt falls into the river, he remains calm and collected. How is this a form of bravery? Describe a time when you were brave in a dangerous situation.
• Watch this video on sentence fragments: Recognizing Fragments
• IXL - Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Writing, Phonics, and Vocabulary

Week 1 - Day 3

• Watch this video on subject/verb agreement: Subject/Verb Agreement
• IXL - Use the correct subject or verb
• IXL - Pronoun-verb agreement

Writing, Phonics, and Vocabulary

Week 1 - Day 4

• In your journal, respond to the following prompt: In the text, Wyatt goes on a whitewater rafting trip with his family. Write about a time that you went on a trip/adventure with your family. Where did you go? How did you feel about it? Did the trip go as planned? Or did something unexpected happen (like Wyatt falling out of the raft)?
• Watch this video on relative pronouns: Relative Pronouns
• IXL - Use relative pronouns: who and whom
• IXL - Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that

Writing, Phonics, and Vocabulary

Week 1 - Day 5

• Watch this video on commas: Meet the Comma
• Watch this one also: Basic Comma Rules
• IXL - Commas review