Level Eight. Unit One
Anthony K Whelan anthonykwhelan@yahoo.com
It was almost dawn. The sun rose slowly like a big ball of fire. Already its great flames began to warm the still cold soil. Somewhere a bird, alone on a branch, woke, and sang out to the new day. The music of its song echoed across the jungle clearing. The monkey turned his head in surprise. The elephant as it drank, lifted its trunk from the pure running water and listened.
almost
flames
warm
soil
alone
woke
music
jungle
monkey
pure
elephant
running
drank A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books. B. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). one
b). most
c). run
d). key
e). ant
f). oil
g). alm
h). arm
i). war
j). ran
C. Silly syllables. Make new, silly words using the syllables of the list words. Make five new words and make up definitions for them. For example “monphant” “elekey”
ning most
mon a run key
sic jun gle mu
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D. Unjumble these words: a). epur
b). kyemon
c). krnad
d). emslfa
e). islo
f). elnoa
g). thnaleep
h). ekwo
E. Draw a picture as described in the dictation passage. F. The word ‘elephant’ has the word ant in it. Draw a creature that is a cross between an ant and an elephant. Try the same with these other words containing ant.
migrant fantasy ignorant giant
plant Antarctica shanty defiant
G. What am I?
infant tyrant adamant reluctant
instant pants reliant chant
The answers to these riddle-me-dees are list
words.
a). sick cow Barf!
b). huge ant c). hot arm d). key word