Writing Assignment

Actually an "oral story-telling" assignment to compose a "Story About Me." It could be fiction or non-fiction and story prompts were given if needed, but Cameron had no problem coming up with this. (I did help a bit with the last two sentences though.)

Cameron's Story About Games

Once upon a time, I was playing chess for my first time. I did not beat Daddy. Another time, I played chess against Cassie and Cassia won! Another day I played Daddy again and I got really close to beating him but I didn't. Another time I played Monopoly with Mommy. I also play backgammon with Mommy. Another time I played checkers with Cassie. I like to play games with my family. I can't wait until Greyson can play games with my family and me.

A Study of Nouns

Copywork in which "Person" nouns have been underlined in blue, "Thing" nouns underlined in green, and "Idea" nouns enclosed in red.

Where did my picture go??

Cassia's Alphabet

Cassia's first copywork. She was writing random letters so I thought I would try her out with the whole alphabet. I was really impressed with her capitals. Obviously, she's not quite ready for lower case yet.

"The Little Girl Who Wanted to Be Dirty"

First draft narration:

A girl had a dream. She hated baths but she had a dream she was in a pig pen. She played with the pigs all day but then when it was time for supper she just got pig food and she didn't like that so she ran home and took a bath and put on clean pajamas. She told her mom all about it and her mom said, "You just had a dream!" The end.

Final (edited) narration:

A girl hated baths but she had a dream she was in a pig pen. She played with the pigs all day but then when it was time for supper she just got pig food. She didn't like that so she ran home to take a bath and put on clean pajamas. The end.

"The Lion and the Mouse"

"The Lion and the Mouse" narration 10/16/07

Once upon a time there was a mouse and a lion. The mouse stepped on the lion's tail. The lion wanted to eat the mouse but the mouse promised to help the lion someday if he let him go. The lion thought that was so funny that he let him go. One day he stepped in a hunter's net and the little mouse came to the resue by chewing through the net.

Grammar Definitions

Noun:

"A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea." 10/10/07

"The Rabbit and the Turtle"

"The Rabbit and the Turtle" narrations 10/8/07

First (long & detailed) draft:

The rabbit thought the turtle couldn't beat him in a race. So then they had a race to see who would win but they had no coach so they asked the fox to coach and he said, "Yes." Then the fox said, "On your marks; get set; go!" and the rabbit went speeding ahead like a galloping horse. The turtle was walking slow behind. The rabbit got tired of hopping so he took a nap beside the road. And when the rabbit was still sleeping, the turtle walked right past him. When the rabbit woke up the turtle was way far ahead so the rabbit hopped just as fast as he could but the turtle was so far ahead that by the time the rabbit caught up he was already past the finish line. The rabbit said "Wait, wait, I'm faster!" but the fox said, "But the turtle already won. You may be fast but being fast and lazy is no good. Being slow and paying attention is better." The End.

Final (summarized) draft:

Once upon a time there was a rabbit and a turtle who were going to run a race. The rabbit thought he would win because he was so fast. But he got tired and took a nap beside the road. While he was sleeping the turtle passed by him. The turtle won the race."

Memory Work, Fall 2007

from First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind Level 1 + 2, Lesson 35

Days of the Week
a Mother Goose rhyme adapted by Sara Buffington

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace;
Wednesday's child is ever so sweet,
Thursday's child is tidy and neat;
Friday's child is prone to a giggle,
Saturday's child is easy to tickle;
But the child that is born on restful Sunday
Is happy and cheerful, and loves to play.

Introduced: 11/01/07
Memorized:

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from First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind Level 1 + 2, Lesson 27

Hearts Are Like Doors by Anonymous

Hearts, like doors, will open with ease,
To very, very little keys,
And don't forget that two of these
Are "Thank you, sir" and "If you please!"

Introduced: 10/30/07
Memorized:

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from First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind Level 1 + 2, Lesson 15

Work by Anonymous

Work while you work,
Play while you play;
This is the way
To be happy each day.
All that you do,
Do with your might;
Things done by halves
Are never done right.

Introduced: 10/17/07
Memorized: 10/23/07

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from First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind Level 1 + 2, Lesson 2

The Caterpillar by Christina G. Rossetti

Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry;
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk.

May no toad spy you,
May the little birds pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.

Introduced: 10/2/07
Memorized: 10/4/07

Spelling Words, Fall 2007

week of 11/5/07

1. hit
   
2. big
   
3. win
   
4. fill
   
5. this
   
6. did
   

week of 10/29/07

1. hat
   
2. man
   
3. has
   
4. lamp
   
5. and
   
6. hand
   

week of 10/15/07

Review


week of 10/8/07

1. six
   
2. box
   
3. top
   
4. book
   
5. mix
   
6. pop
   

week of 10/1/07

1. van
   
2. zoo
   
3. you
   
4. *queen (quene)
   
5. zip
   
6. *very (varee)
   

Red starred (*) words were missed on the Friday test. Blue words were spelled correctly.

Writing Samples

Copywork 7/9/07


The drawing was supposed to be a self-portrait. He drew himself and his friend S6 playing with LEGOs at our dining room table.




"My name is Cameron. I am in the first grade."

Spelling Words, Spring 2007

***Taking a break on spelling until next year.***

4/30/07 *Review Week*

• hook
  
• stop
  
• leg
  
• pen
  
• car
  
• can
  
• will
  
• cold
  

4/23/07

• car*
  
• can*
  
• rug
  
• wet
  
• will*
  
• cold*
  

4/9/07 - 4/16/07

• leg*
  
• dog
  
• pen*
  
• duck
  
• nest
  
• den
  

4/02/07

• jar
  
• fan
  
• fun
  
• bag
  
• jog
  
• pig
  

3/19/07 and 3/26/07
Spring Break

3/12/07

• hot
  
• map
  
• pin
  
• hook *
  
• hop
  
• stop *
  

3/05/07

• tub
  
• bat
  
• bus
  
• see
  
• sit
  
• us
  

Starred (*) words were missed on the Friday test. Blue words were spelled correctly.