Lesson 8 Exercise 1 Listening for Word Parts 4 Listen to each word your teacher says. 4 Mark whether or not you hear a suffix. 4 If yes, spell the suffix. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Do you hear a suffix on the word? Yes No If yes, spell the suffix. ing er s er ed s 112 Unit 14 Lesson 8
Exercise 2 Sort It: Final Sounds 4 Read the words in the Word Bank. 4 Work with a partner. 4 Sort the words according to their final sounds. 4 Label the headings. Word Bank carve horse serve starve verse observe forgive remorse have nurse give purse ends with / v / ends with / s / carve horse serve verse starve remorse observe nurse forgive purse have give Unit 14 Lesson 8 113
Exercise 3 Diagram It: Compound Predicate 4 Review these areas of the diagram with your teacher: 1. Subject: Who (what) did it? 2. Verb: What did they (he, she, it) do? 3. Direct Object: Who (what) did they (he, she, it) do it to? 4 Read each sentence. The two verbs in the compound predicate are underlined. 4 Write each word in the correct place on the diagram. 1. An artist carves or sculpts stone. artist An or carves sculpts stone 2. Calder imagined and invented the mobile. Calder and imagined invented mobile the (continued) 114 Unit 14 Lesson 8
Exercise 3 (continued) Diagram It: Compound Predicate 3. The cave dwellers hunted and fished. The dwellers cave and hunted fished 4. People etched or drew marks on cave walls. People or etched drew marks on walls cave 5. Water did not hurt or wash the etchings away. Water did not or hurt wash away etchings the Unit 14 Lesson 8 115
Exercise 4 Use the Clues: Vocabulary Strategies 1. Work along with your teacher to use meaning cues to define quilts. Cummings bought a sewing machine, and it has become his companion for working on quilts a form of art made from fabric. 2. Use meaning cues to define mobile. Underline the vocabulary word. Read the sentence aloud and look for a meaning cue. Circle the meaning cue. Double underline the words that define mobile. Draw an arrow from the term mobile to the definition. based on Becoming an Artist Calder s art is known for motion. For ideas, he watched machines. I was always delighted by the cable car.... The machinery and movement interested me. He studied to be a mechanical engineer. He wanted to learn to make structures and machines. Calder also imagined moving art. So he invented the mobile a form of dangling art that swings in the air. His art is playful, and some of his biggest fans are kids. After an exhibit of his work in New York, he joked, My fan mail is enormous; everyone is under 6. Answers will vary. 3. Define the word mobile in your own words. A mobile is moving art that swings in the air. 4. Verify your definition of mobile by using a dictionary or an online reference source. 116 Unit 14 Lesson 8
Exercise 5 Answer It: Using Signal Words 4 Underline the signal word and answer each question. Answers will vary. Unit 14 Lesson 8 1. What can you generalize about the artists described in this selection from reading the first sentence under each section s heading? You can generalize that each of these artists began creating art as children. 2. Explain the meaning of Augusta Savage s sculpture titled The Harp. The meaning of Augusta Savage s sculpture titled The Harp suggests the importance of cultural pride. 3. Explain what Alexander Calder meant when he said, My fan mail is enormous everyone is under 6. Alexander Calder meant that he gets a lot of mail from children who are younger than 6 years old. (continued) Unit 14 Lesson 8 117
Exercise 5 (continued) Answer It: Using Signal Words 4. Use a Venn diagram to show the differences between the art of Alexander Calder and Michael A. Cummings. Calder Same Cummings created mobiles tools were wood, leather studied to be a mechanical engineer began creating as children chose unique forms of art created quilts tools were sewing machine and fabric taught himself to sew 5. Classify the artists in Becoming an Artist by the type of art they created painting, sculpture, or quilts. Painting Sculpture Quilts Pablo Picasso Alexander Calder Augusta Savage Michael A. Cummings 118 Unit 14 Lesson 8