Grammar

Nose Tree
STUDENT BOOK
LEVEL 1
Weeks 1–4

Pamela White

Fourth Edition, January 2022

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Instructions

The list below shows the components to each Fix It! Grammar weekly exercise.
Although Mark It is listed before Fix It, the student may choose to Fix It first and then Editing Marks
Mark It. This is acceptable because the Fix It! Grammar exercises are like a word puzzle.
The goal is to complete the lists at the top of the student page for each passage. ¶ indent
Students should discuss their work with the teacher after working through each daily
passage. However, older students may work with their teacher on a weekly basis.
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Students should actively be involved in comparing their work with the Teacher’s Manual.
The repetition of finding and fixing their own mistakes allows them to recognize and
avoid those mistakes in the future. delete
Fix It! Grammar should be treated as a game. Keep it fun!
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Learn It! On the first day of the new Week, read through the Learn It section.
Each Learn It covers a concept that the student will practice in future T lowercase
passages. Instructions for marking and fixing passages are included
in each Learn It.
reverse order

Read It! Read the day’s passage.

Look up the bolded vocabulary word in a dictionary and pick
# add a space
the definition that fits the context of the story. Maintain a list of
vocabulary words and their definitions. close the space
The vocabulary definitions are printed in the Teacher’s Manual.

Mark It! Mark the passage using the guide at the top of the daily practice page.

Helpful Hints
Fix It! Correct the passage using the guide at the top of the daily practice page.
Use different colors
The Teacher’s Manual includes detailed explanations for grammar for Mark It and Fix It.
concepts and punctuation in each daily passage.
When you complete
Rewrite It! After marking, correcting, and discussing the passage with the teacher, the book, remove the
copy the corrected passage on the lines provided or into a separate daily passages.
notebook. Use the remaining
• Copy the corrected story, not the editing marks. Learn It pages as
a quick grammar
• Indent and use capital letters properly. reference.
• Copy the corrected punctuation.

Appendix I Complete Story Familiarize yourself with the story that you will be editing by reading the
complete story found in Appendix I.

Appendix II Collection Pages Look for strong verbs, quality adjectives, and -ly adverbs in this book and
write them on the collection pages in Appendix II.

Appendix III Grammar Glossary Reference the Grammar Glossary found in Appendix III of the Teacher’s
Manual for more information about the concepts taught in the Fix It! Grammar series.

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On the chart below Fix It! Grammar Cards are listed in the order that the
information is taught in this book. Some cards are not introduced until
future books.

WEEK Fix It! Grammar Cards for Nose Tree Level 1

1 Editing Marks, Capitalization, Title, Indentation, Noun
3 Pronoun
5 Dependent Clause
7 Adjective
8 Preposition
9 Subject-Verb Pair, Verb
10 Linking Verb
11 Helping Verb
12 Quotation
13 Conjunction, Coordinating Conjunction
14 Adverb
19 Apostrophes
21 www Word
23 Number Words and Numerals
Not Used Prepositional Phrase, Interjection, Indefinite Pronoun, Commas with Adjectives
before a Noun, Run-On, Clause, Sentence Openers, #3 -ly Adverb Opener,
#4 -ing Opener, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

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Scope and Sequence
Week numbers indicate when a concept is introduced or specifically reinforced in a lesson. Once introduced the concept
is practiced throughout the book.

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Parts of Speech
Noun 1 4 18
subject noun 9
Pronoun 3 4
subject pronoun 9
Preposition 8 25
Verb
action verb 9 18 22
linking verb 10 22
helping verb 11 22
Coordinating Conjunction 13 29
Adjective 7 18 24
article adj 2 4
possessive adj 7
adj after linking verb 10
Interjection
Adverb 14 24

Capitalization
First Word of Sentence 1

Personal Pronoun I 3
Quotation Marks 16 20 28

Punctuation
End Marks
period 1 18
question mark 1 18
exclamation mark 12 18
Quotation Marks 12 18 28
Apostrophe Contraction 19 26

Clauses
Who/Which Clause 5 9 17
That Clause 11
Adverb Clause 21 27

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Homophones
There/Their/They’re 6
To/Two/Too 12
Its/It’s 16

Other Concepts
Indentation 1
Subject-Verb Pairs 9
Numbers 23

Stylistic Techniques
Who/Which Clause 5 9 17
Quality Adjective 7
Strong Verb 13
-ly Adverb 14 15
Adverb Clause 21 27

Vocabulary
1 poor 2 guarding 3 problem 4 departed 5 bowed 6 travel
penniless dozed promised returned guest settle
valleys dwarf cloak treated amazing fine
reached invited granted refill astonished instant
7 rare 8 neighboring 9 unusual 10 sewed 11 remembered 12 observed
grazed clever rashly remaining suspected whirled
coach magical explained traded donned recognized
fancy stroll cunning searched spotted alarming
13 escape 14 sheepishly 15 weary 16 owned 17 wandered 18 munched
sprang echoed refused shocked aid odd
sill surrounded lowly separate promptly realized
greedy demanded secretly decided loaded exclaimed
19 damp 20 stumbled 21 groaned 22 chuckled 23 consume 24 hurried
continued stump assist begged return stated
massive inspected lengthy select heartily commanded
trek curious appeared gobbled suffered devoured
25 lush 26 heal 27 portion 28 worse 29 denied 30 collected
announced humbled slightly cure sharply whole
improve chopped desired property informed normal
slyly sobbed slices apologize rightful cheerfully

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Contents

Weekly Lessons

Week 1 .................................... 1 Week 16................................. 91

Week 2 .................................... 7 Week 17................................. 97
Week 3 .................................. 13 Week 18................................103
Week 4................................... 19 Week 19................................109
Week 5................................... 25 Week 20................................115
Week 6................................... 31 Week 21................................121
Week 7................................... 37 Week 22................................127
Week 8................................... 43 Week 23................................133
Week 9................................... 49 Week 24................................139
Week 10................................. 55 Week 25................................145
Week 11................................. 61 Week 26................................151
Week 12................................. 67 Week 27................................157
Week 13................................. 73 Week 28................................163
Week 14................................. 79 Week 29................................169
Week 15................................. 85 Week 30................................175

Appendices

Appendix I: Complete Story

Nose Tree.................................................................................. 185
Appendix II: Collection Pages
-ly Adverb................................................................................. 189
Strong Verb............................................................................... 191
Quality Adjective....................................................................... 193

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 Week 1
Learn It!

Every word belongs to a word group—a part of speech. There are eight
parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, preposition, conjunction, adjective,
adverb, interjection.
The first part of speech that you will learn is the noun.

Noun
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. 8 Parts
of
Speech

Noun
To determine if a word is a noun, test it:
Definition:
Can an article adjective (a, an, the) come before it? A noun names a
Is it countable? person, place, thing,
or idea.

Find It! Read the sentence and look for the words that name
people, places, things, and ideas. Tests:
the
Mark It! Write n above each noun as shown below. two
n n n
The soldiers walked over hills and rivers.

Capitalization
Capitalize the first word of a sentence.

Fix It! Place three short lines below letters that should be capitalized.

the soldiers were hungry.

End Marks
Use a period at the end of a statement.
Use a question mark at the end of a question.

Fix It! Place a period or question mark at the end of each sentence.

They were tired.

Where could they find work?

Indentation
Notice that some sentences are indented. An indented sentence means that
the sentence begins a new paragraph.

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 1

1 vocabulary 2 nouns (n) 1 capital

1 end mark

did you ever hear the story of the three

poor soldiers

Rewrite It!

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 2

1 vocabulary 2 nouns (n) 1 capital

1 end mark

they were penniless and had no food or home

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 3

1 vocabulary 4 nouns (n) 1 capital

1 end mark

they walked a long way over hills, rivers,

and valleys

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 4

1 vocabulary 2 nouns (n) 1 capital

1 end mark

one evening they reached a dark forest

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Learn It!
Article Adjective
The article adjectives are a, an, the. The three words
a, an, the
A noun follows an article adjective. Sometimes adjectives (describing signal that a
words) come between the article and its noun, as in a kind dwarf. noun is coming.

Mark It! Write ar above each article.

ar ar ar
The tired soldier built a fire near an oak tree.

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 1

1 vocabulary 1 article (ar) 1 capital

2 nouns (n) 1 end mark

they decided to take turns guarding the camp

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 2

1 vocabulary 3 articles (ar) 1 capital

4 nouns (n) 1 end mark

two soldiers dozed under a tree while the third built

a fire and stayed awake

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 3

1 vocabulary 2 articles (ar) 1 capital

2 nouns (n) 1 end mark

suddenly a small dwarf in a red jacket stood

before him

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 4

1 vocabulary 2 articles (ar) 1 capital

2 nouns (n) 1 end mark

the soldier invited him to get warm by the fire

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Learn It!
Pronoun
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition. It refers back
to some person or thing recently mentioned and takes the place of that
8 Parts
of
Speech

Pronoun
person or thing.
Definition:
There are many types of pronouns. The personal pronouns take the A pronoun replaces a
place of common and proper nouns. The personal pronouns in the noun in order to avoid
repetition.
table below are organized by number, person, and function.
Number means one (singular) or more than one (plural).
Person means who is speaking (1st), spoken to (2nd),
or spoken about (3rd).
Function means the job a word is doing in the sentence.

These These These These

pronouns can pronouns can possessive possessive
function as function as pronouns pronouns do
2 3 the subject of the object of a function as not function
numbers persons a sentence. preposition. adjectives. as adjectives.
1st I me my mine
singular 2nd you you your yours
3rd he, she, it him, her, it his, her, its his, hers, its
1st we us our ours
plural 2nd you you your yours
3rd they them their theirs

Mark It! Write pr above each pronoun.

pr
The little man was thankful. He gave the soldiers the horn.
pr pr
It would help them.

Without pronouns to replace the nouns, this passage sounds strange.

The little man was thankful. The little man gave the soldiers the little
man’s horn. The horn would help the soldiers.

Capitalization
Capitalize the personal pronoun I.

Fix It! Place three short lines below the personal pronoun I.

When the little man gave me the horn, i blew it.

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 1

1 vocabulary 1 article (ar) 1 capital

2 nouns (n) 1 end mark
2 pronouns (pr)

he told the little man about their problem

Rewrite It!

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 2

1 vocabulary 1 article (ar) 1 capital

1 noun (n) 1 end mark
1 pronoun (pr)

the little man promised that he would help

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 3

1 vocabulary 4 articles (ar) 1 capital

5 nouns (n) 1 end mark
3 pronouns (pr)

the dwarf gave the soldier a cloak and told him

to show it to his friends in the morning

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 4

1 vocabulary 2 articles (ar) 1 capital

3 nouns (n) 1 end mark
1 pronoun (pr)

the person wearing the cloak would have

his wish granted

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Review It!

Answer these questions orally.

What are the three articles?

What are the two noun tests?

What does a pronoun do?

The following paragraph sounds strange because the pronouns are

missing. Cross out each noun that can be replaced with a pronoun.
Write the pronoun above the noun.

The dwarf put on the dwarf’s red jacket and the dwarf’s

boots. The jacket and boots kept the dwarf warm.

The dwarf filled the dwarf’s bag with three sandwiches.

The dwarf walked to the woods to eat three sandwiches.

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 1

1 vocabulary 1 article (ar) 1 capital

1 noun (n) 1 end mark

the dwarf bowed and departed

Rewrite It!

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 2

1 vocabulary 2 articles (ar) 1 capital

2 nouns (n) 1 end mark
1 pronoun (pr)

next it was the second soldier’s turn to watch,

and the little man returned

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 3

1 vocabulary 1 article (ar) 1 capital

1 noun (n) 1 end mark
1 pronoun (pr)

the soldier also treated him kindly

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 4

1 vocabulary 3 articles (ar) 1 capital

4 nouns (n) 1 end mark

the little man gave the second soldier a bag that

would always refill with gold

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