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Writing assignments from Sonlight’s Grade 1 Language Arts.

Week 12 – Imagination

Emily is the wife of Noah and it’s the night before the great flood.

I was helping to build the ark with Noah. It was nearly done and it was almost midnight. The ark is so big that you could fit every kind of animal. In a few minutes before midnight the ark was done. It was hard to see because it was so dark but animals were coming on the ark. I saw grizzly bears, giraffes, elephants, cheetahs, and dinosaurs. I knew they were there because they were making lots of noise and we brought in two of every animal.

I went to my room on the bottom floor. I had no blankets because we didn’t have time to get our blankets in our house. I curled up and went to sleep. When I woke up I heard the waters moving and I felt the boat moving. It was a good thing we had food! It rained for 40 days and 40 nights.

The End

Week 11 – Description: The Vikings

Viking girls wore lots of pretty dresses. Eric the Red was the leader of the Vikings. Vikings ate reindeer and I would like to try some too. They travelled by boat and horse. I would love to travel by boat and horse. They traveled across oceans. First, they settled in Iceland and then they were chased from their land. Erik the Red’s wife and children, except for one son, were killed. They left Iceland and they discovered Greenland. Greenland was very cold because it is near the arctic.

I would like to live in Viking times because I get to travel by horses, I get to travel by boat, and I get to wear pretty dresses. I might not like eating food I don’t know about like reindeer meat or it might be too cold.

The End

Week 10 – Invitation

Dear Auntie Anne, Uncle Trevor, Leah, Jack, Luke, Levi, and Noah,

I am going to have a birthday party at Oishii sushi. I would like to know if you could come. Please come on March 15 at 10 o’clock so you can be here for 12 o’clock for lunch.

If you go to Oishii on your birthday you can get a smoothie.

I love you,

Emily

Week 9 – Imagination

Once upon a time there was a vet named Emily. 

One day I saw a girl walk in with a sick elephant. I asked, “What is wrong with the elephant?” The girl said, “She has pneumonia!” I gave the elephant medicine from the puffer. The elephant was then kept outside until it got well.

Another girl came in with a sick lion. I asked her, “What is wrong with the lion?” The girl said, “The lion is puking!” I gave the lion medicine to stop puking.

At the end of the day the lion got a special cage then I went home to go to bed.

The End

Week 8 – Story Starters

Once there was a little girl named Emily. She was walking in the forest and she saw a deer! The deer liked her because she was kind. She invited the deer to come to her house. Her name is Valine. The deer played with her a lot when she was near. It was a lot of fun playing with the deer. She was a baby. She grew up and still played with Emily.

The End.

Week 6 – Explanation 

Making grilled cheese with ham.

First you take two pieces of bread and you take cheese from a package that you buy from a store and put the cheese on the bread. Then you take a slice of ham and put it on the cheese that’s on the bread. Then you put together the two pieces of bread. Then you put it into the sandwich press. You have to plug in the sandwich press. Then after a few minutes you take it out again and you put it on a plate and it’s ready to eat.

The End

Week 5 – Narration

Jesse, Violet, Benny, and Henry were walking in the forest. It was raining and they were trying to get away from Mr. and Mrs. Baker. Jesse was standing at the top of the hill near the edge of a slope. The others were standing back a little bit.

Jesse said, “I think I see something.”

Then Benny said, “I don’t see anything.”

Jesse said, “I’m sure I saw something.” 

And she began walking down the hill. There was mud because it was raining. Jesse slipped and slid down the hill. The others held on to her and they slipped too and started sliding. When they slid to the bottom they got up and Jesse started walking and there was a lightning flash. Then she said, “I knew I saw something, it’s a boxcar!” Then she ran towards it.

When the four children got there, they opened the door and got in. They were out of the rain and away from Mr. and Mrs. Baker.

The End.

Week 4 – Recollection 

After school ended we went on a vacation to Invermere. It is in Bristish Columbia. It was a surprise after getting mom a coffee. I like Invermere because there’s pools and parks. We stayed at a condo. I shared a room with Abigail and Sophia (she had to sleep on the floor because there was only two beds). We swam almost everyday until it was time to go back home. We swam at the condo pool and Mommy asked if we wanted to go to Radium Hotsprings and we all said Yes so we went. The Hotsprings were really hot. We had running races in the pool. I won a race, but Abigail won the first one. We wanted to stay, but we had to go back home.

Week 3 – Dictate Dialog

“I wish I had a hundred dollars!” said Emily
“What are you going to do with that,” said Nathan.
Emily said, “I’ll spend it on toys!”
Gabe said, “Are you really going to buy more toys with one hundred dollars?”
“I am,” said Emily. “As soon as we go to buy stuff, I’ll ask Mom if we can go to the toy section and buy some toys.”
Mom came in and said, “It’s time to go to Superstore and buy some food.”
“Can we go to Dollarama and buy some toys after?” asked Emily.
“We can go to Dollarama after we go to Superstore.”
“Ok.”

The End.

Week 2 – Family Portrait

Our family likes to get mom a coffee. Sometimes there is a surprise after we get her a coffee. Like going to Invermere, or Calaway Park, or Drumheller. We like to swim in the pools at Drumheller and Invermere, and sometimes at our home. I like swimming with paddleboards. They help you float. We also like to read books. My favourite book is the Llama Who Had No Pajamas because it has funny poems. We also like Boxcar Children and pretend we are Jessie, Violet, Benny and Henry. I love my dwamwy (that’s how I used to say it when I was little).