Grammar

Nose Tree
TEACHER’S MANUAL
LEVEL 1
Weeks 1–4

Pamela White

Fourth Edition, January 2022

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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
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The repetition of finding and fixing their own mistakes allows them to recognize and
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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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WEEK   
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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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
Appendix III: Grammar Glossary

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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
For more information
about nouns,ofsee
page G-5. Speech

Noun
To determine if a word is a noun, test it:
Noun Tests:
Definition:
Can an article adjective (a, an, the) come before it? A noun names a
the
Is it countable? person, place, thing,
two
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.
For more information
They were tired. about indentation, see
page G-31.
Where could they find work? In fiction (stories),
there are four
reasons to start
a new paragraph:
Indentation
new speaker,
Notice that some sentences are indented. An indented sentence means that new topic,
the sentence begins a new paragraph. new place,
new time.

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did you ever hear the story of the three 2 nouns (n) 1 capital
poor soldiers 1 end mark

poor
lacking sufficient money

n
did you ever hear the story of the three
n
poor soldiers?

Capitalization Did first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! Did you ever hear the story of the three poor soldiers?

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they were penniless and had no food or home 2 nouns (n) 1 capital
1 end mark

penniless
without a cent of money

n n
they were penniless and had no food or home.

Capitalization They first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! They were penniless and had no food or home.

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they walked a long way over hills, rivers, 4 nouns (n) 1 capital
and valleys 1 end mark

valleys
low lands between hills or mountains

n n n
they walked a long way over hills, rivers,
n

and valleys.

Capitalization They first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! They walked a long way over hills, rivers, and valleys.

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one evening they reached a dark forest 2 nouns (n) 1 capital

1 end mark

reached
arrived at

n n
one evening they reached a dark forest.

Capitalization One first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! One evening they reached a dark forest.

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Article Adjective For more information
about article adjectives,
The article adjectives are a, an, the. seeThe
pagethree
G-14.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.
Ask students to identify
the noun that follows
Mark It! Write ar above each article. each article.
ar ar ar soldier
The tired soldier built a fire near an oak tree. fire
tree

A noun does not always

have an article adjective
before it. However,
if there is an article
adjective, a noun will
follow it.

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they decided to take turns guarding the camp 1 article (ar) 1 capital
2 nouns (n) 1 end mark

guarding
watching over; keeping safe

n ar n
they decided to take turns guarding the camp.

Capitalization They first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! They decided to take turns guarding the camp.

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two soldiers dozed under a tree while the third built 3 articles (ar) 1 capital
a fire and stayed awake 4 nouns (n) 1 end mark

dozed
slept lightly

n ar n ar n
two soldiers dozed under a tree while the third built
ar n
a fire and stayed awake.

Capitalization Two first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! 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

suddenly a small dwarf in a red jacket stood 2 articles (ar) 1 capital

before him 2 nouns (n) 1 end mark

dwarf
in folklore, a very short man with magical powers

ar n ar n
suddenly a small dwarf in a red jacket stood

before him.

Capitalization Suddenly first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! Suddenly a small dwarf in a red jacket stood before him.

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 4

the soldier invited him to get warm by the fire 2 articles (ar) 1 capital
2 nouns (n) 1 end mark

invited
politely asked someone to go somewhere
or do something

ar n ar n
the soldier invited him to get warm by the fire.

Capitalization The first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! The soldier invited him to get warm by the fire.

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Pronoun
8
For more information
Parts
of see
about pronouns,
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition. It refers back page G-6. Speech
to some person or thing recently mentioned and takes the place of that
Pronoun
person or thing. The noun the pronoun
Definition:
replaces is called the
There are many types of pronouns. The personal pronouns take the A pronoun replaces a
antecedent.
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

Ask students to identify

Mark It! Write pr above each pronoun. the nouns that the
pronouns replace.
pr
The little man was thankful. He gave the soldiers the horn. He replaces little man
pr pr It replaces horn
It would help them. them replaces soldiers

Week 7 students will

Without pronouns to replace the nouns, this passage sounds strange. learn a possessive
pronoun like his
The little man was thankful. The little man gave the soldiers the little replaces a possessive
man’s horn. The horn would help the soldiers. noun like soldier’s. Both
function as adjectives.

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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he told the little man about their problem 1 article (ar) 1 capital
2 nouns (n) 1 end mark
2 pronouns (pr)

problem
a difficult situation

pr ar n pr n
he told the little man about their problem.

Capitalization He first word of the sentence

End Marks Use a period at the end of a statement.
Pronoun He replaces soldier
their replaces soldiers’
Week 7 students will learn that a possessive pronoun like their is a pronoun that functions
as an adjective.

Rewrite It! He told the little man about their problem.

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 2

the little man promised that he would help 1 article (ar) 1 capital
1 noun (n) 1 end mark
1 pronoun (pr)

promised
said that one would or would not do something

ar n pr
the little man promised that he would help.

Capitalization The first word of the sentence

End Marks Use a period at the end of a statement.
Pronoun he replaces little man

Rewrite It! The little man promised that he would help.

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the dwarf gave the soldier a cloak and told him 4 articles (ar) 1 capital
to show it to his friends in the morning 5 nouns (n) 1 end mark
3 pronouns (pr)

cloak
a long, loose piece of clothing without sleeves

ar n ar n ar n pr
the dwarf gave the soldier a cloak and told him
pr pr n ar n
to show it to his friends in the morning.

Capitalization The first word of the sentence

End Marks Use a period at the end of a statement.
Pronoun him replaces soldier
it replaces cloak
his replaces soldier’s
Week 7 students will learn that a possessive pronoun like his is a pronoun that functions
as an adjective.

Rewrite It! 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

the person wearing the cloak would have 2 articles (ar) 1 capital
his wish granted 3 nouns (n) 1 end mark
1 pronoun (pr)

granted
given what was asked

ar n ar n
the person wearing the cloak would have
pr n
his wish granted.

Capitalization The first word of the sentence

End Marks Use a period at the end of a statement.
Pronoun his replaces person’s

Rewrite It! The person wearing the cloak would have his wish granted.

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Answer these questions orally.

What are the three articles? a, an, the

What are the two noun tests? the ; two

What does a pronoun do? replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition

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.

his his
The
The dwarf
dwarf put
put on
on the dwarf’s red
the dwarf’s red jacket
jacket and the dwarf’s
and the dwarf’s
him
boots.
boots. The
The jacket
jacket and
and boots
boots kept the dwarf
kept the dwarf warm.
warm.
He his
The
The dwarf filled the
dwarf filled the dwarf’s
dwarf’s bag
bag with three sandwiches.
with three sandwiches.
He them
The
The dwarf walked to
dwarf walked the woods
to the woods to eat three
to eat three sandwiches.
sandwiches.

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the dwarf bowed and departed 1 article (ar) 1 capital

1 noun (n) 1 end mark

departed
left; went away

ar n
the dwarf bowed and departed.

Capitalization The first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! The dwarf bowed and departed.

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Read It! Mark It! Fix It! Day 2

next it was the second soldier’s turn to watch, 2 articles (ar) 1 capital
and the little man returned 2 nouns (n) 1 end mark
1 pronoun (pr)

returned
came back

pr ar n
next it was the second soldier’s turn to watch,
ar n
and the little man returned.

Capitalization Next first word of the sentence

End Marks Use a period at the end of a statement.
Pronoun it replaces turn

Rewrite It! Next it was the second soldier’s turn to watch, and the little
man returned.

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the soldier also treated him kindly 1 article (ar) 1 capital

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

treated
behaved toward a person in some special way

ar n pr
the soldier also treated him kindly.

Capitalization The first word of the sentence

End Marks Use a period at the end of a statement.
Pronoun him replaces little man

Rewrite It! The soldier also treated him kindly.

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the little man gave the second soldier a bag that 3 articles (ar) 1 capital
would always refill with gold 4 nouns (n) 1 end mark

refill
make full again

ar n ar n ar n
the little man gave the second soldier a bag that
n
would always refill with gold.

Capitalization The first word of the sentence

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

Rewrite It! The little man gave the second soldier a bag that would always refill with gold.

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