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Instructions:  Write the main idea and supporting details for the section titled “Shield Volcanoes.”
Then write a summary for the section, using the main idea and details you’ve already gathered.

Main Idea Details

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Summary

SKILL: MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS

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Instructions:  Place commas between the items listed in the sentences below.

1 Dust ash and melted rocks blew out of the top of the volcano,
darkening the sky.

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2 The massive cloud of ash poisonous gas glowing-hot dust and smoke
had become too heavy to stay in the air.

3 Plates can crash into pull away from or grind past each other.

4 The crater is the place where the magma hot gas and ash come out.

5 When composite volcanoes erupt, they send huge clouds of ash dust
smoke hot gas and rock into the air.

6 A flood of water mud and rock then runs down the mountain up to
100 kilometers per hour.

7 Composite volcanoes can destroy forests bury cities and kill people.

8 Eruptions of shield volcanoes are usually nonexplosive, although the lava

can still damage roads homes and forests.

9 Volcanic mountains, including Mount Fuji Mount Rainier and Mauna Loa,
are some of the most beautiful mountains in the world.

Instructions:  Write your own sentence about volcanoes using a list of words or phrases in your sentence.
Be sure to place commas between the items in your list.
SKILL: COMMAS In a series

My Sentence:

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Instructions:  Choose a synonym and antonym for each word from the box below. Put a check mark in the
thesaurus box across from each word after you check your answers in a thesaurus.

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Synonym Word Antonym Thesaurus

small

quick

find

hard

quiet

destroy

SKILL: synonyms and antonyms

heavy

lose silent firm slow

light create large ruin

noisy fast discover tiny

soft weighty

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