End of Year Review :)

Grammar

100

What kind of punctuation does this sentence need?

I am so excited for summer break

Exclamation point

I am so excited for summer break!

200

What kind of punctuation does this sentence need?

I want to travel out of the country but I don't have a passport.

Comma

I want to travel out of the country, but I don't have a passport.

300

Fill in the blank with in, at, or on.

School starts ___ 8:25am every morning. 

At

School starts at 8:25am every morning. 

400

Fill in the blank with in, at, or on.

We have finals ___ May. 

In

We have finals in May.

500

Fill in the blank with in, at, or on.

___ Saturday, I am going to the bookstore.

On

On Saturday, I am going to the bookstore.

Vocabulary

100

The lesson or moral of a story

Theme

200

The main feeling or emotion

Mood

300

To break down in parts that are easier to understand

Analyze

400

Guess with evidence

Infer

500

Compare and contrast

Compare - tell all the ways something is the same

Contrast - tell all the ways something is different

Parts of Speech

100

Names a person, place, thing, or idea

Noun

200

Shows action or a state of being

Verb

300

Describes a noun

Adjectives

400

Names a special person, place, or thing 

Proper Nouns

500

Shows how a noun or pronoun is related to another word in a sentence

Prepositions

Essay

100

What is an expository essay?

An essay that explains something

200

A thesis statement is...

The main argument or point of your essay

300

Body paragraphs should include what 2 things?

The reasons you are writing with examples

400

There should be ___ paragraphs in your essay. 

4

500

However, In addition, Furthermore, Additionally

These are all examples of what?

Transition words

STAAR

100

What does it mean to revise?

Re-do, re-look, make changes

200

What does it mean to edit?

Correct, check, improve, modify, rewrite

300

What are the four steps you should check when you REVISE?

Add sentences or words, Remove sentence or words you don't need, Move words around in the sentence, Substitute words or sentences for new ones

400

What are the four steps you should check when you EDIT?

Capitalize, Use of nouns and verbs, Punctuation, Spelling

500

How would you REVISE & EDIT this sentence?

ms. crolley went to the booksture ms. crolley bawt a book about orchids she is really excited to learn more about flawors 

Ms. Crolley went to the bookstore and bought a book about orchids. She is excited to learn more about flowers!