Language Sentences
What are the two parts of every sentence?
Subject + Predicate (or naming part + telling part)
Is it a subject or object pronoun? THEM
object pronoun
Which Storytown vocabulary word means "a flat, solid sheet"?
board
What is the difference between an author and an illustrator?
An author writes the story, and an illustrator draws the pictures for the story.
You can call a person by their first name in a biography: True or False?
False (Only use their full (first + last) name OR just their last name!)
Give an example of a negative statement (sentence).
EX: I didn't do my homework today. (Must have "NOT" somewhere in the sentence.)
Give an example of a possessive noun.
EX: her, mother's, my, Bobby's
Which Storytown vocabulary word means "describing something that costs a lot of money"?
expensive
What does "setting" mean?
the place and time a story happens or takes place (or when and where)
Give an example of a detail that a biography can show.
EX: name, place, date, age, etc.
Give an example of a closed-ended question.
EX: Do you like mint chocolate chip ice cream? ("Yes" or "no" questions only)
Change ALL the nouns into pronouns: My friend Bo and I ate strawberries.
We ate them.
Which Storytown vocabulary word means "an action like running, swimming, or riding a bike"?
exercise
Which genre means "a true story"?
nonfiction
Tell one similarity and one difference between a biography and an autobiography.
Similarity: They both tell the story of a person's life.
Difference: An autobiography is written about the AUTHOR's life, but a biography is written about a different person's life.
Tell if this is a compound subject, compound predicate, or a compound sentence: "I painted and drew pictures all afternoon on my day off."
Compound predicate (two actions/verbs but one subject)
Fix all the proper nouns in this sentence:
Hi, I'm lily, and I attend mijin elementary school, located in seoul, south korea.
Hi, I'm Lily, and I attend Mijin Elementary School, located in Seoul, South Korea.
What part of speech (kind of word: noun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, number) is the word "prove"?
verb
Tell 3 things that all paragraphs need.
Accept any 3 of these answers: an indent at the beginning (TAB), topic sentence, ending sentence, details, title...
Why does your biography report have 4 different paragraphs? What is each one about?
1. To tell about the person's early life or childhood
2. To tell about the person's first job and education
3. To tell about the person's main work or job
4. To tell about the person' death and importance later on
Turn these two simple sentences into ONE compound sentence: "I ran to the bus stop. I could not catch my school bus."
I ran to the bus stop, but I could not catch my school bus.
Give an example of a compound noun and tell what it means.
EX: doghouse = a house for a dog
Tell the definition (meaning) of "through."
to go into one side and out of the other side
What do "compare" and "contrast" mean?
Compare: to tell how two things are the same
Contrast: to tell how two things are different
What information does a Works Cited page have?
Where you got your information from -- the source or text or website you used.