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100
What kind of evidence could you find to solve a crime?
Answers may vary. (ex: DNA, hair, fingerprints, etc)
100
What were people doing to pollute the wetland at Catalpa Creek?
Ex: littering, throwing trash in the water, etc
100
Which verb is the main/action verb in the sentence below? We are going to school early today.
going
100
Say a word with the suffix -ly. What is the root word?
Answers may vary. ex: quickly (root word = quick)
100
How many paragraphs should your persuasive writing be?
4
200
What might you uncover if you're digging in the ground?
Answers may vary. (ex: remains, fossils, bones)
200
What kind of project do the students have to do in "Mark's Idea"?
Ex: a project showing how to recycle
200
What is the helping verb in the sentence? What is the main/action verb? Kenny usually does not like vegetables.
Helping: does main: like
200
What are the proper articles to use in the sentence below? ___ girl that I know is eating __ orange.
A, an
200
What is the purpose of persuasive writing?
ex: To convince someone to change their mind
300
Give an example of a global problem.
Answers may vary. (ex: pollution)
300
Why did the students get upset in the lunchroom in Mark's Idea?
ex: The students were not recycling properly.
300
Give an example of a sentence with the verb "to be"
answers may vary
300
Is silly a word with the suffix -ly? Why or why not?
No, it can only be a suffix if you add -ly to a root word, and sil is not a root word.
300
How many reasons and examples should you have in your writing?
2 reasons with 3 examples each.
400
Name some things you can recycle.
Answers may vary. (ex: paper, bottles, cartons, plastic)
400
What evidence showed that mammoths were plant eaters (herbivores)?
ex: trunks used to get tree leaves, flat teeth for grinding plants
400
What is the correct "be" verb in the sentence: He ____ on the school's swim team.
was or is
400
Name a comparing adjective that you would have to put the word "most" in front of
answers may vary: ex: most expensive
400
What kind of statement do you need to have in your writing
opinion
500
What might you need to prove that something was true? (use at least one vocabulary word)
ex: evidence or clues
500
What evidence did scientists find that showed dinosaurs could live in cold places?
ex: They found dinosaur footprints near the North Pole, and other fossils near the South Pole. They also found Fossils in many other cold places.
500
Give an example of a sentence with a helping verb.
answers may vary
500
Name a comparing adjective that you would have to put "iest" at the end.
Answers may vary. ex: funniest
500
What types of sentences do you need at the end of the first and last paragraph of your persuasive writing?
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