ELA 1
What part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea?
Nouns
What is the first sentence of your introduction called?
Hook/Lead
What are the three different parts of a narrative?
Beginning, Middle, and End
What kind of words do you need to start each body paragraph with?
Transition words
What do you always have to do at the beginning of a sentence?
Capitalize!!!
I describe verbs!
Bonus: What suffix do I usually end with?
adverbs
-ly
What comes after your hook?
Topic
What are the people called in a story?
characters
What does extended response mean on the Milestones?
Bonus: How long does it need to be?
What type of sentence is the following:
I went to the park, and I saw lots of pretty birds.
Compound
I describe nouns.
adjectives
What comes after a subtopic in a body paragraph?
Examples and Details/Thoughts!
When/Where a story takes place
setting
What comes last in a conclusion paragraph?
Call to action!
What does this idiom mean?
The director told the actors to "break a leg" before the performance.
It means to do your best or good luck!
I tell where something is...or its position!
(Anything a mouse can do to a table)
prepositions
What do you end your conclusion with?
A Question!
What point of view would it be if the narrator is inside the story, and what kind of pronouns would they use?
1st person point of view
I, Me, My, Myself, We, Us, Our, etc.
What comes after your hook?
Opinion/Topic
What goes at the end of a question?
?
I am something you can do or be
verbs
What's wrong with the following sentence?:
"I'm gonna tell you all about magazines."
It's not a conversation!!!
What is a summary?
when you explain the main points of a story, without tiny details
How many body paragraphs do you need?
2-3
What kind of figurative language is being used here?
The skinny trees were swaying in the wind.
imagery
What are the three articles?
a, an, and the
What comes first in your conclusion paragraph?
Restate your topic.
What genre did not really happen?
fiction
What do you do if you get finished with your essay, but still have time left on the test?
Go back to revise and edit
What punctuation marks are missing the following sentence?
Shelly sells pencils erasers and markers in the school store.
Bonus: Where should they go?
Commas
What do conjunctions do?
Bonus: What kind do you find in compound sentences? What kind do you find in complex?
Hook up words, phrase, and clauses
Which subtopic should go in body 1?
body 2?
body 3?
First one: your medium one
Second one: your weakest
Second one: your BEST
What kind of fiction could have happened.
realistic fiction
When working on your essay, what should we see on your scratch paper?
Your outline! Write down what you need to have in each paragraph!
Who/what is the subject of the following sentence?:
I love to read.
I
What is the difference between a proper and common noun?
Proper: Specific and must be capitalized
Common: Any person, place, thing, or idea
After writing about 3-5 sentences of my essay, what should I stop and do?
Read through them, making sure I'm on topic and check quickly for mistakes.
When I see the extended response prompt, what two things do I need to look for?
1. What type of essay do they want me to write?
2. The main idea/topic that they want me to write about!
How many sentences are in a paragraph?
3-5
What is the predicate of this sentence?
I love to read.
love to read.