Cause and Effect
To understand cause and effect, we must know that the first thing to happen is the __________.
cause
Is this a sentence or a sentence fragment?
Billy woke up late.
Sentence fragment
A biography is the story of another person's life, but an auto biography is ...
the story of our own life
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dog
dogs
This classmate was only here for part of the session. Can you remember his name?
Charlie
What is the cause?
I was sick, so I stayed home.
I was sick
Is this a sentence or a fragment?
When he finished working on his homework project.
Fragment
When we look at a story mountain, we see a series of conflicts going upwards towards the climax. We call this series of conflicts the rising _____
action
spell the plural of -
fox
foxes
This classmate is in fourth grade, but he went to kindergarten in America. He plays flag football and often joined us from a car or a restaurant or a hotel.
Ricky
What is the cause?
We ran out of gas because my dad forgot to fill the tank.
my dad forgot to fill the tank
Is this a compound sentence?
I saw Billy; he was running to school.
Yes
To make a story seem real, we include details that include things we see, touch, feel, smell and hear. We call these details...
sensory details
sensational details
sensory details
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deer
deer
This classmate talked about going to the library and checking out The Space Detective. The student's mom speaks English. Also, this student always has a calendar nearby! The last piece of writing this student did had at least 7 body paragraphsQ
Bella
True or False - This sentence shows cause and effect.
First it rained; then I ate breakfast.
False
I this a compound sentence?
Mary ran the mile, her friend also ran.
No. It is a run-on.
What do we call the marks that enclose what people say?
EXAMPLE: "Let's go home," Mary said.
Quotation marks
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ash
ashes
This guy is kind of like a classmate, but he isn't exactly a classmate. He talks a lot and seems to know a lot about writing. he lives in a little town in the US and teaches in a very small school where he only has 7 kids in his class. Who is this person?
Mr. Hawley
Does this old saying show cause and effect?
Practice makes perfect.
Yes
cause: practice
effect: perfection
How could you combine these two sentences into one compound sentence?
Bill likes cake. Tim prefers cookies.
Various answers
Bill likes cake, but Tim prefers cookies.
Bill likes cake; Tim prefers cookies
Another word for conversation is ...
Didactic
Dialogue
Diatribe
Dialogue
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person
people
This classmate likes to play football (soccer), and talked about playing against big kids. He also recently made snowmen with his father. Way back in November he talked about going to a haunted house that hats bats flying around.
Chase