Parts of Speech
What is a verb?
An action word.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
Ms. Long drove to the store.
Ms. Long DROVE to the store.
What day of the week is Halloween this year?
What is the definition of Point of View?
What the author thinks about a topic, that is shaped by his or her own experiences and learning.
Police brutality and how police should wear body cameras.
The topic.
What is an adjective?
A describing word.
Identify the adjectives in this sentence:
Mr. O has a beautiful and friendly angelfish that eats flakes.
Mr. O has a BEAUTIFUL and FRIENDLY goldfish that eats flakes.
What is another name for a carved pumpkin?
Jack-O-Lantern
What is a claim?
The argument you are making about the topic and the solution you recommend. The main point you are trying to prove in your writing.
"Even though some people say that body camera footage will still be questioned in court..."
Counterclaim
A word used to connect clauses, phrases, or sentences.
Link the two sentences with a conjunction:
Mr. M grew up in the mountains.
He now lives in Washington DC.
BUT / AND / HOWEVER(+200)
Mr. M grew up in the mountains but now he lives in DC.
If there are 42 students in middle school, and each student gets 1.5 lbs of candy, how many lbs of candy did the entire middle school collect?
lbs = pounds
63 lbs
What is the definition of evidence?
Specific facts, quotes, details from reliable sources that support your claim and reason.
Claim
What is an interjection?
An abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.
What part of speech italicized?
I ate a buffalo wings, and a buffalo steak in Buffalo, New York.
Pronoun
Buffalo, New York.
What was Mr.M's favorite costume as a kid?
A Pirate
What is the definition of a counterclaim?
A reason the other side may give to prove your claim wrong.
The author is scared because he is a young black teen and he sees police on the news killing and abusing black people.
This is an example of....
Point of View
Define noun. There are 4 things a NOUN can be, give an example for each.
Definition: A person, place, thing, or idea.
Name a person:
Name a place:
Name a thing:
Name and idea:
Fill in the blank with a interjection:
______, you smell like cereal milk.
Yum/Eww/Hey/Awe/Blegh
What is Mr. O's favorite candy?
Peanut M&M's
What is a rebuttal?
Reasons and evidence to prove the counterclaim wrong.
"I think if police officers wear body cameras, it will make a difference in the way police officers treat people, as it will show evidence and allow for justice to be served to those hurt or killed by police brutality."
Rebuttal