Word Work
These are word parts that go at the end of words that change the meaning of words.
Which step in the writing process is when you check and correct for CUPS?
A. Rough Draft
B. Revising
C. Editing
What is C. Editing?
In Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole, the mouse and the mole work together to do three things. What three things do they work together on?
What are:
-cleaning their homes
-planting a garden
-rowing a boat
Which nonfiction text features can help you find information about a topic you're researching?
What are the Table of Contents and the Index?
Is the underlined word a noun, verb, or pronoun?
The lumpy chair was not very comfortable.
What is a noun?
This prefix means not.
What is un-?
What is:
-Revising is making your writing flow and sound better to the reader.
-Editing is making your writing easier to read because you include correct: capitalization, use of words, punctuation, and spelling.
In The Babe and I, a boy find out his dad has lost his job when he sees him doing what?
What is selling apples?
What do bold words alert you to do?
What is:
-look them up in the glossary
-reread the sentence with the bold words so you better understand the sentence
Spell this word in the past tense:
slip
What is slipped?
The suffix -er has two meanings. What are the two meanings?
What are:
-more of ______ (the base word)
-a person who ______ (does the base word)
What is: pour quoi tales include elements of fantasy like talking animals while realistic fiction does not?
In The Great Gracie Chase, Gracie is placed outside by whom?
Who are the painters?
Sequence the activities below:
A. I put the lid back on and put it back in the refrigerator.
B. I poured the milk.
C. I got the milk out of the refrigerator.
D. I got out a glass.
What is:
C. I got the milk out of the refrigerator.
D. I got out a glass.
B. I poured the milk.
A. I put the lid back on and put it back in the refrigerator.
Where do quotation marks belong in this sentence:
We won the game! yelled the team. Now we are in first place!
What is:
"We won the game!" yelled the team. "Now we are in first place!"
Which suffix means in the way of the base word?
What is -ly?
Explain the three main parts of the Hamburger Paragraph.
What is:
-Beginning or Introductory Sentence
-3-5 Detail Sentences
-Closing or Concluding Sentence?
In Pop's Bridge, what is Robert's friend's name?
What is Charlie?
What is:
-to inform?
He is a friend of mine. Billy is very kind.
What is:
-using the word he before using the boy's name
-pronouns are used after the noun to refer back to the noun -- not before the noun is first used.
Is this word spelled correctly? stuf
If not:
1. Spell it correctly
2. Explain the rule used to spell it correctly.
What is stuff?
What is the FLSZ Rule -- which means that a short vowel word or syllable that ends with one of the above sounds, must have two of that letter to close the word or syllable.
What are the two types of nonfiction writing and how are they different?
What are:
-expository - written to inform or give facts about a topic
-narrative - also informative but told more like a story
In Bink and Gollie, Gollie wants to go on an adventure, but Bink just wants to spend time with Gollie so keeps bothering Gollie. Gollie writes notes to Bink asking her to give her time to go on her adventure. One of the notes said, "I implore you, do not knock." What does implore mean?
What is beg?
In Charlotte's Web, Wilbur escapes his pen one day and runs all over the yard. Eventually, the hired helper lures Wilbur back to the pen with a pail of slops. What is the hired helper's name?
What is Lurvy?
Which word correctly completes the sentence below?
Mrs. Harkness' class read 100 books. They did it ___________.
A. Ourselves
B. Themselves
C. Myself
What is B. Themselves?