Classification Essays
A good way to start any essay is with a statement at the very beginning that will grab your reader's attention. what do we call this attention-grabbing sentence?
Hook
When writing a personal narrative we are writing...
A) a research paper on a topic we find interesting
B) a story about something that happened to us
c) a book report about a book we enjoyed
B) a story about something that happened to us
Which word is correct?
Yesterday, I (make, made) an important decision.
Made
A character analysis essay focuses mainly on
A) the plot of a book
B) all the characters in a book
c) one particular character in a book
c) one particular character in a book
This classmate wrote about planning a trip to Thailand. She also told us that she likes to play with her friends online.
Daisy
Name the three members of this class. Can you give a fact about each one?
Rachel, Daisy, Philip
To write a five paragraph classification essay, we need to break an idea into parts. How many parts do we need in order to write a five paragraph essay? (Hint: count only the body paragraphs, not the introduction or the conclusion. How many body paragraphs do we need in between?
Three
When writing a personal narrative, we describe the setting. What do we mean by the word setting?
A) Where the story happens
B) When the story happens
C) Both A and B
C) Both A and B
Mary is the noun in this sentence. Which word is the pronoun?
Mary said that she was tired.
she
We warmed up for a writing character analysis by interviewing each other and predicting how others would answer. Many of our predictions were correct because things we know about ourselves, we often see in others. What do we call this?
A) Projection
B) Selection
A) Projection
This classmate joined us in session 4. He told about taking a photography class in school and reading a book called Journey to the West
Daniel
This classmate told about practicing for a Chinese test by using Kahoot. She was also sick during one of our sessions. She missed school that day, but showed up for us! I hope she caught up on her sleep after that.
Daisy
When we are writing our essays, it's a good idea to help our readers understand the order of our ideas. We can use words like first, next, and after that. These words are called ___________ words.
A) transition
b) translation
A) transition
A personal narrative needs three parts: a beginning, a ______________, and an end.
middle
Which pronoun is correct in this sentence?
John told (we, us) about his vacation.
us
We need three body paragraphs for a five paragraph essay. One way to get started with a character analysis essay is to use Body Paragraph 1 to ___
A) Give a summary of the book
B) Explain the purpose of your essay.
A) Give a summary of the book
This classmate likes to play dodgeball, and even makes strategies to help her team win. For example, she might use secret signals like sticking her tongue out.
Rachel
Call him Mr. Talks-a-Lot. Or maybe Mr. Needs-To-Improve-His-Writing-Because-It's Almost-Impossible-To-Read"!
Mr. Hawley
When writing paragraphs we start with a main idea sentence. The remaining sentences must relate to the main idea. What do we call these sentences?
A) details
B) detainers
A) details
When writing personal narratives, we keep the story moving forward by writing about problems. Another word for problems is...
A) Contents
B) Conflicts
C) Condors
Conflicts
Which adjective is correct?
This Chinese book is (harder, hardest) to read than that English book.
harder
When writing a character analysis we should try to show ____
A) the setting of the book
B) how the character changed between the beginning and the end of the book; or maybe a lesson the character learned.
B) how the character changed between the beginning and the end of the book; or maybe a lesson the character learned.
Although he's not exactly a classmate, this person showed up to every class, enjoyed conversing with students, listening to them read and giving some tips on better writing.
Mr. Hawley
This classmate told about how she and her friend Selena had put their homework in Mr. Roy's basket, but then the homework had disappeared. Maybe, she thought, Neal did it. He's kind of a bully!
Rachel
It's always a good idea to read through our essay before turning it in. We can easily correct small mistakes like spelling errors or missing punctuation. When we make these small changes it's called ___
A) Editing
B) Revising
A) Editing
A) Sensory words
B) Sentimental words.
A) Sensory words.
Which word is correct?
We waited for the (warmer, warmest) day to go swimming.
warmest
When writing the conclusion of our essay, we should repeat the essay's main idea sentence (but we should change the wording). Where do we find the essay's main idea sentence?
A) In the introduction
B) In one of the body paragraphs.
A) In the introduction
This classmate told us about favorite sports: football, badminton, tennis, and basketball. You can see the sports are divided equally between sports that use a racquet, and those that use only a ball.
Daniel
Here's a tough one! This classmate came to class only once. She told us that she'd taken a class from me in January. What was her name?
Twilight