Your family does not have to be specific to those within your immediate family, it can be anyone who cares about and loves you
What is the 'life lesson' in Block Party?
100
Prewriting
When a writer is going over possible topics for their writing, they are in what stage of the writing process?
100
What mark is missing in the following sentence and where "Southeast Polk High School the home of the Rams is located in Pleasant Hill."
Southeast Polk High School, the home of the Rams, is located in Pleasant Hill.
100
Topic Sentence
Example
Explain Example
Relevancy
What does T.E.E.R. stand for?
200
Dialogue
What writing technique does the author use in the following excerpt?
Mom frowned, "You can't shoot that cannon off in my house."
"It's just a twenty-two." Father tugged a box of cartridges out of his jacket pockets, "Let's go, boys."
200
Not everyone is good at everything--Everyone needs to find something that they themselves are good at and enjoy doing
What is the 'life lesson' of The Great Rat Hunt?
200
Editing
When a student is checking their paper for errors in capitalization, punctuation, etc. they are in what stage of the writing process?
200
"After awhile, the boys went their separate ways in search of the missing puppy." 'After awhile' is an example of what type of phrase?
Transitional Phrase
200
The text
Where must your example in your T.E.E.R. paragraph come from?
300
A true story
What is nonfiction?
300
IDENTIFY--You identify with things around you that have an impact on making you who you are
What is the 'life lesson' of Wait Til Next Year?
300
Writing
When a writer utilizes their prewriting to complete the first draft of their story they are in what stage of the writing process?
300
An apostrophe s ('s) shows what?
Possession or Ownership
300
Author, Title, and Stance or Belief
What must be included in the Topic Sentence of a T.E.E.R. Paragraph? (3 things)
400
Specific Moment in Time
Emotion
1st person
Nonfiction
What are the 4 characteristics of memoir?
400
You learn a lot more than just how to do something when you are being taught something... In this story, the narrator learns a lot about her dad as a person and a flyer and she is taught how to fly
What is the 'life lesson' of Flying?
400
Revising
When a writer reads through their rough draft checking for and making major changes to any parts that may be confusing to the reader, they are in what stage of the writing process?
400
Choose the appropriate correction to the following excerpt:
"Henry Loo was a pharmacist and one of (1) Father's fishing buddies."
A. Fathers' fishing buddies
B. Fathers fishing buddies
C. Fathers, fishing buddies
D. Best As Is
D. Best As Is
400
The author's last name and the page number you found the quote on.
When including a direct quote from a piece of literature in your own writing you must follow the quote with?
500
A narrative explaining a specific happening in a person's life
What is a memoir?
500
Where can the 'life lesson' be found in a T.E.E.R. paragraph?
In the Relevancy statement
500
Of the options listed below, which would take an extended period of time?
A. Writing a rough draft
B. Brainstorming a list
C. Creating a web of ideas
D. Revising a memoir
D. Revising A Memoir (Remember to think of writing as a PROCESS)
500
This mark tells the reader to pause...
Dash
500
What is wrong with this quote taken from Block Party?
"the best block parties were the ones that happened for no reason at all" (Jewell Parker Rhodes)
"The best block parties were the ones that happened for no reason at all," (Rhodes 806).