Nouns
Supporting / Topic Sentences
Plot Elements
Theme from class stories
Format
100
This type of noun is used when you are talking about something there is only one of.
What is a singular noun?
100
This type of sentence introduces the main idea of your paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
100
The people in the story
What are characters?
100
You must build things well in order to be safe.
What is a theme from the three little pigs?
100
That is the space at the beginning of the first sentence in the paragraph.
What is indenting?
200
This type of noun is used when you have more than one of something?
What is a plural noun?
200
This kind of sentence provides extra information about the main idea of your paragraph.
What is a supporting sentence?
200
The place and time the story happens
What is setting?
200
Lying to others
What is a theme from "The Boy Who Cried Wolf?"
200
That is the empty space between the side of the paper and the words in your paragraph.
What is the border?
300
This type of noun is used for general people, places, or things. It is only capitalized (uppercase) at the beginning of a sentence.
What is a common noun?
300
An example of that kind of sentence is: "Exercise is a very important habit for several reasons."
What is an example of a topic sentence?
300
The main events of the story.
What is plot?
300
Appearance is not as important as what's inside your heart.
What is a theme from "The Night Moth With the Crooked Wing"?
300
That is the type of spacing you should use when writing a paragraph on the computer or in your notebook.
What is double spacing?
400
This type of noun is always written with it's first letter capitalized (in uppercase). It is the name of a specific person, place, or thing.
What is a proper noun?
400
An example of that kind of sentence is: "One reason that exercise is very important is that exercise can make your mood better."
What is an example of a supporting sentence?
400
The main problem in the story which the characters must solve.
What is conflict?
400
Your reputation is very important.
What is a theme from "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"?
400
That is the word for the name you give your paragraph.
What is title?
500
Identify each noun in these sentences as proper or common and single or plural: Mr. Maizels has two cats whose names are Naonao and Tiantian. His two cats live with him in Shanghai, China, and have soft fur, and sharp claws. They like to eat cat food, but do not like to eat raw meat or most vegetables.
Mr. Maizels - proper, singular cats - common, plural names - common, singular Naonao, Tiantian - proper, singular Shanghai, China - proper, singular fur - common, singular, non-count claws - common, plural cat food - common, singular meat - common, singular vegetables - common, singular
500
Those are the two parts of a topic sentence.
What are topic and controlling idea?
500
Those are the good and bad guy in the story.
What are the protagonist and antagonist?
500
The way that people's minds can change.
What is a theme from "The Night Moth With the Crooked Wing"?
500
Write a definition and example sentence for the word "bark" in exactly the way Mr. Maizels asked you to.
1. bark Definition - The outer part of a tree. Example - The tree's bark was very hard and rough.
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