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
B) a story
c) a book report
A story
Which word is correct?
Yesterday, I (make, made) an important decision.
Made
Name the other members of this class.
Answers will vary.
This classmate ran in a 400mM run, and he can sprint quickly, too. He enjoyed water play and ice cream on Children's Day
William
Edit this sentence to make it sound better.
Tim doesn't have no money.
Tim doesn't have any money.
or
Tim has no money.
To write a five paragraph essay, we need an introduction at the beginning and a conclusion at the end. 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?
Where (and when) the story happens.
Which word is the pronoun in this sentence?
Mary said that she was tired.
she
This classmate likes doing crafts, and was very happy with the results of the Cambridge test. A summer vacation in Thailand and Korea is planned! Maybe she'll be able to enjoy some table tennis there.
Ruyi
This classmate talked about going to the zoo during this term. Then he wrote a personal narrative about a problem at the zoo. His cousin Tom kept tapping the glass on the cages.
Philip
When we are done writing our essay, we must check it over. We might decide to move the body paragraphs into a different order. We also might delete some complete sentences.
We call these big changes
A) Revisions
b) Edits
Revisions
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
This classmate has a brother named Irvin and a sister named Eva. Sometimes they join in the class for a little while.
Evan
This classmate is a Harry Potter specialist. One time, he joined the class from his grandmother's house. Let's hope he remembered to bring one of his Harry Potter books to entertain him during his trip!
Evan
When the teacher returns our essays, we see red ink marks that indicate misspelled words, and even some periods and question marks that we forgot to put in. This wouldn't have happened if we'd done a better job of...
A) revising
B) editing
Editing
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
This classmate likes to play hockey, and he's fast in the 50 meter sprint.
Philip
This classmate enjoyed an art festival this term, and she recited in a competition - and wore make-up, too.
Ruyi
TRUE or FALSE
We should never add new information into our essay when writing the conclusion paragraph
True
We can make our narratives much more life-like if we use words that show things we can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste. We call these words...
A) sensory words
B) sentimental words.
Sensory words.
Which word is correct?
We waited for the (warmer, warmest) day to go swimming.
warmest
This classmate looked forward to math activities day, and planned to wear red, his lucky color. He wrote about the Lorax, and he mentioned that he doesn't like flies.
William
Although he's not exactly a classmate, this person showed up to every class, enjoyed listening to others speak and read and gave some tips on better writing.
Mr. Hawley