Morphology
The suffix -ed means...
past tense
Name one book you know that is realistic fiction.
Miss Weaver will determine if the answer is correct.
True or false: A thesis can be one or two words.
No! It is a complete thought or idea.
Is the word "boxes" a noun, verb, or adjective?
Noun
How many sharp pencils should you have at the beginning of every day?
What word means to play again?
Replay
What is the "climax" of a story?
The most important part/turning point
The main idea of an essay is called the _______.
What two things does every proper sentence need? (not including capitals and punctuation!)
1. A subject (noun)
2. What the subject is doing (verb)
What two words are FORBIDDEN in writing class?
I'm done!
What is the suffix in the word reconstructing?
-ing
Define realistic fiction.
How many reasons should you have to support your main idea?
At least three
Correct the 5 errors in this sentence:
i love going to the park? It is the Best becuz it has so many activities to choose from
1. Capitalize the I
2. End with a period, not a question mark
3. The b in Best should not be capitalized
4. Becuz is spelled because
5. We need to end the sentence with either an exclamation point or period
Where did Miss Weaver's childhood best friend move away to?
California
What is a prefix?
An affix that comes before the root.
Show don't tell! Fix the sentence below so it SHOWS us how the character is feeling instead of telling us.
She was sad.
Many different responses may be correct.
How many examples TOTAL should you have in an essay? Think back to our ice cream piece!
Nine. (Three for each reason!)
There are a LOT of things that we need to capitalize! Name at least three things that always need a capital.
Possible answers:
-Months and days
-The pronoun I
-Names (people and places!)
-Titles
-Start of sentences
Name two of the many strategies you have to help you with spelling.
Possible answers may include using the word wall, sounding it out, using a dictionary, try your best and circle it, etc.
To throw
When we wrote our realistic fiction pieces we followed the five steps of the writing process:
1. Planning
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Publishing
In which stage did we wear different lenses to look at our pieces again and see where we needed to improve?
Revising
This word means to continue writing about the same topic or idea without stopping. We have been using some sentence prompts to help us do this.
Elaborate
Add quotation marks where they should go in the following passage:
Ella was walking to gym when she ran into Jalyn.
Hey, where have you been? Jalyn said.
I've been so sick for the past week! I'm so glad to be back Ella exclaimed. I've missed you a lot!
There are six areas we need quotation marks!
Ella was walking to gym when she ran into Jalyn.
"Hey, where have you been?" Jalyn said.
"I've been so sick for the past week! I'm so glad to be back" Ella exclaimed. "I've missed you a lot!"
Name at least four of the five times when you are absolutely allowed to interrupt Miss Weaver! :)
1. Blood
2. Bullying
3. Barfing
4. Emergency
5. Chocolate :)