4th Grade Writing
What is the best revision to make in this sentence?
"They have so much fun on vacation last summer."
"They had so much fun last summer."
-the sentence is past tense, so the word have needs to be changed to a past tense verb.
Example of a compound sentence.
A. She did not cheat on the test, for it was the wrong thing to do.
B. Sally went to the store
C. Tom cut hair from the nice, brown-haired, old man.
D. Ben played to the the park and then went home.
A. She did not cheat on the test, for it was the wrong thing to do.
It has two independent clauses:
She did not cheat on the test and it was the wrong thing to do.
They can both be their own sentences.
Choose the onomatopoeia:
A). Eat
B). Hop
C). Sizzle
D). Touch
C). Sizzle
Correct the verb in the sentence:
The bluebonnet usually appear in March or April.
The bluebonnet usually appears in March or April.
Where do you find the main idea of a paragraph?
At the beginning or the end of the paragraph
What is a verb?
A word describing an action.
What is the MAIN IDEA of the paragraph?
Before clocks were made, people kept track of time by other means. In ancient Egypt, people used a water clock. Water dripped slowly from one clay pot into another. People measured time according to how long it took one pot to empty and the other one to fill. Candle clocks were common during the Middle Ages. As such, when a candle burned, marks on its side showed how much time had passed. A final ancient way to measure time was the sundial, which used the movement of the sun across the sky. The shadows moving across the face of the sundial showed the current time.
Before clocks were made, people kept track by other means.
What is personification?
Giving non-living things humanlike qualities.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
I saw the cat climb a tree.
I
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
What is the topic? (one or two words)
The topic is West Beach
Correct the grammar mistakes in this sentence:
"they went to los patrones for dinner"
"They went to Los Patrones for dinner."
-Los Patrones is a proper noun.
-The beginning of the sentence should be capitalized.
-The end of the sentence should have a period
What is the problem, cause, and solution?
Sarah missed the bus. She did not hear her alarm that morning. Her mom had to take her to school.
Problem: Sarah missed the bus.
Cause: She did not hear her alarm that morning.
Solution: Her mom had to take her to school.
Choose the hyperbole.
A.) The kite soared like an eagle.
B.) Bang went the hammer.
C.) The sun shines like a diamond.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
Example of a verb.
A. Tom the barber.
B. Tom ran to the barbershop.
C. Tom cut hair from the brown-haired, old man.
B. Tom ran to the barbershop.
Ran is the verb.
Which sentence does not belong in this paragraph?
"Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The Galveston beach has white sand too. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages."
"The Galveston beach has white sand too."
How do you make this word plural
Penny
Change the y to an I and add es
PENNIES
Example of adjective:
A). Truck
B). Yellow
C). Dog
D). Running
B). Yellow
What form of figurative language is the following phrase?
It's raining cats and dogs.
A.) Personification
B.) Idiom
C.) Metaphor
D.) Simile
B.) Idiom
Example of conjunction.
A). Harry went to platform 9 3/4.
B). Ron did not see Harry at platform 9 3/4.
C). Harry went to platfrom 9 3/4, but Ron did not see him there.
C). Harry went to platform 9 3/4, but Ron did not see him there.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
"Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages."
The main idea is that summer is a wonderful time at West Beach.
How do you make this word past tense?
Buy
Bought
SUMMARIZE the paragraph using the 5 Ws:
Before clocks were made, people kept track of time by other means. In ancient Egypt, people used a water clock. Water dripped slowly from one clay pot into another. People measured time according to how long it took one pot to empty and the other one to fill. Candle clocks were common during the Middle Ages. As such, when a candle burned, marks on its side showed how much time had passed. A final ancient way to measure time was the sundial, which used the movement of the sun across the sky. The shadows moving across the face of the sundial showed the current time.
Who-
What-
When-
Where-
Why-
What is the difference between simile and metaphor?
Simile uses like or as and metaphor does not.
Find the adjectives in the sentence.
Sam went to the forest and cut down the three, big trees.
Three and big
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
What details support the central or main idea?
-It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand.
-The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it.
-Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide.
-This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
What should you include in an expository essay question about a nonfiction passage?
A hook, a thesis, reasons and details to back up your thesis, and evidence from the text.
What do the words compare and contrast mean?
Compare: What is the same/similar
Contrast: What is different
I have eaten
the plums
that were
in the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
1. What do we do before we read a poem?
2. What makes this a free verse poem?
1. Count stanzas, number the lines, circle any rhyming words.
2. The poem that does not rhyme or follow a specific pattern.
"Tom quickly cut the man's hair, so that he could eat his lunch."
1.Is this a compound or simple sentence?
2.What is the pronoun to replace the proper noun, Tom?
1. Compound because there are two independent clauses.
2. The pronoun to replace Tom is he.
"Basketball was invented in 1891 by a physical education instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts, by the name of James Naismith. Because of the terrible weather in winter, his physical education students were indoors rather than outdoors. They really did not like the idea of boring, repetitive exercises and preferred the excitement and challenge of a game. Naismith figured out a team sport that could be played indoors on a gymnasium floor, that involved a lot of running, that kept all team members involved, and that did not allow the tackling and physical contact of American-style football."
What is the main idea of this passage?
The origin of basketball