5th Grade
STAAR writing
STAAR writing
What do you do before submitting your work?
Revise and edit
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
Find the noun.
A.) run
B.) Shelly
C.) blue
D.) shiny
B.) Shelly
What is a simile?
Comparison using like or as
Example of a noun.
A. Tom the barber.
B. Tom ran to the barbershop.
C. Tom cut hair from the brown-haired, old man.
A. Tom the barber.
Tom is a proper noun.
Barber is a thing.
What is a Personal Narrative?
You are the main character in this true story
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing.
What is the problem and solution?
Sarah missed the bus. Her mom had to take her to school.
Problem: Sarah missed the bus.
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.
How can you come up with story ideas?
Brainstorm
How many sentences are in one paragraph?
at minimum of 4
What do the words compare and contrast mean?
Compare: What is the same/similar
Contrast: What is different
What is does a metaphor do?
compare 2 things that are not alike
What is the adverb in the sentence?
Tom quickly cut the man's hair, so that he could eat his lunch.
Quickly
What are 4 ways that you can start a Personal Narrative to hook the reader?
Sound
Action
Dialogue
Question
What must you do at the beginning of every new paragraph?
Indent
Choose the Alliteration:
A). Yellow Yoyos Are Cool.
B). Darcy Duck Took Debbie Deviled Eggs.
C). Peter Panda Passed Perry the Platypus Yesterday.
D). Allie Alligator Ate Apples Alongside Andy.
D). Allie Alligator Ate Apples Along with Andy.
What is the difference between simile and metaphor?
Simile uses like or as and metaphor does not.
Find the adjectives in the sentence.
Sam cut down the three, big trees.
Three and big
What is the first step in writing our retellings?
Make an outline
What is a verb?
A word describing an action.
Choose the onomatopoeia:
A). Eat
B). Hop
C). Sizzle
D). Touch
C). Sizzle
What is personification?
Giving non-living things humanlike qualities.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
I saw the cat climb a tree.
I
Every sentence should end with?
Punctuation: . ? !
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.