Dress-ups
This dress-up modifies a verb or adjective and tells how or when something is done.
What is an -ly adverb?
Tell us what paragraphs should begin with?
What is topic sentence?
Identify the type of dress-up that is missing below. Fill in the blank with a correct dress-up.
My brother __________ ran to our neighbor's house to get help because he was locked out of our house.
IE: quickly; excitedly; hurriedly
to bite or chew on persistently
What is gnaw?
Where should your title come from?
Two or three keywords from the final sentence of your essay/conclusion.
This dress-up is a clause that provides description or additional information.
What is a who/which clause?
Tell us how to indicate a dress-up versus a vocabulary word in your composition.
Dress up = underline or bold
Vocabulary - (voc) in margin or bold
If you take a who/which clause out of a sentence, what should be left?
A complete sentence.
without delay
What is immediately?
Where does your name and date go on the final draft?
On the upper left-hand side of the paper.
Without looking at your notes, what are the four dress-ups we use in IEW?
1) -ly adverb, 2) who/which clause, 3) strong verb, 4) because clause
Give the rule for the title of a composition
The title should be centered and repeat 1-3 key words from the final sentence of the composition.
Improve this sentence by adding a because clause.
Theseus became a hero.
Teacher must approve answer.
attached securely in place
What is fastened?
What three mechanics should you always check for before submitting your final draft?
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Identify the banned word. Improve this sentence by changing the banned word.
Soldiers went into the city to destroy it.
went
marched; stormed; raced, etc
Identify what paragraphs 1-3 are in retelling narratives
Paragraph 1 = characters & setting
Paragraph 2 = conflict or problem
Paragraph 3 = climax & resolution
Identify the banned verb. Improve this sentence by adding a strong verb.
Icarus went toward the sun because he did not heed his father's instruction.
Teacher must approve sentence.
Strong verb to replace "went" = soared; ventured; climbed
came or went after
What is followed?
Are these titles correct?
A Tale of Two Cities
The balloon boy of San Francisco
yes - A Tale of Two Cities
no - The Balloon Boy of San Francisco
Name three banned words and give a substitute for each.
Go, went, come, say, said, see, saw, etc
Fix the following sentence:
My teacher, who works hard to help us.
Answer should complete the sentence
Identify the banned words. Improve the sentence by replacing them with the appropriate dress-ups.
Damon and Pythias said that they were friends for life and would go to the ends of the earth for each other.
Said and go are banned words.
Teacher must approve sentence.
to fill a person with an exalting feeling or thought
What is inspire?
In a who/which clause, when do you use who and when do you use which?
Who refers to people
Which refers to things