Grammar or Grandma
These two items must be in every sentence.
What are subjects and predicates?
This is the dog's name in The Only Road.
Who is Vida?
This is a personal story about yourself.
What is a narrative?
I love that spicy sausage!
What is chorizo?
She is your grade's fearless leader and never wears socks.
Who is Ms. Rainville-Collins?
It is used after an introductory phrase or clause.
What is a comma?
This is where the main characters in The Only Road originally come from.
What is Guatemala?
You write these after taking notes on a source.
What are thought prompts?
To send someone out of the country
What is deport?
He wears colorful ties and fun sneakers.
Who is Mr. Oates?
This is used to join two, closely related sentences together.
He sacrifices himself as a drug mule to keep his friends safe.
Who is Rafa?
This comes at the end of the writing process when you're done revising.
What is editing?
To become worse over time
What is deteriorate?
Born and raised in North Carolina, this teacher is a huge Mets fan.
Who is Ms. Loia?
What are conjunctions or FANBOYS?
She pretended to be a boy to stay safe.
Who is Joaquin?
These are notes you write when reading that show your own thinking. (Sticky notes...)
What are annotations?
Famous for something bad
What is notorious?
Outside of school, he tends to goats.
Who is Mr. Kerwin?
These are nouns that take the place of other nouns.
What is an appositive?
This is where Jaime's older brother lives and works in the U.S.
What is New Mexico?
Proper nouns, the first word in every sentence, and the word I.
What always need to be capitalized?
To talk, think or write about an enjoyable experience from the past
What is reminisce?
She taught English with me for 14 years before changing to another role within this school.
Who is Mrs. Barry?