Parts of Speech
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
I like chocolate and vanilla ice cream.
What is correct?
TEE stands for
What is Topic, Evidence, Evaluation?
synonym for CLAIM
What is a thesis?
why we celebrate Thanksgiving
Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive by showing them how to farm and live in the northeastern climate.
a word that is an action or tells tense
What is a verb?
Gary Soto is a popular author, and he has sold over a million books.
What is correct?
CER stands for
What is Claim, Evidence, Reasoning?
synonym for EXPLANATION
What is reasoning?
One part of your body you cannot kiss (school appropriate)
What is your elbow?
a word that connects ideas
What is a conjunction
Your body is made up of about 65 percent water, ______ it is important to drink water every day. for/so
What is so?
Most essays have this many paragraphs
What is 5?
synonym for pay attention
What is focus, concentrate?
where maple syrup comes from
a tree
FANBOYS
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
Children in first grade learn to read, ________ reading is the most important skill. and/for
What is for?
What are the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion?
synonym for stops (example: Screen time stops you from paying attention.)
What is distracts, precludes, interrupts, detracts from, diverts,
Signs of the Zodiac
Constellations (star formations) - one for each month according to how the earth moves
A sentence must have two of these in order to need a comma before the FANBOYS conjunction.
What is a subject?
Many people died in the Holocaust, ________ there are hundreds of stories about heroic actions. yet/and
What is yet?
Three types of hooks
What are: background information, unusual detail, strong or shocking statement, quotation, anecdote, description? We do not start with a question.
synonym for screens
What is device/digital device?
We usually have 3 body paragraphs...why 3?
Three is a recurring number that our brains like: Father/ Son/Holy Spirit, triangles in pyramids, and architecture/art, etc.