Vocabulary
What’s a better word for “big”?
Huge, enormous, gigantic
What is a complete sentence?
A group of words with a subject and verb that makes sense
What punctuation ends a question?
A question mark (?)
TELL: She was sad. SHOW it.
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she stared at the floor.
What is a paragraph?
A group of sentences about one idea
What does “describe” mean?
To give details about how something looks, feels, or works
Fix this sentence: “she go to school.”
She goes to school.
What punctuation goes inside dialogue?
Quotation marks (“ ”)
TELL: He was excited. SHOW it.
He jumped up and down and couldn’t stop smiling.
What is a topic sentence?
The first sentence that tells what the paragraph is about
What’s a synonym for “scared”?
Frightened, terrified, nervous
What’s the difference between a sentence and a fragment?
A sentence is complete; a fragment is missing something
What’s missing? She ran down the hall
A period at the end
Why do writers “show” instead of just “tell”?
It makes the writing more interesting and detailed.
What is dialogue?
When characters speak in a story
What’s an adjective? Give an example.
A word that describes a noun (e.g., dark, happy)
Combine: “It was dark.” “I heard a sound.”
It was dark, and I heard a sound.
Add the correct punctuation: “Wait” he said
“Wait,” he said.
Rewrite: He was scared of the sound.
He froze, eyes wide, as the floor creaked under his feet.
What is a narrative?
A story about something that happened
What does the word “mysterious” mean?
Strange, secret, or hard to explain
Make this sentence more interesting: “The man walked.”
The tired man limped slowly through the fog.
Add punctuation: I found it but it was too late
I found it, but it was too late.
Rewrite: She was angry. Use body language.
Her fists clenched and her face turned red as she shouted.
What is a rough draft?
A first version of writing that can be improved later