Vocabulary
My little sister ____________ at me when I ate her cookie.
a. intimidated
b. subdued
c. scowled
d. sulked
c. scowled
Identify the pronouns and their antecedents in the sentence.
Charlotte made Tomas happy because she asked him to help her.
she, her (Charlotte)
him (Tomas)
Choose the correct spelling.
a. corse
b. course
c. kourse
d. koarse
b. course
Years ago mothers couldn't always watch the tiny children who were just learning to walk. They tied a big soft pillow around the child's middle. This was called a "pudding." No matter how often the baby fell, he couldn't get hurt. You can infer that:
a. mothers had a lot to do
b. mothers did not like their children
c. many children never learned to walk
d. children were really clumsy
a. mothers had a lot to do.
Another word for writing a story is a ________.
Narrative
He ___________ a plan to get out of going to school.
a. distress
b. devised
c. destiny
d. disheveled
b. devised
Choose the correct word(s) in parentheses.
Do you know if (there, their, they're) going to be at the rink (to, two, too)?
they're, too
Choose the correct spelling for blank in the sentence.
Is it ______________ for me to start now?
a. aloud
b. allowed
c. alowed
d. alod
b. allowed
For years scientist have wanted to know the spider's secret. The threads of spider webs are so tiny, yet so strong. How can these threads be so strong? Now scientists have found out. The inside of the spider's thread is soft. It helps the web stretch without breaking. The outside of the web is hard and strong. This paragraph mainly tells:
a. who makes strong thread
b. how a spider makes strong thread
c. how scientists make strong thread
d. why spiders spin webs
b. how spiders make strong thread
A story has 3 parts. What are they?
Beginning, Middle, End
The ____________ dog barked at the cat who stole its food.
a. furious
b. tyrant
c. secure
d. occasionally
a. furious
Change the sentence to have a possessive noun.
The horses belonging to the farmer galloped away.
The farmer's horses galloped away.
Choose the corrected spelling.
a. escaped
b. ecsaped
c. ecscaped
d. esscaped
a. escaped
A type of text that provides facts about many different topics. They are meant to “inform” the reader.
informational text
What is dialogue?
When two or more characters speak to each other.
The scary _____________ of the car accident ____________ me and it was hard to drive again.
a. foreboding/episode
b. episode/intimidated
c. intimidated/foreboding
d. intimidated/episode
b. episode/intimidated
Identify the demonstrative pronoun.
We forgot to bring those hard hats.
those
Choose the correct spelling for the blank in the sentence.
My teacher wrote my name on the _________.
a. bored
b. boord
c. bourd
d. board
d. board
Scrabble is a game that provides hours of challenging fun for you and your friends. In this game you use your letters to build new words from words already on the game board. Scrabble is a fun way to learn new words and meanings.
What is the main idea of the passage?
Scrabble is a good game for building vocabulary.
When writing a narrative, what 4 things must be included?
Setting, characters, plot, and theme
It was my _____________ to go on this grand ___________.
a. mortal/rebellion
b. rebellion/destiny
c. odyssey/mortal
d. destiny/odyssey
d. destiny/rebellion
Choose the correct word in parentheses.
We're going (to, too, two) the ice-skating rink, it would be great if you came (to, too, two).
to, too
Choose the correct spelling for the blank in the sentence.
The king's ____________ lasted 10 years.
a. rain
b. riegn
c. reign
d. rian
c. reign
During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner’s baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn’t say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner’s face. “Did you tag the runner?” she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision.
What is the theme?
It pays to be honest.
Name 3 of the 5 ways to begin a story.
Action, dialogue, reaction, setting, glimpse of a character.