Dead Words
Name a synonym for the dead word "bad"
horrible, terrible, awful
words that have the same meaning
synonyms
Rewrite the sentence without the errors.
Instead if was pass self
Instead, it was my past self.
Fill in the blank.
My brother got grounded because my mom said his was a __________.
a. lurch
b. major
c. disaster
d. fracture
What is the first step in the five-step writing process?
Plan
Name a synonym for the dead word "little"
minuscule, miniature, small
words that have opposite meanings
antonyms
Rewrite the sentence without the errors.
i snucked into the kitchen when i saw them putting fortune cookie in my meal
I snuck into the kitchen when I saw them putting the fortune cookie in my meal.
We moved from an ____ area to a rural area because we wanted more land.
a. prone
b. major
c. urban
d. sparse
After writing your final draft, what is the very last thing you should do before turning in your work?
Reread your writing
Name a synonym for the dead word "great"
spectacular, amazing, fantastic
a conclusion you draw or guess that you make by combining your background knowledge with what you read in the text
inference, to infer
Rewrite the sentences without the errors.
then He heard a ruffiling sound he took out his tranquilizing gun and yelled out, "Who's there?"
Then he heard a ruffling sound. He took out his tranquilizing gun and yelled out, "Who's there?"
Fill in the blank.
The attendance at our early morning meeting was very ______.
a. sparse
b. immense
c. minor
d. intense
What does the 'C' stand for in the ACE writing strategy?
Cite evidence
Name a synonym for the dead word "mad"
furious, angry
words that are not meant to be literal but are meant to help paint a mental picture in the reader's mind
figurative language
Rewrite the sentence without the errors.
then i just relize I still have my slippers on!
Then I realized that I still have my slippers on!
Fill in the blank.
Our principal had to _____ after someone vandalized the scoreboard on our football field.
a. flee
b. investigate
c. predict
d. topple
Write a joke to make me laugh.
Did it work?
Name TWO synonyms for the dead word "scared"
frightened, terrified, afraid, petrified
a reader's notes written directly on the text; sometimes written in the margins of books
annotations
Rewrite the sentence without the errors.
I put own my dod workout clothes
I put on my dad's workout clothes.
Draw a picture of a toddler toppling over when it tries to walk for the first time.
DRAW
How do you spell my name?
Ms. Aust