Lakeside Language Practice

Conventions

100

Every sentence must start with this.

A capital letter.

200

This letter must always be capitalized when written by itself or in a contraction.

I

300

Every sentence must end with a mark. What are three possible end marks?

A period, question mark and exclamation mark.

400

What are 2 reasons that you capitalize a letter in a sentence?

proper noun

beginning of sentence

letter I

Abbreviation (OK, Mr. )

500

This sentence is not punctuated correctly.  In 10 seconds, or less, fix the sentence.

I bought Skittles Sour Patch and gum for the movie.

Add commas: 

I bought Skittles, Sour Patch, and gum for the movie.

Fix the Mistakes

100

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

That pencil is mines!

That pencil is mine.

200

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

Me and Max went to see Avatar last weekend.

Max and I went to see Avatar last weekend.

300

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

What did i do wrong.

What did I do wrong?

400

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

We was walking to the store yesterday and something funny happened.

We were walking to the store yesterday and something funny happened.

500

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

I hope we will go to new york soon.

I hope we will go to New York soon.

Which word?

100

It's/its going to rain this weekend. 

It's

200

I bought too/two/to many pairs of shoes at the store. 

too

300

I invited my friends to go to the mall.      Your/you're/ur going to be so surprised when they realize I am actually throwing them a party.

You're (You are)

400

Their/there/they're house is white with blue shutters.

Their

500

I love the New Hampshire campgrounds. We are going they're /their/ there next weekend. 

there

Narrative

100

This is another name for the main character, good or bad, in a plot.

Protagonist

200

This is the highest point of tension in a plot; the point of no return for the protagonist.

climax

300

When writing a narrative, how do you show each time a new person is speaking?

a new paragraph

400

In the story, "Monkey's Paw", who or what was the antagonist?

the paw

500

Name the four types of conflict in a plot.

Man vs. self, man vs man, ,man vs nature, man vs society.

Informational/Argument

100

When writing an informational or argumentative essay, where can you use "I"?

never

200

What is the acronym we use when answering short answer questions (think rodent)?

RATTS

RACES

300

Where in the hook does the thesis go?

the last sentence

400

Name all the parts of an argumentative outline.

Hook, thesis, main idea 1, main idea 2, main idea 3, counterargument, conclusion

500

In a counterargument, what is it called when you say that the opposing side is wrong (aka "squash")?

refute or rebuttal