Capitalization
True or False: You should always capitalize the first word of a sentence.
True
What punctuation mark ends a question?
A question mark (?)
What type of sentence is this: "It’s raining outside."
Declarative
Which type of sentence is this? "I love pizza."
Simple
What is the first step in the writing process?
Prewriting
Which words need capitalization? "my friend and i went to the yellowstone national park."
My, I, Yellowstone National Park
Add the correct punctuation: "Wow that’s amazing"
"Wow, that’s amazing!"
Change this to an interrogative sentence: "She likes to read books."
Ex: "Does she like to read books?"
Which type of sentence is this? "I wanted to play soccer, but it started to rain."
Compound
Which step comes after drafting?
Revising
Fix the capitalization: "george washington was the first president of the united states."
"George Washington was the first President of the United States."
Add the correct punctuation: "I have apples oranges and bananas."
"I have apples, oranges, and bananas."
What type of sentence is this: "Please turn off the lights."
Imperative
Identify the structure & explain your answer: "Although it was raining, we went outside."
Complex, because it has 1 independent clause and one dependent clause.
What do you do during the revising stage?
Improve ideas, word choice, organization, add more descriptive details (not just fix spelling/grammar).
Do you capitalize "north" in the sentence: "We drove north to the beach"? Explain why or why not.
❌ No. "north" is used as a direction, not a proper noun, so it’s lowercase.
Fix this sentence by adding punctuation or punctuation and coordinating conjunction.: "The dog barked the cat hissed."
"The dog barked; the cat hissed." OR "The dog barked, and the cat hissed."
Rewrite this as an exclamatory sentence: "The team won the game."
"The team won the game!"
Identify the sentence structure and explain your answer: "I was late to class because my bus broke down, and my teacher gave me a pass."
Compound-complex, because it has 2 independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Put these in the correct order: Editing, Prewriting, Drafting, Publishing, Revising.
Correct order: Prewriting → Drafting → Revising → Editing → Publishing
Rewrite this correctly: "last july, we visited the golden gate bridge in san francisco, california."
"Last July, we visited the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California."
Add commas correctly: "While we were at the park we played soccer ate pizza and watched the sunset."
"While we were at the park, we played soccer, ate pizza, and watched the sunset."
Give an example of each of the 4 sentence types in one topic (example: food, school, sports).
Declarative: "Pizza is my favorite food."
Interrogative: "Do you like pizza?"
Exclamatory: "This pizza is amazing!"
Imperative: "Pass me a slice of pizza."
Write your own compound-complex sentence about your favorite activity.
Example: "I love reading because it’s relaxing, and I read every night before bed."
Explain why revising and editing are not the same.
Revising improves what the story is about, details, and organization while editing fixes paragraph structure, capitalization, spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.