Bag of Tricks
When you write about what you see, hear, taste, smell, and feel with your hands or your heart
What is writing through the 5 Senses?
In an Opinion Essay, this is what you call your Opinion--or the big idea that you are trying to prove.
What is a Claim?
This character was very protective of her "little brother" Raymond.
One of these usually has at least 3 sentences.
What is a Paragraph?
When you fix misspellings or add punctuation, it's called this.
What is Editing?
This is when you tell your reader more details about the story. It starts with an "R."
What is Retelling?
This is where you can restate your introduction. You can also share new thoughts with your reader--and talk about what you learned or what the character learned.
What is an Ending or Conclusion?
He told Squeaky that she should let somebody else with the race.
Who is Squeaky's coach/teacher?
What is a Sentence?
True or False. You can have more than one claim about a character.
True!
It's always important to say what the character _____. Like, "It looks like the character ______ this. But what she really ______ is this."
What is "wants"?
This word that starts with an "e"...is what it's called when you add lots of details and evidence.
What is "elaborating" or "elaboration"?
This character might be considered to be "admirable" because he was strong, brave, and hardworking in the The Three Little Pigs.
Who is the 3rd little pig?
A standard essay has at least this many paragraphs.
What is 5?
You can make any claim about anything...as long as you are able to support it with this (starts with an E).
What is Evidence?
This is an important type of evidence. It's what a character says or it's exact words from a story.
What is a "quote"?
These words help your reader to know that something has changed in the time or location or action of your story.
What are Transition Words?
Squeaky and her family live in this big U.S. city.
What is New York City?
When you change the actual words/sentences/structure of your writing, it is called this (starts with an R).
What is Revising or Revision?
What is the word count that we should be able to write in an essay?