What are some elements your expository might include that support your main topic/point?
Supporting details, facts, examples, or even some opinions.
300
If you can't find the spelling of a word in the dictionary, what can you do?
Try to sound out the consonants and vowels or use a synonym, which is another word that means the same thing.
300
Each topic or event in your writing should be organized in it's own what?
Paragraph.
300
If I am pluralizing a word that ends with a consonant and then a -y what do I do?
Add -ies instead of just -s.
Examples: baby = babies, bunny = bunnies, spy = spies
400
Which of the following is an example of narrative writing?
1. The first thing you should do when you clean your room is to pick up any garbage. Once that's out of your room it'll give you more space to pick up and organize your clothes and toys.
2. I was cleaning my room and my annoying little sister came in. She kept reminding me that if I didn't find my blue tie I wouldn't be able to go to our Uncle Jerry's wedding. "Leave me alone, you don't even know where your left shoe is!" I snapped at her. Why did she think she should pick on me? Her room is worse than mine!
#2.
400
Which is an example of expository writing?
1. One summer I found a key. The key unlocked a door in the basement of my school and it took me on an adventure I'll never forget!
2. During the summer one of the best activities you can participate in is visiting farmer's markets. At a farmer's market you will find fresh produce, breathtaking bouquets, delicious food, and true craftsmanship in the jewelry and clothes that are sold there.
#2. It explains why someone should visit a farmer's market and what you will find there.
400
Students who do this the night before the test tend to do better.
Get a good night's sleep.
400
If I'm writing a date, where do/does my comma(s) go?
Use a comma after the day of the month and again after the year unless a period is being used there.
400
What is a rhyme to help you remember how to spell words like friend, field, relief, believe, and piece.
"i" before "e", except after c.
Words like receipt, ceiling, receive have the "e" first.
500
Give an example of how you should organize your narrative? (Think of your graphic organizer.)
Beginning, middle, middle, end.
In the middle your character should have a main event and maybe face some sort of conflict.
500
How can you organize your ideas for expository writing? (Think about your graphic organizer.)
You can use a web that draws supporting details and information you'll use to support your main idea.
500
The morning of the test, it's important that you do what?
Eat a big healthy breakfast. Yum! Fruit, eggs, cereal or toast are just a few ideas!
500
You use these at the beginning and end of dialogue to allow your audience to know a character is talking.
Quotation marks. " "
500
Which spelling of the word there/their/they're fits in each spot?
I can see my friends, ____1____ on the playground. Over ____2____ you can see Tillicum Middle School. Look at those 5th graders, it'll be ____3____ school next year!
1. They're (They are)
2. There (Location)
3. Their (Ownership)