Cool Stories
What was the name of the boy in Crenshaw?
What is Jackson?
What is a fragment?
An incomplete sentence that does not have both a subject and a predicate.
Change the words into plural nouns: fly, loaf, lunch
Flies, Loaves, Lunches
How many sentences are needed to make a paragraph?
5 Sentences
Capitalize the title: diary of an amazing mouse
What is Diary of an Amazing Mouse?
What was the name of the chapter book I started to read to you but didn't finish.
Toothpaste Millionaire
Name the subject and the predicate of this sentence. "My sister and I walked home after school."
Subject- my sister and I. Predicate- walked home after school.
Identify the adverb: Mark waited nervously to find out if he passed his test.
What is Nervously?
Type of writing where you are trying to convince others to do something.
What is Persuasive writing/Opinion writing?
When you see a word you don't know in a sentence, you can look at the words around it and use this to figure out the meaning.
What are Context Clues?
The parent of Margaret.
Who is Nevrescu?
"My mom went to the grocery store to get some juice and food so that she could cook for my entire family and all of my friends for my birthday party on Saturday night."--Type of sentence...
What is a Run On Sentence?
Turn into contractions: you are, she would, are not
What is You're, she'd, aren't
What is cause and effect? Give an example.
Cause- Why it happened. Effect- What happened.
Homophone and Homograph- Definition and example
Homophone- words that sound the same but have different spelling and meanings. Homograph- words that are spelt the same but have different meanings.
Who was sent down the garbage chute for being rotten in the story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Veruca Salt.
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence that contains two or more simple sentences, joined by a comma and a conjunction. (FANBOYS)
What do the prefix and suffix make the words mean: antifreeze, biologist
Antifreeze- against freezing, does not freeze. Biologist- one who studies biology
Name two types of poems.
Diamante, Haiku, Acrostic, Cinquain
Moreover, furthermore, additionally, for example, in conclusion, first - are known as...
Linking words/ clauses
In the story Matilda, what was the first two tricks Matilda played on her parents?
The hat and superglue and putting the parrot in the chimney.
Name the for types of sentences
What is Declarative (.), Imperative(.!), Interrogative(?), Exclamatory(!)
Change the word into an irregular past tense verb: Becky (buy) a new dress for her party.
What is Bought?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is known as....
What is Alliteration?
When searching for a word in the dictionary, the two words at the top of the page help you.
What are Guide words?