Classification Essays
A good way to start any essay is with a statement at the very beginning that will grab your reader's attention. What do we call this attention-grabbing sentence?
Hook
When writing a personal narrative we are writing...
A) a research paper
B) a story
c) a book report
A story
Which word is correct?
Yesterday, I (make, made) an important decision.
Made
Call this classmate The Ultraman Kid!
King
What word needs to be edited from this sentence?
It was the most worst day of my life.
most
To write a five paragraph essay, we need an introduction at the beginning and a conclusion at the end. How many body paragraphs do we need in between?
Three
When writing a personal narrative, we describe the setting.
What do we mean by the word setting?
Where (and when) the story happens.
Which word is the pronoun in this sentence?
Mary said that she was tired.
she
Near the beginning of this term, this classmate got a booklet at school that helped her identify trees.
Elsa
When we are done writing our essay, we must check it over. We might decide to move the body paragraphs into a different order. We also might delete some complete sentences.
We call these big changes
A) Revisions
b) Edits
Revisions
A personal narrative needs three parts: a beginning, a ______________, and an end.
middle
Which pronoun is correct in this sentence?
John told (we, us) about his vacation.
us
I don't remember the exact details, but this classmate told about an annoying day at school where her teacher told her to stop talking, even though she couldn't see our classmates mouth - or something like that. Maybe we can get the correct story right now!
Sarah
When the teacher returns our essays, we see red ink marks that indicate misspelled words, and even some periods and question marks that we forgot to put in. This wouldn't have happened if we'd done a better job of...
A) revising
B) editing
Editing
When writing personal narratives, we keep the story moving forward by writing about problems. Another word for problems is...
A) Contents
B) Conflicts
C) Condors
Conflicts
Which adjective is correct?
This Chinese book is (harder, hardest) to read than that English book.
harder
One day this term, our classmate was feeling sick. Dad told the classmate to go to school. But things didn't get better, and in the afternoon dad drove to school to bring our classmate home.
Ryan
TRUE or FALSE
We should never add new information into our essay when writing the conclusion paragraph
True
We can make our narratives much more life-like if we use words that show things we can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste. We call these words...
A) sensory words
B) sentimental words.
Sensory words.
Which word is correct?
We waited for the (warmer, warmest) day to go swimming.
warmest
This classmate had some fun things happen during this term. Once mom surprised him with ice cream and hot pots. Another time, it was time to play on the beach for five days. Then there was the riding of bikes and driving of a small cart. Who is this?
Ryan
One day there was good news for our classmate - going to the Cinema, but another day was bad - got a yellow warning from the (Chinese?) for trading pens - but don't be tricked - it wasn't Ultraman pens.
Sarah
Way back near the beginning of this class, this classmate went skiing in Chung Li (Did I spell that right?). And by the way, this classmate loves to write about animals.
King
Here are some things this classmate did during this term: went to a best friend's birthday party, then went shopping; participated in sports day at school (skipping, short distance running), threw up, and even lost a tooth.
Elsa
Though not exactly a classmate, this person was here for every lesson, listening to students tell their stories, listening to them read, giving some writing tips, and having a good time.
Mr. Hawley