What is a hurricane, a wildfire, or a lightning strike?
100
Whenever you begin a sentence, you do this to the first letter.
What is "capitalize it"?
100
These are the kinds of words that describe time order.
What are signal words?
100
This is the purpose of a narrative paragraph.
To tell a story about a real or imagined event.
100
This is the word part that usually appears at the beginning of the word.
What is the prefix?
200
The name of the Hurricane where animals had to be rescued after being left behind?
What is "Hurricane Katrina"?
200
A sentence should always end with this.
What is a period or end punctuation?
200
This is where a hurricane's life cycle begins
What is over the ocean?
200
The name of the statement which begins the narrative paragraph (see rBook - p. 48).
What is the introductory statement?
200
This is the word part that usually appears at the end of the word.
What is the suffix?
300
Lightning struck the menu board.
What is "How did Justin Norris get struck by lightning at his job?"
300
Find the two punctuation errors in this sentence:
"i will visit Jamaica when I go on vacation"
1. Capitalize the "i" at the beginning of the sentence.
2. Use a period at the end of the sentence.
300
What happens after a hurricane has been over land for at least 10 days?
What is "the hurricane dies out or it stops"?
300
This the name for the details which appeal to the reader's senses.
What are sensory details?
300
This is the part of the word that usually stands by itself, and it has a meaning.
What is the root?
400
A fire's jump in intensity is known as a _________?
What is a "blowup"?
400
How many punctuation errors are in this sentence?
my friend and i will go see the christmas decorations at union square in san francisco
What is 8 punctuation errors?
Bonus: Correct each error.
400
Identify the seven sequence words and phrases in "When Hurricanes Hit" on p. 45 in the rBook.
What is
1. First
2. Next
3. During this time
4. Then
5. As a hurricane moves across land
6. Finally
7. Then
400
This is the end of the narrative paragraph.
What is the conclusion or the concluding statement?
400
Identify the word part and its meaning in this example:
rewrite
What is the prefix "re"? What is to "do again"?
500
When a tropical storm reaches 74 miles per hour, it is known as this . . .
What is a hurricane?
500
How would you combine this sentence fragment with the complete sentence?
Many hours before the storm. We left because the roads would be covered in ice.
Various answers will be acceptable.
500
Describe your morning routine appropriately while using the following signal words:
1. First
2. Next
3. Then
4. Finally