Word Study
MLA Citation
Jobs in Writing Prompts
Paraphrasing
Word Study
100
Add the Suffix -ed to the following word: Study
Studied
100
Find the errors in the following MLA citation: "Students should always do their homework everyday" Eifert 3.
(Eifert 3).
100
Find one job in the following prompt: What were the character traits that made Lupe a true champion in the text "The Marble Champ"?
- Find character traits - Describe what it mean sot be a champion - Make Inferences
100
What the difference between a direct quote and a paraphrased paragraph when citing it with MLA citations
There are NO quotation marks for paraphrased paragraphs
100
Add the suffix est to the word sad
Saddest
200
Which of the following words goes in the /t/ sounding category: ordered, punted, robbed, fixed
fixed
200
find the errors in the following MLA citation: "Mr. Vizzi fell three times at the skate rink yesterday (Eifert 5.)
"(Eifert 5).
200
List the 3 steps in finding a job in a writing prompt
- Read the prompt carefully - Identify what the prompt is asking you to do - Break the task down into steps
200
What is the definition of paraphrasing?
A restatement of the text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.
200
Add the suffix - ing to the word use
using
300
Add the siffix -ed to the following word shop
shopped
300
find the errors in the following MLA citation: According to the University of Illionis Newspaper 'Ms. Moreno was a very good student when she was in college"(acevedo p. 3)
According to the University of Illionis Newspaper "Ms. Moreno was a very good student when she was in college"(Acevedo 3).
300
Find 2 jobs n the following prompt: In the story the author describes the importance of penicillin. Explain how our society would be impacted without penicillin.
-Find evidence of how society would be impacted without penicillin - Define what penicillin is - cause and effect
300
Paraphrase this quote "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one" Thomas Paine
Government is a necessary evil. However it is intolerable in it’s worst state (Paine).
300
Add the the suffix -ing to the word Skate
skating
400
Add the suffix -ed to the following word: worry
worried
400
Find the errors in the following MLA Citation: "Mrs Peterson is the BEST Math teacher at Marquette" (Vizzi)
(Vizzi 6).
400
What three types of jobs should you look for when identifying jobs in a writing prompt?
- What you need to find in text as evidence - What words or ideas need to be explained or described - What skills or stratiges do you need to use in order to answer the question.
400
Add the suffix -ly to the word sure
surely
500
Put the following words in the correct category (/t/, /d/, /ed/, drop the e, y rule): jumped, lifted, owned, added, tried, loved
/t/- jumped /d/- owned /ed/- added /drop e/- loved y rule- tried
500
Put the floowing quote in MLA Citation Document A “Hurricane Sandy has left millions of people without power” Page 7
“Hurricane Sandy has left millions of people without power” (Doc. A, 7).
500
Find 3 jobs in the following prompt: Thomas Paine wrote a very influential piece of writing called Common Sense. How did Common Sense influence people who were on the fence about the American Revolution?
-Explain Common Sense -Describe what it means to be on the fence. -Find evidence of Common Sense influencing people in the text -Cause and effect