5th Grade Writing

Conventions

100

Every sentence must start with this.

capital letter

200

Every sentence must conclude with an end mark. What are the three possible end marks?

period, question mark or exclamation mark

300

This letter must always be capitalized when written by itself or in a contraction.

I

400

What are 2 of reasons you capitalize a letter/word in a sentence?

proper noun (month/days, country/city/state, company)

beginning of sentence

letter I

Abbreviation (Mr./Mrs.)

500

A complete sentence should always have a ____ and a ____ to express a complete thought.

A complete sentence should always have a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a verb (the action or state of being) to express a complete thought.

Organization

100

How many sentences should make up a paragraph?

3-5 sentences

200

What do we call the first paragraph of an essay?

Introduction/opening

300

What do we call the last paragraph of an essay?

Conclusion/Closing

400

What does it mean to edit to your work?

fix your mistakes, make improvements

500

The first sentence of your paragraph should let the reader know what your paragraph is going to be about.  What is this sentence called?

Topic Sentence/Thesis

Fix the Mistake

100

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

My mother taked me to the Museum of Science yesterday.

My mother took me to Museum of Science yesterday.

200

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

We goes to the movies last friday.

We went to the movies last Friday.

300

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

What did i do wrong.

What did I do wrong?

400

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

I hope we will go to new york soon.

I hope we will go to New York soon.

500

Fix the mistakes in this sentence:

ms bruckman said we can have extra coins if we finish our worked

Ms. Bruckman said we can have extra coins if we finish our work.

Which word?

100

It's/its going to rain this weekend.

It's

200

I bought too/two/to many pairs of shoes at the store.

too

300

I invited my friends to go to the mall. They're/There/Their going to be so surprised when they realize I am actually throwing them a party.

They're (They Are)

400

Their/there/they're house is white with blue shutters.

Their

500

I love the California campgrounds. We are going they're /their/ there next weekend.

there

Riddles

100

What goes up but never goes down?

Your age

200

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg

300

What begins with T ends with T and has T in it?

A teapot

400

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Darkness

500

I am always running, but never get tired or hot. What am I?

A Fridge