Transcript Dress-Ups: Making Our Writings GREAT!

Writing Midterm
Friday, January 29, 2016
Study Guide
ST. WILLIAM OF YORK ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Academic Excellence ♦ Personalized Attention ♦ Authentic Catholic Culture
Key Word Outline
Name
I._____________________
1._______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._______________
5._______________
Story Sequence Chart
I. Characters & Settings:
Who is in the story?
What are they like?
When does it happen?
Where do they live?
Final clincher repeats title!
II. Plot & Conflict
What do they need or want?
What do they think?
What do they say or do?
III. Climax, Resolution, Message
How is the need resolved?
What happens after?
What is the message/lesson?
Topic/Clincher Outline
Topic
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2.
Repeat
3.
2/3 Words
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5.
6.
Clincher
What We Know:
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Who/Which: (adjective clause)
“ly” word: (adverb)
Because: (adverb clause)
Strong Verb: (banned words list)
Quality Adjective: (banned words list)
When, While, Where, As , Since, If, Although: (adverb clause)
Examples:
• Who/Which: The yellow bellied sapsucker, which is
native to Canada and the Norther United States,
destroys young trees by sucking from the branches.
Who/Which: Many people are not aware of Tiki Tom,
who lived alone for years on a deserted island.
• “ly” Word: The fox casually mentioned how pleased he
would be to hear the crow sing.
• Because: The hare was delighted because he knew it
would be an easy race.
Examples (continued):
• Strong Verb: Mr. Lima announced to the class that adding dress-ups to
their sentences will enhance their writing.
• Quality Adjective: The crowd became steaming mad when the
concert did not begin on time.
• W.W.W.A.S.I.A: The hare dozed peacefully while the tortoise plodded
persistently.
Sentence Openers
• 1. Subject Opener:
What is a subject?
The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is
doing or being something. You can find the subject of a sentence if
you can find the verb. Ask the question, "Who or what 'verbs' or
'verbed'?" and the answer to that question is the subject.
The tortoise felt confident and challenged the hare race.
One cloudy morning, a powerful lion meandered through the woods.
However, he was a quaint little man with a green suit.
Sentence Openers (continued)
• 2. Prepositional
What is a preposition?
a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and
expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the
man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?
In a flurry, the shocked hare dashed towards the finish line.
Up above the village, Peter sat and wondered how to relieve his boredom.
Since last year, the killer bees have been found as far north as Arizona.
Sentence Openers (continued)
• 3. “ly”:
What is an adverb?
a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or
other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time,
circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then,
there )
Calmly the triumphant tortoise placed his foot over the finish line.