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LANGUAGE ARTS

• Weekly grammar
instruction

• Leveled grammar
practice

• Weekly writing
craft and models

• Preparation for
writing and
grammar tests
ISBN: 0-328-14635-8

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Lesson 12 Grammar Nouns in Sentences 116
Writer’s Craft Add Details to Nouns 120
Writing Model Write Facts 121

Lesson 13 Grammar Action Verbs 122


Writer’s Craft Strong Verbs 126
Writing Model Write a Song 127
Lesson 14 Grammar Verbs That Add -s 128
Writer’s Craft Action Verbs 132
Writing Model Tell What You Can Do 133
Lesson 15 Grammar Verbs That Do Not Add -s 134
Writer’s Craft Focus/Ideas 138
Writing Model Make a Greeting Card 139
Lesson 16 Grammar Verbs for Now and the Past 140
Writer’s Craft Rhyme 144
Writing Model Write a Poem 145
Lesson 17 Grammar Am, Is, Are, Was, and Were 146
Writer’s Craft Show, Don’t Tell 150
Writing Model Describe a Caterpillar 151
Lesson 18 Grammar Contractions with Not 152
Writer’s Craft Main Idea Sentences 156
Writing Model Describe a Season 157
Lesson 19 Grammar Adjectives 158
Writer’s Craft Strong Adjectives 162
Writing Model Write a Book Review 163
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Lesson 20 Grammar Adjectives for Colors and Shapes 164


Writer’s Craft Good Endings 168
Writing Model Tell About a Color 169
Lesson 21 Grammar Adjectives for Sizes 170
Writer’s Craft Lively Adjectives 174
Writing Model Describe a Scary Animal 175

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I went with my mom, dad, and sister. We went to the
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mountain. It had green grass. Finally, we reached the top
of the mountain. It was covered with snow. We took a
tram to the top. We rode in little cars. It was scary to go
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went to the top of a mountain.)

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in order. (The sentences about the tram come before
Finally, we reached the top of the mountain.)

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of the mountain.)

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the trip.
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Bugs are nice. I like to watch them. Bees go around the
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between plants.

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Choose exact words. (roses instead of plants)

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often. (Bugs are interesting. instead of Bugs are nice.)

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ground. instead of Worms go on the ground.)

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My dog Ladyfinger can catch anything. I toss a rubber
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rolled-up sock. Runs across the yard and catches the
sock. She brings it back to me. The best dog in the world.

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in her mouth. makes sense.)

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little a stick. is not in the right order. I throw a little stick.
is in the right order.)

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My grandma has a pretty garden. There are always
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mums. And they last almost till winter. In the summer there
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Focus/Ideas All sentences focused on the garden


Order/Paragraphs Sentences about summer flowers
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Voice Shows interest in topic
Word Choice Some word pictures (They look like little
red cups.); could use more descriptive words
Sentences Most sentences complete; sound good
Rules A few spelling mistakes (toolups, ornge)
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Farmers are important. We need farmers to grow food
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crops. Then they send them to a market. So we can buy
them. They also grow animals like cows.

Focus/Ideas Most ideas clear and on topic


Order/Paragraphs Good beginning; needs
strong ending
Voice Serious voice; could show more feelings
Word Choice Exact, clear nouns (corn, lettis)
Sentences Most sentences smooth, sound good
Rules Some spelling mistakes (lettis, alot); one
incomplete sentence (So we can buy them)
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Check Your Writing
Check your writing by reading it over carefully. Try the
following strategies.
Read your work aloud.
• If it sounds choppy, combine short sentences.
• Rewrite a long, stringy sentence as several sentences.
• Sentences should not all begin with the or I.
• Do ideas seem connected? If not, add words such as
then, next, or but.

Check your style. It should match your audience


and purpose. You might begin an e-mail to a friend,
“Hey, you won’t believe the cool thing that happened.”
For a test, the following would be a better beginning:
“An unusual thing happened today.”
Be sure you have answered the prompt.
• Look for key words in the writing prompt.
Compare a bike and a car. Tell two ways they
are alike and two ways they are different.
Topic: bike and car
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What you need to do: Compare


What to include: Two likenesses and two differences

Make sure your writing is focused. Take out


sentences that are off the subject.

46 Writer’s Guide
Check that there is enough support.
• Use details to give readers pictures.
• Support your opinion with reasons.
• Explain a main idea with good details.

Do you have a strong beginning? Does a question,


a surprising fact, or an interesting detail get a reader’s
interest?
Is your ending good? A conclusion may say the main
idea in a new way, tell what you have learned, or ask a
question.
Check that you have used good words—and not
too many of them.
• Strong verbs, precise nouns, and vivid adjectives make
your writing clear and lively.
• Replace wordy phrases such as blue in color with blue
and in a careful way with carefully.
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Writer’s Guide 47
Check List
My writing sounds smooth and easy to read.

I have used a good style for my audience


and purpose.

My writing answers the prompt or assignment.

My writing is focused.

I have used enough support.

I have a strong beginning.

I have a satisfying conclusion.

I have used good words and avoided wordiness.

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Voice
Voice is the you in your writing. It shows how
you feel.
Weak Voice I wore a blue shirt.
Strong Voice This blue shirt makes me feel good.

Underline the sentence in each pair that tells how


the writer feels.
1. I ate a pancake.
Warm pancakes are great.
2. Nora tells stories.
Nora is my best friend.
3. I have a new kitten.
I love this cute kitten.
4. I like scary books.
I read a book last week.
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Add Words to Naming Parts


Tell more about the naming parts of your
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No A car stopped outside.
Yes A small, red car stopped outside.

Circle the sentence in each pair that tells more


about the naming part.
1. A huge dog barked at me.
A dog barked at me.
2. The girl said hello to us.
The tall girl said hello to us.
3. The heavy book fell off the table.
The book fell off the table.

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Park Street

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Special Titles
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Captain Jones Ms. Wong Dr. Gold

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2. mr popek

3. mrs vernon
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Write the title and the name correctly.

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2.

3.

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5. My principal is .

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4. Alice (tell, tells) a story.
5. Susie (nap, naps) in a crib.
6. The boy (sleep, sleeps) in a bed.
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Writing a Summary
A test may ask you to sum up information from
a chart. Use complete sentences. Include all the
important information. Follow the tips below.

Know what you need to do.


Read the directions carefully.
Write a summary of the information about the
T. rex. Put words into complete sentences. You
might tell how you feel about the T. rex.

About the T. rex


Long, sharp teeth
Ate other dinosaurs
Stood 18 feet tall
40 feet long—head to tail
Strong and fierce
Weighed 6 tons
Died millions of years ago

Put your ideas in order.


Decide in what order to put the facts
in your summary.

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adjective An adjective describes a person, place,
animal, or thing. An adjective can tell how something
looks, sounds, tastes, feels, or smells.
• Some adjectives name shapes.
I sit at a round desk.
• Some adjectives describe size.
Words such as big, small, long,
and short describe size.
Mike ate a big piece of cake.
• Some adjectives name colors.
I have a red coat.
• Some adjectives tell how many.
The car has four doors.
We invited some friends to the party.
• Some adjectives tell what kind.
I heard a loud sound.
The funny clown made faces.
• Add –er to an adjective to compare two persons,
places, animals, or things.
Mark is taller than I am. A rabbit is faster than
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a turtle.
Add –est to an adjective to compare three or more
persons, places, animals, or things.
Sarah is the tallest girl Our school is
in the class. the biggest in town.
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contraction A contraction is a short way to put two
words together. A verb and the word not can be put
together to make a contraction. An apostrophe (’) is
used in place of the letter o in not.
are + not = aren’t has + not = hasn’t
did + not = didn’t is + not = isn’t
do + not = don’t was + not = wasn’t
does + not = doesn’t were + not = weren’t

noun A noun names a person, a place, an animal, or


a thing.
My brother sees a zebra at the zoo.
(person) (animal) (place)
• Nouns can mean more than one. Many nouns
add -s to mean more than one.
dinosaur + s = dinosaurs
crayon + s = crayons
• nouns in sentences A noun
can be in more than one place
in a sentence.
Bears live in caves.
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• proper nouns Proper nouns are special names
for people, places, animals, and things. They begin
with capital letters.
Bill Fox plays on the baseball team.
We went to North Carolina.
• A title can come before the name
of a person. A title begins with
a capital letter. Some titles end
with a period (.).
Our coach is Mr. Wolf.
• Days of the week begin with
capital letters.
Monday Thursday Sunday
• Months of the year begin with capital letters.
March June November
• Holidays begin with capital letters.
Thanksgiving Memorial Day

pronoun A pronoun is a word that takes the place


of a noun or nouns. The words I, he, she, it, we, you,
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and they are pronouns. They are used in the naming


part, or subject, of a sentence.
Miles and Sarah walked They walked to
to school. school.
Jake crosses the street. He crosses the street.

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• Me, you, him, her, it, us, and them are also
pronouns. They are used in the action part, or
predicate, of a sentence.
Laura draws pictures. She draws them.
Dan meets Dean He meets him on
on the corner. the corner.

sentence A sentence is a group of words that tells a


complete idea. It begins with a capital letter.
My family went to a party.
• A sentence has a naming part.
It names a person, place, animal,
or thing. The naming part tells who
or what the sentence is about.
Mary plants a flower.
The flower is yellow.
• A sentence has an action part. It
tells what a person or thing does.
Jimmy runs. He races to the corner.
• The order of the words in a sentence must
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make sense.
Beach is at the Peg. These words are not in
the right order.
Peg is at the beach. These words are in the
right order.

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• A telling sentence tells
something. It is a statement.
A telling sentence begins
with a capital letter. It usually
ends with a period (.).
David plays the drums.
• A question is an asking
sentence. It begins with a
capital letter. It ends with a
question mark (?).
Is that your bike?
• A command is a sentence
that gives an order. It begins
with a capital letter. It ends
with a period (.).
Put the bowl on the table.
• An exclamation is a sentence that shows strong
feeling. It begins with a capital letter. It ends
with an exclamation mark (!).
What a great song that is!
• The meaning of a sentence changes if the word
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order changes.
The bag is in the box.
The box is in the bag.
Is the box in the bag?

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verb A word that tells what someone or something
does is a verb.
The girl runs. The boy skips.
• A verb can tell what one person, animal, or thing
does. Add –s to show what is being done now.
Neil reads a book. Yasmin plays the flute.
• Do not add –s to a verb that tells what two or more
people, animals, or things do now.
Tim and Tom clean their room.
• Verbs can tell what happened in the past. Some verbs
that tell about the past end with –ed.
Yesterday we baked cookies.
(The verb baked tells about the past. It ends with –ed.)
• The verbs am, is, and are tell about now. Use am or is
to tell about one. Use are to tell about more than one.
I am a nurse. Jose is a nurse. Jo and Dan
are nurses.
The verbs was and were tell about the past. Use was to
tell about one. Use were to tell about more than one.
I was thirsty. He was thirsty. We were thirsty.
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Capital Letters

sentence A sentence begins with a


capital letter.
The cat is small.

names for people, places, and


pets The names of people, places,
and pets begin with capital letters.
Mary Smith and her dog Rex live in Boston.

titles for people Titles for people begin with capital


letters. Most titles end with a period.
Ms. Chen talked to Dr. Jones and Mr. Smith.

days of the week The names of the days of the week


begin with capital letters.
Our play is on Friday.

months and holidays The names of months and


holidays begin with capital letters.
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I know that New Year’s Day is in January.

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Punctuation
period Use a period (.) at the end of a telling sentence.
Sue rides her bike.
• Use a period at the end of a command.
Go to sleep.
• Most titles for people end with a period.
Ms. Chen talked to Dr. Jones and Mr. Smith.

question mark Use a question mark (?) at the end


of an asking sentence, or question.
Where is your dog?

exclamation mark Use an


exclamation mark (!) at the end
of an exclamation.
What a day we had!

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apostrophe Use an apostrophe (’) to take the place
of the letter o in not in a contraction. A contraction is
a short way to put two words together. A verb and the
word not can be put together to make a contraction.
are + not = aren’t has + not = hasn’t
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Grammar Patrol 251


Frequently Misspelled Words
For many writers, some words are difficult to spell.
You can use this list to check your spelling.

A come G K
could
a lot get knew
about girl know
again
D give
all didn’t go L
always different going
do like
and good
does little
another
don’t live
are H look
as down
Halloween love
away has
E have M
B eat heard
end make
baseball her
every many
be here
everybody more
beautiful him my
because his
before F home
birthday house
N
family
brother favorite how new
but find nice
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for not
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into
came friend is
caught from it’s
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252 Frequently Misspelled Words


Frequently Misspelled Words

O S they were
they’re what
of said thought when
on saw through where
once scared to who
one school too whole
or see took will
other so tried with
our some two would
out sometimes
outside special
over started
U Y
swimming under you
P upon your
part T use
party thank
people that
V
play that’s very
presents the
pretty their W
put them want
then was
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R there watch
really there’s we
these went

Frequently Misspelled Words 253


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254 Handwriting
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Handwriting 255
Index
A C
Action parts. See Capital letters, 249
Sentences. See also days of week, 104–107
Pronouns. first word of sentence,
Action verbs. See Verbs. 50–53, 74–77, 80–83,
Adjectives, 158–161, 241 194–197, 200–203,
for colors and shapes, 206–209
164–167 holidays, 104–107
for how many, 182–185 I, 218–221
for sizes, 170–173 months of year, 104–107
for what kind, 176–179 proper nouns, 92–95
lively, 174 special titles, 98–101
strong, 162 Check own writing,
that compare, 188–191 46–48
Agreement, subject- Commands. See
verb, 128–131, 134–137, Sentences.
140–143, 146–149 Contractions, 152–155,
Am, is, are, was, were, 244
146–149 Conventions. See Writing,
Apostrophe rules.
in contractions, 152–155
D
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Asking sentences. See


Days of week, 104–107
Sentences.
Describing words. See
B Adjectives.
Be. See Verbs. Descriptive writing.
See Writing.

256 Index
E L
End marks, 50–53, 74– Letters, 199, 238–239
77, 80–83, 98–101, 194–
197, 200–203, 206–209 M
Exclamation mark, Main idea, 156, 216
200–203 Mechanics.
Exclamations. See Punctuation.
See Sentences. Months of year, 104–107
Expository writing.
N
See Writing.
Naming parts.
F See Sentences. See also
First word of sentence, Pronouns.
50–53, 74–77, 80–83, Narrative writing.
194–197, 200–203, See Writing.
206–209 Nouns, 86–90, 244–245
Focus/Ideas. See Writing. add details to, 120
Frequently misspelled exact, 102
words, 252–253 in sentences, 116–119
H one and more than one,
110–113
Handwriting, 254–255
Holidays, 104–107 proper, 92–95
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days of week, 104–107


I holidays, 104–107
I, 218–221, 224–227 in writing, 96
months of year,
104–107

Index 257
special titles, 98–101 in action parts of
use to describe, 90 sentences, 218–221,
write with, 102 224–227
in naming parts of
O sentences, 218–221,
Order/Paragraphs. 224–227
See Writing. me, him, her, us, them,
you, it, 224–227
P
Proper nouns. See
Paragraphs, 6–9 Nouns.
Period, 50–53, 74–77, 98– Punctuation, 50–53,
101, 194–197, 206–209 74–77, 80–83, 98–101,
Persuasive words. See 152–155, 194–197, 200–
Writing. 203, 206–209, 250–251
Prompts, 26, 31, 36, 41,
55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 85, 91, Q
97, 103, 109, 115, 121, Question mark, 80–83,
127, 133, 139, 145, 151, 206–209
157, 163, 169, 175, 181, Questions. See Sentences.
187, 193, 199, 205, 211,
217, 223, 229, 232, 234, R
236, 238, 240 Review, 53, 59, 65, 71, 77,
Pronouns, 212–215, 83, 89, 95, 101, 107, 113,
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245–246 119, 125, 131, 137, 143,


he, she, it, we, you, they, 149, 155, 161, 167, 173,
212–215, 224–227 179, 185, 191, 197, 203,
I and me, 218–221, 209, 215, 221, 227
224–227 Rubrics, 26, 31, 36, 41

258 Index
S Subject-verb
Sentences, 50–53, 206– agreement, 128–131,
209, 246–247 134–137, 140–143,
action parts, 62–65 146–149
asking sentences, 80–83 T
capital letters in, 50–53, Telling sentences. See
74–77, 80–83, 194–197, Sentences.
200–203, 206–209 Test preparation, 52, 58,
commands, 194–197, 198 64, 70, 76, 82, 88, 94,
end marks, 50–53, 74– 100, 106, 112, 118, 124,
77, 80–83, 98–101, 130, 136, 142, 148, 154,
194–197, 200–203, 160, 166, 172, 178, 184,
206–209 190, 196, 202, 208, 214,
exclamations, 200–203, 220, 226
204 Tests. See Writing for tests.
naming parts, 56–59, 60 Time-order words.
nouns in, 116–119 See Writing.
questions, 80–83, 84, V
206–209 Verbs, 248
statements, 206–209 action, 122–125
telling, 74–77 agreement, 128–131,
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word order, 68–71 134–137, 140–143,


Special titles, 98–101 146–149
Statements. See am, is, are, was, were,
Sentences. 146–149

Index 259
be, forms of. See am, is, Writer’s craft. See topics
are, was, were. under Writing. See also
changing time with main entries.
verbs, 128–131, Writing
134–137, 140–143, action verbs, 132
146–149 add details to nouns, 120
for now, 128–131, add words to naming
134–137, 140–143, parts, 60
146–149 ask questions, 84
for the past, 140–143, different sentences, 228
146–149
exact nouns, 102
in contractions, 152–155
focus/ideas, 2–5, 138
strong, 126
give word pictures, 72
that add -s, 128–131
good beginnings, 186
that do not add -s,
good endings, 168
134–137
include all information,
that tell about more than
222
one, 134–137, 146–149
lively adjectives, 174
that tell about one,
128–131, 146–149 main idea, 156, 216
with -ed, 140–143 main idea sentences, 156
make writing less
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Voice. See Writing.


wordy, 210
W models, 4–5, 8–9, 12–13,
Word choice. See Writing. 16–17, 20–21, 24–25, 27–
Word order, 68–71 30, 32–35, 37–40, 42–45
ad, 181

260 Index
answer a question, 85 make greeting card, 139
book review, 163 persuasive letter,
caption, 61 238–239
daily plan, 109 poem, 145
describe a caterpillar, report, 205
151 rules, 103
describe a scary sign, 187
animal, 175 song, 127
describe a season, 157 story about me,
describe a special 232–233
place, 115 summary, 240–241
describe something tell a story, 79
special, 193 tell about a color, 169
description, 236–237 tell about an
directions, 97 animal, 73
explanation, 217 tell about an invention,
facts, 121 229
give an award, 223 tell about helping
how-to report, someone, 67
234–235 tell about you, 55
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invitation, 222 tell what you can


job description, 211 do, 133
letter of advice, 199 order/paragraphs, 6–9
list, 91 persuasive words, 180

Index 261
prompts, 26, 31, 36, 41, expository, 41–45
55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 85, 91, narrative, 26–30
97, 103, 109, 115, 121, persuasive, 36–40
127, 133, 139, 145, 151,
use commands in
157, 163, 169, 175, 181,
writing, 198
187, 193, 199, 205, 211,
217, 223, 229, 232, 234, use exclamations in
236, 238, 240 writing, 204
put ideas in order, use nouns to describe, 90
6–7, 114 use proper nouns in
rhyme, 144 writing, 96
rules, 22–25 voice, 10–13, 54
sentences, 18–21, 228 word choice, 16–19, 192
show, don’t tell, 150 words that tell how you
feel, 78
strong adjectives, 162
write with nouns, 102
strong verbs, 126
Writing for tests,
supporting details, 216
230–241
tell what happens, 66
Writing models.
time-order words, 108 See Writing.
types of
descriptive, 31–35
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262 Index
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