Writing - Revising + Editing

Transitions are used to...

• separate ideas
• make it choppy
• help your writing flow and link ideas
• confuse readers

Which word is an example of a transition word?

• People
• For instance
• Cars
• Exciting

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Expository essays should contain examples and details to back up your topic. 

• true
• false

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

In a sentence you have a subject and a predicate.  A subject is...

• The Who or What
• The Action
• A person that serves a king
• IDK

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

A predicate is...

• Who or What

• The Action

• IDK

• a silly dinosaur

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Combine these two sentences:
Jack is very silly at the lunch table.  He is serious in the classroom.

• Jack is very silly and serious.
• Jack is very silly at the lunch table, and serious in the classroom.
• Jack is very silly at the lunch table, and he is serious in the classroom.
• Jack is very silly at the lunch table, but he is serious in the classroom.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A