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Unit One Test Review

Unit One Test Review. Subject Pronoun. A pronoun that replaces the subject of a sentence. A subject is who or what the sentence is about. The cat ran up the tree. Janey studied for the test. Object Pronoun. Replaces the object in a sentence.

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Unit One Test Review

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  1. Unit One Test Review

  2. Subject Pronoun • A pronoun that replaces the subject of a sentence. • A subject is who or what the sentence is about. • The cat ran up the tree. • Janey studied for the test.

  3. Object Pronoun • Replaces the object in a sentence. • The object is who the action is being done to or for. • The cat climbed the tree. • Sally bought a gift. • John went with Gaige.

  4. Personal Narrative • A story that happened in your (the author’s) life

  5. Point of View • Whose perspective the story is being written from (1st or 3rd)

  6. 1st person point of view • Written from the main character’s point of view • I, Me, My, We, Us

  7. Transition words • To show the order or sequence in a story. • Then, First, Second, Third, Also, Next, Finally, At Last, After, Another

  8. Descriptive Words • Words that give a better view of what is happening. • Instead of “went,” use “trudged,” or “flew,” depending on how the action was done.

  9. Sensory Details • Sight, sound, taste, feel, and smell. • The water sparkled under the sun. • The heat from the water warmed my fingers.

  10. Hook Sentence • A sentence that draws a reader in to a story.

  11. Dialogue • When an author is repeating EXACTLY what a person said. • My mom told me to clean my room. • My mom said, “Clean your room!”

  12. Dialogue Rules • Always capitalize the beginning of a quote. • Put quotation marks around what the person is saying. • Put punctuation inside the quotation marks. • Always separate the quote from the rest of the sentence with commas, exclamation points, or question marks.

  13. Dialogue Examples • “We are going to be late!” my friend yelled. • Steve declared, “The capital of Texas is Austin.” • “Why don’t you take a seat,” the nurse stated. “The doctor will be with you shortly.”

  14. The writing process • You need to know the order • Brainstorm: to come up with an idea of what to write • Outline: to decide the order you would like to put things in (the skeleton of your story or essay) • Drafting: writing the first draft of your story

  15. The Writing Process (cont.) • Revising: Making major changes to order, content, descriptions, etc • Editing: Fixing spelling and grammar errors. • Publishing: Writing your final copy and submitting it.

  16. Reading Strategies • Predict: to use clues in the story to guess what will happen next. • Infer: to use clues in the story to figure out what an author is not saying directly. • Decoding: Using clues around a word to help you figure out what a word means

  17. Reading Strategies (cont.) • Monitor, Clarify: Thinking, “Am I learning what I need to learn?” or, “Is this making sense?” • Evaluate: Deciding if the story was clear and whether or not it was entertaining.

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