| DRESS-UPS |
The following are words we have chosen to go with various writing assignments. Obviously there are many more verbs, adjectives, and adverbs that we could list. Use these lists when you are stuck trying to get a dress-up into your daily spelling sentences and writing assignments. These are the same words we have listed on the wall in our classroom.
Strong Verbssprint devour leaped jolted roped defeated conquered scampered drifted twitched gobble stuffed declare chatter scattered squeaked lugged ly-how adverbsmightily dangerously stupendously wildly violently horribly extremely absolutely proudly quickly terribly sincerely sadly swiftly eagerly happily rudely angrily furiously fiercely brighly silently smootly busily gracefully lovingly beautifully extraordinarily
Quality Adjectivesrisky crazy buff violent humongous mighty adventurous colossal gargantuan
WWW.ASIAThis is an acronym to help students remember these words. For this dress-up student's need to have one sentence in each paragraph with just one of these words. W - when W - while W - where A - as S - since I - if A - although
ww - who/which clauseuse the word "who" or "which" anywhere, except for the first word, in a sentence. Need to use a comma or commas to set off the clause from the rest of the sentence. If you can take out the clause between the commas and the sentence is still complete, you have put the commas in the right spot. Examples...
General George Washington, who was the first president of the United States, was the leader of Continental Army. (Notice if you take out the clause (who was the first president of the United States) the sentence would still be complete... General George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army.
More examples...
The tree, which grew 2 feet this spring, is towering over the house. Mrs. Ottley, who is our 4th grade teacher, like us to be on time to school. If you do not do your homework, which is bad, you will not a good grade. |