Name: ___________________________________________

Date: ______________________________________________
Chapter

A Morning Person or a Night Person?

Additional Practice 1
Reviewing Key Concepts
In Chapter 1, you learned how to write a paragraph about one main idea. The following activity will help you review important concepts from Chapter 1.

Complete the following paragraphs with words or phrases from the box below. main subject brainstorm verb irrelevant simple relevant organize list choose draft edit

In Chapter 1, you wrote a paragraph about the morning or the night. To start, of all your ideas. Next, write as many ideas as possible. Dont worry
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you learned to
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to get ideas for writing. The first step is to make a the ideas that you want for your the ideas and put them in a
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if they are good or bad ideas. Then, paragraph. After you select your ideas, you

good order. After planning your paragraph, you write your first

You learned about writing a paragraph in English. A paragraph should be about one
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idea. Every sentence in the paragraph should be about this idea. In other
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words, all the sentences in your paragraph should be

to the main idea. .

When you revise your paragraph, you should check to see that all sentences do in fact relate to the main idea and you should take out any sentences that are
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You also learned about sentences in English. Every sentence needs a subject and a
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verb. The

tells who or what the sentence is about. The

tells what the subject is or does. A sentence with one subject and one verb is called a grammar, such as correct use of subjects and verbs.
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sentence. When you

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your paragraph, you check for

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Chapter

A Morning Person or a Night Person?

Additional Practice 2
Organizing and Revising
In Chapter 1, you learned to write a paragraph about one main idea. Every sentence should be relevant to the main idea. When you revise, you should take out irrelevant sentences.

Read a students first draft of a paragraph about the night. Check the paragraph for irrelevant ideas. Write the sentence numbers of the irrelevant ideas on the lines below. Irrelevant sentences:
The Night

Night is my favorite time of day. 2Usually, its a relaxing time. 3 After dinner, I do my homework and listen to music in my dormitory room. 4My favorite band is Green Day, and I want to go to their concert next month. 5My parents gave me a new CD player for my birthday. 6 At around 11:00, my friends come to my room. 7 We hang out together. 8Sometimes we order pizza. 9My friend Cindy never eats pizza. 10Shes always on a diet. 11Other times, we go outside and enjoy the beautiful night sky. 12 We sit and talk under the stars. 13I love the night because its peaceful and enjoyable.

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A Morning Person or a Night Person?

Additional Practice 3
Editing
In Chapter 1, you learned to check for a subject and verb in every sentence.

Edit the paragraph below for subjects and verbs. To do this, underline the subjects and circle the verbs. You will discover that five of the sentences are missing a subject or verb. On the lines beneath the paragraph, rewrite the entire paragraph and correct the sentences. Add subjects and verbs as necessary and use correct paragraph format.
The Morning

I love the early morning. 2It a busy time. 3Sometimes I go outside for a walk and enjoy the fresh air. 4I love the beautiful morning sunshine. 5Usually meet my friends in the cafeteria for breakfast at 8 A.M. 6I to my first class after that. 7After class, my friends come to my room. 8 We hang out together. 9Joke and have fun. 10 Sometimes study together or do homework. 11Morning is my favorite time of the day.

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