0lympics of Ancient Greece

Punctuofion: Semicolons,
Independent Clouses
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0lympics of Ancient Greece
A compo,nd senience
is mqde up of rwo independent crouses.
Use o semlcobn ( ; I between lwo independenf clouses in
o *Tpqd senlencg when they ore notjoined by o
oordinoling conjunclion.
Er<omplesz Al firct lhe gomes incL# only runningi then
nav evants, such os boxing and choriot rocing,
were
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cornbine lhe hvo independent clouses inlo o compound senlence.
l. The 9tyryt €pmes originoled in oncient Greece. They were held from 776 B.C.
lo A.D. 3%.
2. ]h: Ofytpj:gomes were held orery fourth summer. The gomes were held ot Ofympio
in horpr of Zeus.
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Women were forbidden tr compele in ond wokh the Otympics. They held lheir own
gomes colled the Heroeo.
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The women's gomes were held every four yeors. There were ferrarer evenh.
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5. The winners were crolvned with choplets of wild olive. Their home city-sfirtes
olso
oworded voluoble gifu ond privileges to the chompions.
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Discus throw wos
o populor event with the oncient Greeks. The chompion wos
considered the greolest othlele.
0-7424-1805-7 Building Grammar & Writing Skiils
Writing: ToPic Sentences
one moin ideo' A topic sentence
A porogroph is o group of sentences thot tells obout
teils the-moin ideo of o porog,.loph'
topic sentence in the porogroph
Mony topic sentences come first in the porogroph.,The
whot the whore porogroph is obout?
berow is underrined, Do you see now itiettr inJr"boer
oro
moke
.You feel hoPPY to do things ond go
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your
friend moves owoy-or decides
eoch others, minds. But friendships con be sod when
to be best friends with someone else'
Pl(.l(/rtJ
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porogroph below
Direclions: Underline the topic sentence in the
Our whole fomily ogreed on
We hove two rules obout using the phone ot.our house.
second rule is to toke good
them.The flrst rule is not to tolt< lo;geitfi"n ]0 minutes,The
rntttogo if you onswer the phone for someone else'
o topic sentence for it'
Direclions: After you reod the porogroph below'write
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Foronething,youcouldoskyourneighborsiftheyneedonyhelp.Theymightbewilling
gross orweeding their gorden' Moybe
to poy you for wolking their dog "i.,..'o*ing their
their chores,you orso could osk
your order brotheis oisisters wouto pov voJ to do some of
the house to moke money'
your porents if hei.l, on extro joO voi could do oround
eoch of these subjects'
Direclions: Write o topic sentence for o porogroph on
Homework:
Television:
Grode 4- ComPrehenstve Cunlculum
Wriling: Story MoP
you begin to
A story mqp helps to orgonize your thoughts in o logicol sequence before
write o storY or
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rePort.
Directions:
poge 296,
Use
the following story mop to orronge your thoughts for the police report on
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Review
event in which someone your oge wos o hero
Directions: write o police report obout on
or heroine. Follow these stePs:
sheet of poper. Whot hoppened? Who sow
l . Write oll your ideos in ony o,1der on onother were the police colled?
ihifil corr.o ir? why
ir? who o,.
them with the story mop on poge 295'
2, choose the ideos you wont to use ond orgonize
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3.Now,writeincompletesentencestotellwhothoppened.Combinesomeshortsentences
period or
sure oll your sentences end w*h o
using ond, oui, oi, otter or whei. rvr"r..
question mork,
importont focts? will your "commonding
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you reove out ony
Reod your sentences oroud. Did.
om""i" know whot hoPPened?
your report below'
ony necessory chonges ond write
5, Moke
6, Reod Your report to someone'
OFFICIAT POLICE REPORT
Reporting officer:
Dqte of occident:
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4. ComPrehenglve Cunlculum
Time of occident:
Writing: Porogrophs
need to write
Eoch porqgroph should hove one moin ideo,lf you hove o lot of ideos,you
severol porogroPhs.
Directions: Reod the ideos'b"lo* ond number them:
l, lf the ideo tells obout Jill herself'
2, lf the ideo tells whot she did'
3, lf the ideo tells whY she did it'
found o bird cought in o kite string
ploys outside o lot
in grode four of Center School
knew the bird wos wild
untongled the bird
likes pets
wouldn't wont to live in o coge
gove the bird its freedom
your or'vn PgPgf.if necessory'Write
Now, use the ideos to write three porogrophs. Us9
porqgroph 3 obout
porogroph I obout Jill, write pord-giop:n 2 obout whot she did. write
why she did it.
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4. ComPrehenslve Cunlculum
Writing: Porogrophs
When you hove mony good ideos obout o subject,you need to orgonize your writing into
more thon one porogroph. lt is eosy to orgonize your thoughts obout o topic if you use o
"cluster of ideos" chort
Exomple:
Delqils
Deloils
Detoils
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Moin'Topic
Detoils
Detqils
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Deloils
The moin topic of your story is stoted in the middle circle. Detoils obout the moin
listed in the outer circles.
topic ore
Study the following "cluster of ideos" ond note how the thoughts ore orgonized in porogroph
form on the following poge.
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Shoes: white sneokers,
comfortoble,good for
wolking ond stonding
lntroduction:
working in yord,
outumn-cool
2. Ponls: blue jeons,
weother
old, cotton, good
for yord work,
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4. Sweoler: red with
Clothes for Soturdoy
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blue -"
yellow ond
designs, white buttons,
wormth for cold doy,
cotfon, long sleeves
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6, Closing: busy,
3, Shir* yellow,
short-sleeved,
mqtches slocks
ond sweoter,
not too hot
but reody
elodo { - Comprehenslve Cunlculum
Writing: Porogrophs
Once your ideos ore "clustered," go bock qnd decide which ideos should be the first,
second, third, ond so on. These numbers will be the order of the porogroph in the finished
story.
Directions: Reod the story porogrophs below,
Soturdoy, my fomily ond I will be working in the yord. We will be mowing gross, roking
leoves ond pulling weeds.When I get up thot doy,l know lwill need to weor clothes thot
will keep me worm in the outumn oir. My clothes will olso need to be ones thot will not be
ruined if they get muddy or dirtY.
The best choice of ponts for our busy doy will be my jeons.They ore nicely foded ond
well worn, which meqns they ore quite comfortoble. They will be good for yord work since
mud ond gross stoins wosh out of them eosily.
My shirt will be my yellow golf shirt. lt will motch the blue of my jeons, Also,its short sleeves
will be fine if the weother is worm.
For wormth on Soturdoy, if the doy is cool,will be my yellow ond red sweoter. lt is mode
from cotton ond hos long sleeves ond high buttons to keep out frosty oir.
Yord work meons lots of wolking, so I will need comfortoble shoes. The best choice will
be my white sneokers.They oren't too tight or too loose ond keep my feet strong,
Soturdoy will be o busy doy,but l'll be reody!
This
When "Clothes for Soturdoy" wos written,the outhor odded both on introductory ond
concluding porogroph.This helps the reoder with the flow of the story.
Directions: Now, it's your turn. Select o topic from the list below or choose one of your own.
Complete the "cluster of ideos" chort on poge 301 ond write o brief story. (You moy or moy
not use ollthe clusters.)
Topics:
chores
homework
Grocle 4 - @mprehenslve Gurlculum
holidoys
fomily
ollobout me
sports
pets
vocotion