Skills Index
Abbreviations 90 Active voice 127,156 Adjectives 14, 78 Adjectival phrases 109 Adverbs 87 Alliteration 10, 81, 105 Antonyms 17
Homographs 80 Homophones 70 Hyperbole 180 Index 30 Inferring 66 Instructions 86 Interjections 180
Apostrophe of possession 77 Audience and purpose 21, 124
Journal 23, 41, 61, 80, 106, 125, 135, 136
Book report 18, 80, 81, 105, 169
KWL chart 24, 29
Capital letters 11, 100 Cause and effect 100, 167 Clauses 47 Colons 140 Commas 98, 119, 120
Letters
formal 124, 130, 172 informal 44, 171
Compare and contrast 50, 100 Comparative / superlative 14, 88 Conditional sentences 99 Conjunctions 47, 156 Context clues 9, 35, 66, 80 Contractions 135
Main idea 8, 25, 41, 57, 125 Maps and plans 112 Metaphors 10 Narrative composition 91, 170 Non-fiction 8 Nouns
Descriptive composition 36, 41, 71, 174 Diagrams 126, 135, 141 Dictionary work 59, 70, 71, 110 Directions 86 Drafting 31, 71, 101, 111, 131
abstract 11, 150 collective 11, 68 compound 11 plurals 16 possessive 77 types 11 Noun phrases 109
Expository writing 26, 84, 104, 141, 175
Fact / fiction 8 Fact / opinion 45, 52
Onomatopoeia 34, 64 Opposites 17
Glossary 10, 25, 32, 54, 105, 112, 173 Graphic organiser 21, 164–168 Graphs and tables 126
Paragraphs 57, 59, 62 Passive voice 127, 156 Past participle 67, 128 Personification 10, 105
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