Dear Parents,
Since second graders tend to work slowly in copying notes and may not have had time to copy all their definitions, I am providing the Unit 4 words with the definitions below. Please make a copy of this sheet and staple it into their ELA notebook so that you can review better now and for finals.
REMEMBER the ElA Unit 4 Test is scheduled for this Monday and Religion is Tuesday,
autobiography - story written about one's own life
biography- story written about a person's life
introduction- the beginning of a essay
conclusion- the ending of an essay
narrative - writing that tells a story
linking words - for example, also, however
time order words - first, next, then, last
opinion- one's personal belief
reasons- explanations that support an opinion
revolutionaries - people who make changes by protesting
sequence- correct order
draft - first try writing an essay
edit - to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
revise- to rewrite to improve one's writing
apostrophe - punctuation mark used in possessives and in contractions
possessive form - showing ownership: Joe's jacket or his, mine
contraction - two words joined to form one word using an apostrophe eg. I'm, didn't
comma - punctuation mark used to separate words or number
plural - more than one
noun - name of a person, place, thing, or idea eg. Mike, store, dog, kindness
verb - action word eg eat
adjective - word that describes a noun eg. small
adverb - word that tells where, when, or how eg. slowly
pronoun - word that takes the place of a noun eg. he, her
tall tale - story about a real person that is exaggerated
fragment - an incomplete sentence
run-on- two sentences run together incorrectly without a period
character trait - adjective that describes how a person behaves eg. brave, selfish, curious
agriculture- farming by raising animals or growing crops
product - something we use that is made or grown
civil rights- law that treats all people fairly
segregation- being separated due to one's race
marshals- men assigned by law to protect Ruby Bridges
boycott- refusal to use a service in protest
legacy- something valuable left by a person when they die
Underground Railroad - an escape route for slaves from the South to the North
