Alpha Unit

Sentences/Narrating/Telling an Anecdote

1. Anecdote-a story about something that is usually told
2. Character-the individuals that interact in a story
3. Complete predicate-the verb plus any other words or word phrases that relate to the verb
4. Complete subject-the part of a sentence that includes all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about
5. Declarative sentence-a sentence that makes a statement
6. Exclamatory sentence-a sentence that expresses strong or sudden feeling
7. Imperative sentence-a sentence that expresses a command or a request
8. Interrogative sentence-a sentence that asks a question
9. Natural order-the order of a sentence when the subject comes before all or part of the predicate
10. Observation chart-a strategy to help a writer remember and outline details
11. Plot-events in a story
12. Predicate-the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or what happens to the subject
13. Quotation marks-marks used to show the actual words of the speaker.
14. Run-on sentence-two or more sentences that run together without correct punctuation
15. Sentence-a group of words that expresses a complete thought
16. Setting-where a story takes place
17. Simple predicate-the verb in the predicate part of a sentence
18. Simple sentence-a sentence that has one subject and one predicate
19. Simple subject-the main word in the subject part of a sentence
20. Subject-the part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about
21. Understood subject-Usually found in a command sentence.

Beta Unit

Nouns/Informing/Oral Directions

1. Abbreviation-a short form of a word
2. Appositive-a noun or phrase that identifies or explains the noun it follows
3. Comma-used in sentences for several reasons including to separate words in a series
4. Common noun-names any one of a class of objects the noun that follows
5. Noun-a word that names a person, place, thing, or quality
6. Order circle-can assist writers in placing things in their proper place
7. Paragraph-a group of sentences that tell about one main idea
8. Plural noun-a noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or quality
9. Possessive noun-a noun that tells who or what owns
10. Proper noun-a noun that names a particular person, place, or thing and is capitalized
11. Sequence-the order of something
12. Singular noun-names one person, place, thing or quality
13. Supporting sentence-develop the main idea of a paragraph
14. Topic sentence-states the main idea of a paragraph

Chi Unit

Verbs/Imagining/Exaggerating

1. Action verb-tells an action that the subject is doing
2. Helping verb-used to help the main verb of the sentence
3. Verb phrase-a main verb and one or more other verbs
4. Verb tense-tells the time expressed by the verb
5. Verb-a word that expresses action, being, or state of being
6. Linking verb-a verb that connects the subject of a sentence with a noun or adjective that comes after the verb

Delta Unit

Pronouns/Persuading/Expressing Opinion

1. Possessive pronoun a pronoun that tells who
2. Subject pronoun-a pronoun used as the subject or as part of the subject of the sentence
3. Indefinite pronoun-a pronoun that does not refer to a specific person or thing
4. Pronoun-a word that takes the place of a noun
5. Object pronoun-a pronoun used after an action

Epsilon Unit

Adjectives/Describing/Interviews

1. Adjective-describes a noun by telling which one, what kind, or how many
2. Proper adjective-an adjective that is formed from a proper noun
3. Demonstrative adjective-an adjective that points out a specific person or thing
4. Limiting adjective-the articles a, an, and the

Gamma Unit

Adverbs/Researching/Oral Reports

1. Adverb-describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Iota Unit

Prepositions/Creating/Reciting Out Loud

1. Preposition-a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence
2. Prepositional phrase-a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

Kappa Unit

Sentences Advanced/Classifying/Group Discussions

1. Compound predicate-two predicates joined by or. and, or but that have one subject
2. Compound sentence-two simple sentences joined by words such as and. but, so. and or
3. Compound subject-two subjects joined by and that have one predicate
4. Inverted order-the order of a sentence when all or part of the predicate comes before the subject