assignment_returnWorksheet: Let's Make It Better
Standard(s): W.3.5

(1) I never thought it would happen to me. (2) Nevertheless, it did! (3) I saw a UFO! (4) I read lots and lots of books about UFOs, but my parents told me there was no such thing as aliens. (5) I looked out of the window and saw a big circle with ten lights. (6) A door opened and a little green man came out.

Where should the following sentence be added to this paragraph?

Then, late one night when I was reading a UFO book in my room, I saw a bright light outside.

Many of the other dogs thought it was strange that these two were so close. They were different colors and different sizes. They didn't even live close to each other! Still, whenever someone would ask, "Why do you two like each other so much?", both Flippy and Floppy would say the same thing at the same time.

What would be the best topic sentence for this paragraph?

I was ready for the competition this time. Last year during the kite flying competition, I was nervous and unprepared. I forgot my kite string and had to borrow one from the judges. Once I got my kite into the air, I didn't do a very good job of controlling it, and it crashed into another kite. The two kites were tangled together, and both the other flier and I were disqualified from the competition.

___________________I checked my kite for tears. It was perfect. I checked to make sure the kite string was tied to the kite tightly and was wound around the handle neatly. Check.

What topic sentence would best fill in the blank?

Read the passage and answer the question.

The gingerbread house looked delicious, but something about it was scary. I had been making gingerbread houses with my mother at Christmas time since I was a little girl, but I had never seen one that was life-sized. Still, I couldn't resist all of those delicious goodies. I pulled a piece of licorice off of the window sill.

"Who's that out there?" a loud voice boomed from inside the house.

"Clara....," I said in a small, scared voice.

"Why are you taking apart my house?" the voice yelled again.

"I thought it was a candy treat. Whenever I make gingerbread houses with my mother, I get to eat them," I replied.

"Well...this house isn't for you to eat. Go away or I'll cut your fingers off!" came the loud voice again.

What would be the best closing sentence for this story?

Read the passage and answer the question.

The troll was not happy. He had been trying to build a fence around his home for days, but it kept falling over. You see, the troll didn't like anyone. He wanted to build a fence, so none of his neighbors could visit him. He cut down many trees and then cut these large trees into posts for his fence. He dug holes in the ground and put the posts in them. Then he laid long logs on top of the posts, but the logs kept falling down. As the troll was sitting on a log, feeling sad about the unfinished fence, one of his neighbors walked by. "What's wrong, Mr. Troll?" said the neighbor. "I can't build my fence to keep you out!"said the troll. "I'll help you," replied the neighbor.

The neighbor went and got a hammer and some nails from his house. He and the troll nailed the logs on top of the posts. When the fence was all finished, the troll smiled. "Would you like to come into my house for some milk and cookies?" he asked his neighbor.

"I thought you wanted to keep me out," said ______________.

"I did, but then I saw how helpful you are when you built the fence with me.", said the troll. "Now I'd like to be friends."

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.