Language and Grammar: Express Ideas and Feelings

Role-Play With a partner, role-play the characters in “LAFFF.” Take turns telling what you see, how you feel, and why you feel this way. Use words, facial expressions, and body movements to show how you feel. Use nouns to make your ideas clear. Remember to use a singular noun for “one” and a plural noun for “more than one.” Trade roles.

Peter showed me a rose from the future! I was shocked!

Writing and Grammar: Write About Time Travel

Study the Models To make your writing interesting, use nouns that say exactly what you mean. Use the correct form of singular and plural nouns to make your ideas clear.

Just Ok

I saw a thing about time travel to the past. A man made a car that took him to a different time. A person used the car to go to the past. He saw stuff and places. He borrowed some clothes.

These nouns are not specific. The reader thinks: “What ‘thing’ did the writer see? Who is the ‘person’ who used the car? What ‘stuff’ did he see?”

Better

I saw a science fiction movie about time travel to the past. An inventor made a car that took him to 1955. A teenager used the car to go to the past. He saw a Ford Thunderbird convertible and an ice cream parlor. He borrowed a Letterman jacket.

The writer made the passage better with specific nouns. The reader will have a better picture.

Add Sentences On a separate piece of paper, write two more sentences to add to the BETTER paragraph. Use the correct forms of singular and plural nouns.

Illustration of the pen icon WRITE ON YOUR OWN Write about what you might see if you traveled to the past. Use specific and clear nouns. Use a singular noun for one and a plural noun for more than one.

    Remember

  • • To make most nouns plural, add -s.

  • • If the noun ends in s, z, sh, ch, or x, add -es.

What would you see if you traveled to the past?

What would you see if you traveled to the past?