Language and Grammar: Express Ideas and Feelings

Are you jealous?

Act It Out Work in a group. Take turns acting out a feeling (such as being sad, angry, happy, or curious). Use your face and body language. Group members ask questions to guess your feeling. If they guess correctly, answer with a statement After three guesses, say the correct answer.

Yes, I am jealous.

Writing and Grammar: Write About Someone You Know

Study the Models When you write about someone you know, include enough details to make your statements clear and interesting.

Just Ok

My friend is Kimi. She is nice. I am usually at her house. Both our families are from another place. Kimi and I do things together.

This writer leaves out a lot of details. The reader thinks: “This is boring.”

Better

My best friend is Kimi. She is kind and nice. She makes me feel at home in my new neighborhood. I am usually at her house, or she is at my house. We are like sisters. Both our families are from Japan. Kimi and I cook Japanese food and sing Japanese songs together.

Details make the statements interesting and clear.

Add Sentences Add two statements to the BETTER model above. Make the statements interesting and clear by adding details.

Illustration of a pen icon. Write On Your Own Write about someone you know who makes you feel at home. Include details. If you write statements with am, is, or are, be sure to use the verb forms correctly.

Kimi and I like to be silly together.

Kimi and I like to be silly together.

Remember

There are different forms for the verb be.

One More Than One
I amwe are
you areyou are
he, she, it isthey are