RIC-20790_Teaching_Strategies_for_Writing_BkB_word_choices
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UNIT 1<br />
NOUN GROUPS<br />
A noun group is a noun with other <strong>word</strong>s which add more<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation about the noun.<br />
For example: cold, white, frothy milk; some milk; my milk.<br />
Good writers use in<strong>for</strong>mative noun groups.<br />
1. Write the whole noun group from Paragraph 4.<br />
(a) dough<br />
(b) food<br />
(c) years<br />
2. Add some <strong>word</strong>s to each noun to make an in<strong>for</strong>mative noun group.<br />
(a) butter<br />
(b) bread<br />
(c) meat<br />
(d) sandwich<br />
3. Write an interesting sentence using one of the noun groups from Question 2.<br />
4. Find two noun groups from Paragraph 3.<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
5. (a) Write a noun group using the <strong>word</strong> 'campers'.<br />
(b) Use this noun group in an interesting sentence.<br />
6<br />
TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR WRITING (Book B)<br />
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