102 Add Details
Convention: Compound Words
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will learn how to add details to make their writing clearer and more interesting. Students will also practice reading, spelling, and using compound words correctly.
Teaching Notes
- Explain that details answer questions like who, what, where, when, and how.
- Model a simple sentence and add details step by step.
- Teach that compound words are made from two smaller words joined together.
- Read compound words aloud so students can hear both parts.
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🧒 Student Worksheet
Helping Material
Details help the reader picture the idea.
Good details tell more about:
- what happened
- who was there
- where it happened
- how it looked or felt
Compound words are two words joined to make one word.
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Modeled Improvement (Before → After)
1. Before: I went outside.
After:
Why it’s better:
2. Before: I like school.
After:
Why it’s better:
3. Before: I saw a bug.
After:
Why it’s better:
4. Before: We played.
After:
Why it’s better:
5. Before: I did homework.
After:
Why it’s better:
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Writing Choices Q&A
1. What do details do?
2. What is a compound word?
3. Is playground a compound word?
4. Is school work a compound word?
5. Do details help readers understand?
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Mini Activities
1. Add a Detail
I went home.
2. Find the Compound Word
playground, play
3. Fix the Sentence
I like base ball.
4. Choose the Better Sentence
(I saw a bug. / I saw a ladybug on a leaf.)
5. Write a Sentence
Use a compound word.
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Writing Samples
(5 samples · 5–8 sentences · strong details + compound words)
Playing After School
My Schoolwork
A Day at the Baseball Field
Finding a Ladybug
At the Playground
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Reflection
- Which detail helped your writing the most?