UFLI

- Use mostly 1 syllable words in the story except for skill words, custom words, character, setting, and character name.
- Vary sentence patterns (simple, compound, and complex)
- Use connecting words and subordinating conjunctions (while, when, as, until, etc.)
- Implement "show, not tell" descriptive techniques, incorporating sensory details (how things feel, sound, look, etc.)
- Use dialogue
- There should be a clear problem and solution

Lesson 99 (Suffixes; -s/-es)

Brent the dragon sat in the meadow.  Red wildflowers covered the slopes.  He looked at the clouds.  Brent enjoys looking at the clouds. He sees shapes in them. Today he sees a lion and a turtle.  Then, a strong wind blows. The wind blows his tent down.  “Oh, no!” Brent cries.  He tries to put the tent up. He pulls and tugs. The tent will not go up.  He sees his friend, Kate. Kate has a red tent, too. “My tent fell down,” Brent tells Kate. “Let’s put it up,” Kate says.  Kate and Brent work as teammates. They read the tent’s tags. The tags show them what to do.  They put the poles into the joints. They pull the tent up.  “We did it!” Kate says. Brent smiles. He thanks Kate for her help. Now they both have tents. They look up.  A big, red ladybug lands on Brent's tent. "Look!" Brent says.  Kate giggles.  They both watch the ladybug crawl.  "Let's go look for more ladybugs!" Brent says. Kate agrees.


Brent sat in the meadow. Red wildflowers covered the slopes. He looked at the clouds.

Brent enjoys looking at the clouds. He sees shapes in them. Today he sees a lion and a turtle.

Then, a strong wind blows. The wind blows his tent down. “Oh, no!” Brent cries.

He tries to put the tent up. He pulls and tugs. The tent will not go up.

He sees his friend, Kate. Kate has a red tent, too. “My tent fell down,” Brent tells Kate.

“Let’s put it up,” Kate says. Kate and Brent work as teammates. They read the tent’s tags.

The papers show them what to do. They put the poles into the joints. They pull the tent up.

“We did it!” Kate says. Brent smiles.

He thanks Kate for her help. Now they both have tents. They look up.

A big, red ladybug lands on Brent's tent. "Look!" Brent says.

Kate giggles. They both watch the ladybug crawl. "Let's go look for more ladybugs!" Brent says. Kate agrees.