My Other Half

I am a twin. Twins are two babies that have the same parents and are born at the same time. There are two types of twins, identical and fraternal. Identical twins have the same genes and are always of the same gender but fraternal twins have different genes and can be of either gender. I am a fraternal twin girl and I have a twin brother. I love having a twin brother because of the special bond we share. As children, we did everything together. We experienced many milestones together such as; learning how to walk and talk, losing our baby teeth, our first day of school and much more. Today, my twin brother and I are still very close, so every year we enjoy celebrating our birthday together.  


Vocabulary:
twin (noun) - two babies born at the same birth
genes (noun) – the information that decides your traits, DNA 

identical twins (noun) - twins that have the same genes and look the same

fraternal twins (noun) - twins that have different genes and look mostly different 

gender (noun) - boy or girl
bond (noun) – strong closeness with someone
milestones (noun) - important events in your life


Vocabulary Exercise:Directions: Match the word with the correct definition. 

1. ___ gender                            a. twins that have different genes, look mostly different 
2. ___ bond                               b. the information that decides your traits, DNA 
3. ___ milestones                      c. twins that have the same genes and look the same 
4. ___ fraternal twin                  d. boy or girl                                                  
5. ___ genes                             e. two babies born at the same birth    
6. ___ identical twins                 f. strong closeness with someone  
7. ___ twin                                g. important events in your live  



Grammar Point: Conjunctions are used to put words and sentences together. For example, and, but, or, and so are conjunctions. 

Grammar Exercise: Identify and circle the conjunctions in the above passage. Then write three sentences using those conjunctions from the passage.

Conjunction Video