Composing and Writing Process-Skills and Concepts

RIT Scores between 211 and 220

PPT The Writing Process  PPT Paragraph  Sentence Sense

Descriptive Essay  Opinion Essay  Persuasive Essay  Expository Essay

CompareContrast Essay  Research Report   Personal NarrativeStory Narrative

5 Paragraph Essay Slide Show-Ice Cream Friendly Letters

Prewriting Skills

Create comprehensive outlines

 C 380

Writing Process Site

Topic
Outline

Writing Vocab Test of Writing Terms

Link

Writing Process

WebEnglishTeacher

Prewriting-Terms Quia

Use compound sentence selection

 L 263-277

Compound Sent

Link-ESL

Quia Quiz

Punctuate

Examples

Outline verbiage for imaginative stories

 verbiage

Never ending Tale

Imaginative Narrative

Wacky Web Tales

Categorize using main topic as guideline

 

Paragraph Punch

Paragraphs    Quiz

Thesis
Body
Introduction

 

Drafting and Revising Skills

Revise syntax for correct order

 syntax

Revising

Essay Punch

Use subject-verb agreement

 L 390

 

Use a variety of sentences from simple to complex

 C 69,71

L 268

 

 

Use infinitive phrases to denote emphasis

 L 229-234

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C 471

 

Use subordinating clauses

 L 260,277,301

wkbk 78

Sub Clauses

Edit for misplaced modifiers

 L 227, 260

Modifier Placement

Misplaced

Practice

Combine sentences to make compound and complex

 C 69-71

L 268

PPT

Compound Sent

Link

Punctuate

Examples

Use parts of a news story for complete description of an event

 

CNN

ABC

CBS

Times News

Newspapers

 Write strong conclusions

 C 105-207, 170

387

Conclusion
Sample
Links

 

Use Editing and Proofreading Processes

Use commas in a series of participial phrases

 L 222, 241

Editing

Publishing

Use strong topic sentences with strong verbs

 C 166, 192, 97,302

Topic Sent.

Link

Examples

Use capitals in a letter closure

 C 411

Write a Letter

Letter Writing-easy

Quiz

Quiz

PPT

PPT

Use abbreviations in appropriate places

 

List

Hints

Abbreviations

 

New Vocabulary: tone, summary, synonym, personification, metaphor, fantasy, complex sentence, rough draft, personal narrative

 

RIT Scores between 221 and 230

Prewriting Skills

Select words based on main topic

 C 14, 131-137

 

Outline a complex topic selection

 C 380

 

Choose appropriate words for a selection

 

 

Evaluate possible point of views (i.e. personification)

 

 

Choose vivid descriptors

 

 

Select method for brainstorming

 

 

 

Drafting and Revising Skills

Use exaggeration to make statement

 

 

Use adverbial clauses

 

 

Ask leading questions

 

 

Use gerund phrases

 

 

 

Use Editing and Proofreading Processes

Use complex sentence order in paragraph

 

 

Use verb phrases

 

 

Use exaggerated figures of speech for emphasis

 

 

 

New Vocabulary: nonparallel construction, sentence fragment, faulty tense change, irony, exaggeration, fragment

 

RIT Scores between 231 and 240

Drafting and Revising Skills

Use metaphors as a figure of speech

 

Idioms

 Idioms

Idioms

Idioms

Hangman

 

Use Editing and Proofreading Processes

Identify strong adverbs

 

 

Identify indefinite pronouns

 

 

Use metaphors for emphasis

 

 Quiz Simile

Quiz   Quiz

Conjugate irregular verbs correctly

 

 

New Vocabulary: none

Paragraph a Week

Chapter 4: Narration: Autobiographical Writing
Chapter 5: Narration: Short Story
Chapter 6: Description
Chapter 7: Persuasion: Persuasive Essay
Chapter 8: Exposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Chapter 9: Exposition: Cause-and-Effect Essay
Chapter 10: Exposition: How-to Essay
Chapter 11: Research: Research Report
Chapter 12: Response to Literature
Chapter 13: Writing for Assessment

 

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