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Grammar Portfolio
Following in-class direct instruction and practice,
a task for each topic will be assigned. Students will complete each task according to the following guidelines.
Grammar Portfolio
Format Each task is labeled. Items within tasks are
labeled as needed.
Completeness Every task item must be complete.
For example, if Task Item #6 requires three sentences and only two are written, the task item is incomplete.
Accuracy Task items will be graded according to
Grammar Portfolio
basic grammar and mechanical rules such as end punctuation, beginning capitalization, MLA format, etc. is evident. Each task builds upon another. For example, Task Item #4 teaches capitalization. Every Task Item completed afterwards must follow all of the rules of capitalization.
Creativity Knowledge is presented in an original
way. Examples include but are not limited to using technology such as websites, PowerPoints, Prezi; scrapbooking, incorporation of pictures, etc. The portfolio shows more effort than typed or handwritten entries in a binder or notebook.
Writing Process
Prewrite What is your purpose for writing? How are you going to achieve this purpose? Who is your reader? Use journalistic questions Freewriting Cubing Webbing/clustering Listing More prewriting questions http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/673/03 /
Writing Process
Prewrite, Plan
Why create an outline? Helps to keep track of large amounts of info Helps organize ideas Presents material in logical form Shows relationships among ideas Defines boundaries and groups
Writing Process
Prewrite, Plan
Writing Process
Prewrite Plan
Drafting
Rough draft, early version of final copy
Writing Process
Prewrite Plan
Drafting
Proofread
Peer review grammar and process
Writing Process
Prewrite Plan
Print
Proofread Publish
All done! Final copy
Class
Due Date Page number in upper right hand corner
Sample page 1
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090701095 636_747.pdf
Parts of Speech
Noun name of a person, place, thing, or concept The best part of dinner was the chefs newest dessert.
Parts of Speech
Pronoun word used in place of a noun We were intrigued by the video that the fifth graders produced as their final project.
Parts of Speech
Verb usually expresses action or being There were fifty apples on the tree before the frost killed them.
Adjective modifies a noun or pronoun usually answers questions such as Which one? What kind? How many? Articles a, an, and the also adjectives The decision was unpopular. A defendant should be judged on the evidence provided to the jury, not on hearsay.
Parts of Speech
Adverb modifies a verb , an adjective, or an adverb usually answers questions such as When? Where? Why? How? Under what conditions? To what degree? Pull firmly on the emergency handle. Be extremely kind, and you will probably have many friends.
Parts of Speech
Preposition indicates the relationship between the noun or pronoun that follows it and another word in the sentence (pg. 380) The road to the summit travels past craters from an extinct volcano.
Parts of Speech
Conjunction connects words or word groups She ran to the car, and he drove away.
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech Activity Freewrite write about given topic for five minutes
without stopping or paying attention to grammar or mechanics Call-Out incorporate the words called out into your freewrite
Topic: Are you for or against the death penalty?
Cotton candy Steelers Cats Reading Video game Ambidextrous (ability to use both hands equally) Antithesis
Grammar Task
1. Rank the five stages of the writing process in order of which you find the least to most difficult and explain why.
2. In freewrite, circle and label one example of each part of speech. (noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, and preposition)
For Monday...
Read Ramage chapters 1-2 and answer these questions Chapter 1 1. What is meant by the term argument? 2. What are the defining features of an argument? Chapter 2 1. What are the five main strategies for deep reading? 2. Creatively illustrate/explain the relationship between thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.