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Written by Dr. Barbara White of Madison, WI, Split features eight
major assignments covering the major modes of writing: persuasion,
exposition, narration, and description. Each assignment includes a
specially designed grading sheet, brainstorming sheet, and student
checklist.
Key Features:
- The writing assignments help students describe a family meal,
revise and improve an old game or toy, paint a poetic scene, explain
how a piece of technology works, narrate an ideal vacation, persuade
school advisors, observe the world of work, and research family
heritage.
- Oral language activities abound. Students unscramble sentences, discover the many meanings of a word, create new verbs, plus…
- Students practice sentence writing skills as they learn a
writer’s vocabulary to help while revising a first draft. They combine,
rearrange, subtract, and expand sentences. These exercises help improve
sentence fluency.
- Our Sentence Opening Sheet is featured throughout the text as a practical revision strategy; it is also used to analyze poetry.
Scope and Sequence
Oral Language:
Sentence sense
Many Word Meanings
A Flexible and Versatile Language
New verbs from nouns
Creating new words – Jabberwocky
The ultimate language machine
Reading aloud – all stages of the writing process
Sentence Combining – Sentence Fluency:
Combining with coordinating conjunctions – boys fan
Expanding with journalistic questions
Subtracting unnecessary words and ideas
Creating moods with words
Using figurative language
Combining with subordinating conjunctions – glue words
Combining with WH Words
Combining with ING Words
Fragments/Run-Ons
The Writing Process:
Describing a family meal
Revising a game – persuasion
Painting a poetic scene
Explaining how things work – exposition
Narrating an ideal vacation
Persuading your school advisors
Observing the world of work
Researching your heritage
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