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Wydown Writes! “No Excuses”

Wydown Writes! “No Excuses”. A building-wide focus on conventions of written language. In every piece of submitted writing…. Students will edit for writing conventions they learned in elementary school and will learn at Wydown. Name and Date. Include your name and the date on every paper.

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Wydown Writes! “No Excuses”

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  1. Wydown Writes!“No Excuses” A building-wide focus on conventions of written language

  2. In every piece of submitted writing… Students will edit for writing conventions they learned inelementary schooland will learn at Wydown.

  3. Name and Date • Include your name and the date on every paper. • Some teachers require additional information in the heading such as your team (7B) or your class (3/4 AM).

  4. Capitalization • Capital letter at the beginning of the sentence My teacher is the greatest. • Capital letters with proper nouns and adjectives North America, St. Louis Cardinals • Capital letters in titles To Kill a Mockingbird

  5. Punctuation • Use appropriate punctuation at the end of a sentence. Period . Question mark ? Exclamation point ! • Use commas in a series. We need books, paper, and scissors.

  6. Commonly Confused Words • Use commonly confused words appropriately. • are/our/hour their/there/they’re • its/it’s to/too/two • of/off whose/who’s • than/then your/you’re

  7. Apostrophes • Use apostrophes correctly in contractions: • He isn’t finished. • I’m so hungry! And singular possessives: • My teacher’s favorite book is on the desk. • The student’s paper was well-written.

  8. Spelling • Use correct spelling of high frequency words such as: • again literacy • around myself • because science • friend Wednesday • happy with • laugh would

  9. Need Help? • Writing Support Team • Dr. Kathryn Mitchell Pierce • Mrs. Christine Gidionsen • Ms. Shannon Parker • Ms. Meghan Norris • Wydown Homepage • “No Excuses” checklist • Prewriting strategies

  10. Wydown Writer’s Contract 2010 NO EXCUSES! Checklist #1______ My name and date are written/typed at the top of the page. #2______ I capitalized the first letter of each sentence. (EX: Literacy is my first class on “A” days.) #3______ I capitalized all proper nouns and proper adjectives. (EX: St. Louis Cardinals, Wydown Middle School, etc.) #4______ I capitalized titles correctly. (EX: Where the Red Fern Grows, Mr., Ms., etc.) #5______ I punctuated the end of each sentence. (USE: a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point)

  11. Contract Continued #6______ I placed commas between the items listed in a series. (EX: I like pizza, popcorn, and hotdogs.)  #7______ I correctly spelled the following commonly confused words: are/our/hour than/then whose/who’s its/it’s their/there/they’re your/you’re of/off to/two/too #8_____ I correctly used apostrophes in contractions. (EX: can’t, won’t, I’m) #9_____ I correctly used apostrophes in singular possessives. (EX: Sara’s house, my teacher’s name) #10_____ I spelled high frequency words correctly / ran Spellcheck on a typed assignment

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