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Informative Writing

Informative Writing. Week 14 December 4 th , 2013. The plan…. Objectives Review Revision Proofreading Symbols Proofreading Train Wrap-up Preview. Objectives. Students will practice and hone their teamwork skills and delegation tasks

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Informative Writing

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  1. Informative Writing Week 14 December 4th, 2013

  2. The plan…. • Objectives • Review • Revision • Proofreading Symbols • Proofreading Train • Wrap-up • Preview

  3. Objectives • Students will practice and hone their teamwork skills and delegation tasks • Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the five steps of the writing process with particular emphasis on editing proofreading • Students will acquire the skills needed for and practice peer-proofreading

  4. Review Revision

  5. Proofreading Review What is this? Can you explain how-to do this?

  6. Spelling Checking your writing for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage • Spelling is important and misspellings can change the meaning of an entire sentence • Beware of common spelling mistakes • Homonyms can be your worst nightmare • were/ we’re, there/their/they’re, too/to/two • Past tense can change spelling too! • run  ran, stop  stopped, pray  prayed • “i before e except after c” is a good rule to follow, too • “B” is not the same as “P”, please be careful (same with “D” & “T”) • Remember some letters have more than one sound, like: “G”, “Th”, “C”

  7. Grammar Checking your writing for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage • Subject-verb agreement is important or the readers might not understand who is doing what • Becca Teacher are the best teacher EVER! • Verb tense should be consistent throughout the paper • BT lived in India. She is killing an elephant. She met the elephant out shopping. • Be very careful with word order, it can change the meaning • Basic sentence order is “SUB + VERB + OTHER STUFF” • See the photograph above • No run-ons or fragments please! • That five line long sentence you have, break it down • One word sentence? I don’t think so Joe!

  8. Punctuation Checking your writing for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage • Apostrophes ( ’ ) are for possession and contractions • Becca Teacher’s classes are really fun! • They’re going to the movies • Commas ( , ) have rules that you MUST FOLLOW • Lists: BT teaches grammar, writing, literature, social studies, and GP. • Combining two complete sentences: I went to the store, and bought a new dress • Introductions to sentences: Once upon a time, there was a little girl… • Questions get question marks ( ?) • Exclamations get exclamation marks ( ! ) • Sentences get periods, or full stops ( . )

  9. Usage & Other Handy Hints Checking your writing for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage • Make sure you know the correct meaning of the phrases and words you are using (this is usage) • Capital letters • The first word in each sentence and all proper nouns • Indentation • Every time a new paragraph begins • NO SLANG • This isn’t the internet, plz and u are not actual words and definitely not to used in writing • Title: you need it

  10. Proofreading Symbols Identifying the purpose and use of each symbol

  11. Proofreading Train • Break into groups • Pass your papers to the group to the left • Read each word and sentence carefully • Use the proofreading symbols for any corrections that may be needed • After 5 minutes pass the paper to the group to the left • We will do this until you receive your papers back • Re-write your essays with all of the revisions and proofreading corrections included on the provided sheet.

  12. Groups On the following slides are the group break downs for each class. Find your name and sit in your groups. Groups are NOT negotiable. Nice try, Slick!

  13. Wrap-up • What is proofreading? • What are some of the proofreading symbols?

  14. Preview • Writing Informal letters

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