Lessons
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Introduction to Expository Writing
SWBAT define expository writing and list the steps to compose an expository report; write an expository paragraph together.
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Writing a Report with Partner
SWBAT go through the steps to complete an expository report with a partner.
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Writing a Report Independently
SWBAT independently go through the steps to complete an expository report.
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Run On Sentences
SWBAT define run-on sentence; distinguish between complete sentences and run-on sentences; correct a run on sentence in two ways.
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Fragments
SWBAT define sentence fragment; distinguish between a sentence and a sentence fragment
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Run ons, fragments, sentences
SWBAT distinguish between a sentence, sentence fragment, and run on sentence.
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POS Review
SWBAT review definitions of parts of speech and identify words’ parts of speech in sentences
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Troubleshoot Adverbs
SWBAT review definition of adverb, explaining both what parts of speech they modify and what they show in a sentence. SWBAT identify adverbs in sentences.
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POS Double Identities
SWBAT identify parts of speech of words that may be used as multiple parts of speech.
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Punctuation of Titles
SWBAT punctuate titles of books, newspapers, magazines, chapters, poems, articles, and songs appropriately.
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Apostrophes
SWBAT place apostrophes in correct place to show possession with singular nouns.
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Verb Tense Consistency
SWBAT change verb tense within a paragraph to maintain verb tense consistency.
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Grammar Assessment
SWBAT identify the correct application of Epiphany capitalization and comma rules, AS WELL AS choose the correct answer from questions that require them to correctly punctuate titles; use there, its, your; identify subjects of a sentence and verbs that agree with compound subjects; use apostrophes to show singular ownership; and maintain verb tense consistency.
