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SESSION 4 | Grades K-12 / ELL All Levels | HANDOUT
Teach the purpose & impact of grammar
Introduce the trait of conventions
Introduce students to the trait of conventions using the tool box or tool-belt icons (young writer’s tool belt, older writer’s tool belt).
Primary teachers could introduce
Calvin Conventions, too.
Plan each writing skill within a 4-step mini-lesson.
PDF template | Google Doc template
Plan convention mini-lessons in a multi-day series.
PDF template | Google Doc template
View a lesson executed in Grade 6 on nouns v. pronouns.
4-step mini-lesson plan | Lesson Resource PDF | Smartboard
JPEG Files of noun and pronoun icons
Noun with the ball | Pronoun on the bench | Pronoun substituting for the Noun | Vague/Confusing Nouns and Pronouns
View a lesson executed in Grade 1 on writing with adjectives.
4-step mini-lesson plan | Oversized Anchor Chart images | Writing-Time Student Handout
Nouns & Pronouns
Adjectives & Adverbs
Verbs
Preps, Conjunctions, & Appositives
Sentences
- Start with 2-Word Sentences
- Supersize Sentences in the Primary Grades
- Stretch Sentences with the Dice Game
- Use Grammar to Improve Sentence Fluency
- Pack in More Details with Single-Sentence Contests
- Include Feeling Words in Exclamatory Sentences
- Persuade with Short Declarative Sentences
- Vary Sentence Lengths in Informative Writing
Inner-sentence punctuation
- Demonstrate the Power of Punctuation
- Practice Speaking Punctuation
- Use Magnetic Punctuation for Hands-On Practice
- Consider whether to Quote or Paraphrase
- Punctuate Dialogue with Comic Strips & Candy Hearts
- 20 Applications for the Comma
- Signal the Reader with Punctuation
- Use an Em-Dash in Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
