ELAR 4.11
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:
- (1) plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a
particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as
brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
- (A) develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
- (B) organizing with purposeful structure, including an
introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and
- (i) developing an engaging idea with relevant details;
- (ii) revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;
- (C) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
- (D) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb
agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
- (i) past tense of irregular verbs;
- (ii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
- (iii) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
- (iv) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;
- (v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;
- (vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
- (vii) pronouns, including reflexive;
- (viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
- (ix) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
- (x) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
- (xi) publish written work for appropriate audiences.
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Spelling Suffixes Anchor Charts - Plurals
Help students understand when to apply the right plural spellings based on the ending of any word.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Flashcards
Use this set of 16 colorful flashcards to introduce students to the attributes that make up simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Opinion Prompt Cards – Set 1
Practice writing opinion or persuasive text with this set of 20 topic cards.
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Storyboard Template
A template for use when planning a narrative text.
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Vivid Action Verbs Posters - Using Strong Verbs
Teach your students to omit boring, overused verbs from their writing with a classroom set of Vivid Verb Posters.
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Punctuation Worksheet Pack - Upper Grades
A set of 6 worksheets to reinforce punctuation in the upper grades.
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Adverb Grammar Card Game - Flip It!
Reinforce your students understanding of adverbs with this fun card game.
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Adjective Grammar Card Game - Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to reinforce their understanding of adjectives.
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Successful Sentences – Sentence Construction Cards
Word cards for constructing complex sentences.
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Reflexive Pronouns Worksheet Pack
Use this reflexive pronouns worksheet pack to get your students identifying and using these essential parts of speech.
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Pronouns Teaching Slides
Use these pronoun slides to teach your students about some of the most common types of pronouns.
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Pronouns Anchor Charts
Display this set of 7 pronouns anchor charts in your classroom to remind your students of the most common types of pronouns and their uses.
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Informative Text Writing Task – Why Do Volcanoes Erupt?
Research and write about how volcanoes erupt with a scaffolded informational writing task.
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Using Quotation Marks Flipbook
Explore punctuation rules surrounding quotation marks with a printable Quotation Marks Flipbook template.
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Macaroni Quotation Marks Center Activity
Practice using quotation marks in sentences with an engaging Macaroni Noodle Quotation Marks Writing Center!
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Verb Tense Regular and Irregular Sorting Activity
Help students understand the difference between a regular and irregular verb tense group with this hands-on verb sorting activity.
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Quotation Marks Quiz
Test your students' skills on how to use quotation marks with a printable ‘Using Quotation Marks Quiz’.
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Quotation Marks Anchor Chart
Display the rules for using speech marks using a printable Quotation Marks Anchor Chart.
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Independent and Dependent Clauses - Worksheet Pack
Introduce the concept of independent and dependent clauses with a set of printable sentence structure worksheets.
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I Have, Who Has? Verb Card Game
Play a fun and exciting game that is great for students who are now learning how to identify action verbs.
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'Wheely' Wonderful Dialogue Tags Spinner
Spice up your students' writings and help them choose better dialogue tags with a ‘Wheely’ Wonderful Dialogue Tag Spinner.
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V.O.I.C.E.S. - 6 Traits of Writing Poster Pack
Improve student writing using our V.O.I.C.E.S. 6 Traits of Writing Poster Pack!
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Changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Worksheet
Convert direct speech to indirect speech with differentiated quotation mark worksheets.
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Direct and Indirect Speech in Comics – Worksheet
Practice writing direct and indirect speech using a set of printable Direct Speech Comic Book worksheets.
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Parts of Speech Word Cards Sorting Activity
Engage your students with this parts of speech group activity where they sort 112 word cards into categories (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, coordinating conjunctions or prepositions).
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Coordinating Conjunctions Dice Game
Use this hands on activity for students to create two 8 sided-dice and write compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions.
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Halloween A to Z - Vocabulary Activity
Build a spooktacular vocabulary and boost knowledge of parts of speech with a printable Halloween A to Z worksheet.
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Haunted Preposition House - Halloween Worksheet
Practice using prepositions and prepositional phrases with a a fun and spooky Halloween worksheet!
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Types of Adverbs Teaching Slides
Explore five types of adverbs in this action-packed adverb adventure teaching slide deck! This resource covers adverbs of time, place, manner, frequency and degree.
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Color by Parts of Speech (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Pronouns, Prepositions, and Adverbs) – Toucan
Practice identifying different parts of speech with this color by code worksheet.
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Capitalization Worksheet - Events, Books, Languages, and Nationalities
Practice capitalizing historical periods, events, book titles, languages, races, and nationalities with a printable capitalization worksheet.
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Informative Text Writing Task – How Does the Water Cycle Work?
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.