L.A. Conventions

Posted on September 2nd, 2009 in Uncategorized by hbm12083

Parts of Speech

We took notes as a class over the 8 parts of speech (Parts of Speech Notes).  Here is the powerpoint we used: Parts of Speech 3

Guided Notes:  Adjectives And Adverbs

Powerpoint:  Adjectives and Adverbs Pwrpt.

Writers can use dialoge to drive the plot forward, or reveal information.  But, there are rules that govern writing dialogue.  We will discuss these as a class before the students include dialogue in their narratives.  The grammar rules for dialogue are located on the following link: 

Dialogue:  Dialogue Writing Punctuation

Appositives:  Appositives

Nominative Case:  Pronouns (Only the first section was discussed)

Sentence Writing Strategies

We will look at how to properly write different sentence styles.  We will do this so that the students can become more proficient writers.  Differing sentence structures in their writing will help their writing sound mor fluid and complex. 

Sentence Writing Strategies-Part 1

Sentence Writing Strategies-Part 2

Sentence Writing Strategies-Part 3