Essentials in Writing Level 3 Second Edition
Writing Sentences, Identify Parts of Speech, Common Problems, Apply Parts of Speech, Apply Sentence Structure, the Writing Process, Paragraphs, Expository Paragraph and Personal Letter, Persuasive Paragraph and Personal Letter, Descriptive Paragraph, Imaginative Narrative, Research Project.
Includes everything you need:
Unit One: Grammar
Identify and apply activities for writing sentences:
- Subjects and Predicates
– complete and simple - Complete and incomplete sentences
- Types of sentences and punctuation marks
– declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
– period, question mark, and exclamation point
Identify and apply activities for parts of speech:
- Common and proper nouns
- Singular and plural nouns
- Pronouns and antecedents
- Singular possessive and plural possessive nouns
- Adjectives
- Action verbs
- Linking verbs
- Past, present, and future verb tense
- Adverbs that modify verbs
Identify and apply activities for common problems:
- Pronoun/antecedent agreement
- Subject/verb agreement
- Contractions
- Don’t/doesn’t problem
Tools for Effective Communication: Apply Parts of Speech
- Adjectives in action
- Action verbs in action
- Adverbs in action
Apply Sentence Structure
- Writing items in a series
- Simple sentences
- Compound sentences
- Incomplete and run-on sentences
Unit Two: Composition
The Writing Process
- brainstorm, organize, draft, revise, final draft
Follow the writing process for:
- Paragraphs
- Expository paragraph
- Expository personal letter
- Persuasive paragraph
- Persuasive personal letter
- Descriptive paragraph
- Imaginative narrative
- Research project
– research process
– presentation board
Additional composition skills:
- parts of a paragraph
- staying on topic
- expository writing
- persuasive writing
- descriptive writing and sensory details
- parts of a letter
- chronological order and transitions
- parts of a narrative: hook, events, climax, closing
Sample Lesson Video – Level 3
Level 3 – Sample PDFs
(Additional Workbook compatible only with second edition Essentials in Writing video instruction)
Additional Student Level 3 Second Edition Workbook
This is only a Student Workbook for an ADDITIONAL student using the same level of video instruction. Please note that this Workbook in not functional without the related video instruction.
(Assessment/Resource Booklet is compatible only with second edition Essentials in Writing curriculum)
Assessment/Resource Booklet
- Assessments
14 grammar assessments, 5 composition assessments, and 2 comprehensive unit assessments. - Resources
A personal spelling dictionary, sensory word list, action verb list, descriptive adjective and action verb word lists, and additional graphic organizers and composition checklists.
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