Level 6 Second Edition
Identify parts of speech; apply parts of speech; apply sentence structure; effective writing skills; expository, descriptive, persuasive, and compare/contrast writing; paragraph, narrative, personal letter, essay, research project
Essentials in Writing Level 6 Second Edition
(DVDs +Textbook/Workbook)
$87
Additional Student Level 6 Second Edition Workbook
(Additional Workbook compatible only with second edition Essentials in Writing DVDs)
$37
Assessment/Resource Booklet
(Assessment/Resource Booklet is compatible only with second edition Essentials in Writing curriculum)
$27
Included:
- Assessments: 26 grammar assessments in a variety of formats (fill in the blank and multiple choice associated with both sentences and larger compositions), nine composition assessments, and two comprehensive unit tests
- Resources: parent/student word lists for composition and multiple graphic organizers
Overview
Unit One: Grammar
Identify and apply:
- Subjects/Predicates (complete, simple, and compound)
- Nouns (common, proper, singular, plural, and possessive)
- Adjectives
- Verbs (action, linking, and helping)
- Adverbs (modify verb and adjective)
- Prepositional Phrases
Identify and apply activities for common problems:
- Pronouns and antecedents
- Subject/verb agreement
- Don’t and doesn’t problem
- Writing titles
Tools for Effective Communication: Apply Parts of Speech
- Adjectives in action
- Action verbs in action
- Adverbs in action
- Prepositional phrases in action
- Vivid language
Apply Sentence Structure:
- Types of sentences
- Independent and dependent clauses
- Simple and compound sentences
- Complex sentence
- Incomplete thoughts
- Run-on sentence
Apply Figurative Language:
- Onomatopoeia
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
Unit Two: Composition
Follow the writing process for:
- Paragraphs (descriptive, expository and persuasive)
- Writing a summary
- Personal narrative
- Persuasive personal letter
- Compare and contrast writing
- Expository essay
- Research project
Additional Composition Skills
- Audience and purpose
- Effective use of graphic organizers
- How to choose an appropriate writing form
- Informal and formal writing
- Effective writing skills (strong details, transitions, beginning/middle/end concept, logical sequence of events, variety of sentence structure, effective use of dialogue, and effective use of figurative language including onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, and personification)
- Using a thesaurus for word choice
- Strong details and examples
Sample Lesson Video
Textbook Sample
Assessment/Resource Sample
- New textbook content
- New content and activity icons
- New simple to complex approach to grammar activities
- New “application” section to grammar unit
- New composition lessons and activities
- New “extra practice” after each composition
- New “Resource Pages” for resource folder
- New teacher caricatures
- Updated overall curriculum structure
- Updated educational graphics
- Updated organizers
- Updated layout with units
- Updated uniform approach to all content and activities
- Updated daily planner icons
- Answer key moved to Teacher Handbook
- High definition video and audio
- Intro and outro video/audio on menu
– 25 assessments and two unit tests
– resource wordlist
– additional organizers
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