This year in our writing program, we will be looking at four overall goals:
1. We will learn to generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write different pieces of writing
2. Draft and revise writing, using a variety of texts
3. Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies
4. We will reflect on and identify our strengths as writers, and look for areas where
we can improve
The 6+1 WRITING TRAITS will help us!
Success Criteria For Writing a Paragraph
Topic Sentence Activities on OERB
Go to link: https://resources.elearningontario.ca/
* The ID is tcdsbstudent and the PW is oerbs.
* Once you get re-directed to the next page, click I AGREE.
* On the next page, click on SEARCH
* In the simple search bar, enter ELO1175660 (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Paragraph)
* In the simple search bar, enter ELO1133880 (Get the Idea Activity). Click on 'content' and scroll down and click
on the 'task' word.
POETRY
Word Games:
http://www.poetry4kids.com/games
Poetry
Funny Poems to read:
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems
Poetry Activities:
http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetryfun/poetfun.html
INTERACTIVE POSTCARD
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/postcard/
Proofreading Exercises!
1. Exercise in Capitalization - If a word is capitalized correctly, write a C in the space; if it is incorrect, write an I (use capital letters). When you're finished, click on the "submit application" at the bottom of the page and the computer will check your answers.Exercises at Grammar Bytes - To start
proofreading, select any Interactive Exercise and begin. Nine categories are
listed at the top of the page.
2. Extreme Sentence Surgeons -Your paragraph surgery skills will be needed as critically injured paragraphs enter your
emergency room. Their injuries are significant: poor spelling, no punctuation, wrong word usage, and much more.Use your superior skills to fix the bad spelling words, add commas, capital letters, periods, apostrophes, and change words used incorrectlyPower Proofreading - Choose your grade level.
Each grade level offers various skills to practice. (Grades 2-8) 3. Proofreading Exercise #1
- If the sentences are not correct, choose the type of error the sentences
illustrate.
3. Proofreading Exercise #2
- If the sentences are not correct, choose the type of error the sentences illustrate.
4. Proofreading for Errors in Verb
Tense - [not interactive] Five paragraphs are listed and you are told how many errors are there. Answers are below the last paragraph
5. Proofreading Game - [Quia] Read sentences for errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and usage.
6. Proofreading Makes Perfect - Correct errors in grammar, usage, punctuation and spelling.
7. Proofreading Practice - Two exercises in correcting passage
8. Proofreading Practice -
[Advanced Level] These passages were designed for 9th grade students.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g03/g03p01step01.htm?
More Grammar Games!
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/nounexplorer/index_pre.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/grammar/index5p.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/goforgold.html
Grammar Gorilla!
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html
http://www.funbrain.com/whichword/index.html
Spelling Games:
http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html