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Middle School
Middle School Writing Practice
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Vocabulary Terms
243
Performance Tasks
202
Instructional Videos
120
Test Standards
Punctuation and Mechanics
(VII.1) Commas
(VII.2) semicolons
(VII.3) colons
(VII.4) Ellipses
(VII.5) Parentheses
(VII.6) hyphens
(VII.7) apostrophes
(VII.8) Quotation marks
(VII.9) brackets
(VII.10) Capitalization
(VII.11) Proofreading marks
(VII.12) Standard American spelling
Writing Process
(I.1) Prewriting Techniques
(I.2) Format
Thesis Statements
(II.1) Clear thesis statements
(II.2) Use supporting evidence
Audience and Purpose
(III.1) Articulate writing
(III.2) Intended audience
(III.3) Appropriate tone
Writing Organization
(IV.1) Write introductions
(IV.2) Effective transitions
(IV.3) Effective topic sentences
(IV.4) Paragraphing
(IV.5) Conclusions
(IV.11) Spatial organizational structure
(IV.12) Chronological organizational
(IV.13) Order of importance
(IV.14) Compare & contrast
(IV.15) Cause & effect
(IV.16) Problem-solution
(IV.17) Classification
(IV.18) Division
Stylistic Techniques
(V.1) Word choice
(V.2) Formal or informal language
(V.3) Precise & concise language
(V.4) Vivid, descriptive language
(V.7) Write sentences
(V.8) Sentence types
(V.9) Write sentences
Grammar and Usage
(VI.1) Subject-Verb Agreement
(VI.2) Pronoun-Antecedent
(VI.3) Noun-Modifier
(VI.4) Verb Tense Shifts
(VI.5) Irregular Verb Forms
(VI.6) Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
(IV.9) Singular, Plural, & Collective Nouns
(VI.13) Commonly Confused Words
(VI.14) Proofreading marks
(VI.15) Standard American spelling
Composition Variety
(VIII.1) Info texts
(VIII.2) Narrative texts
(VIII.3) Descriptive texts
(VIII.4) Persuasive texts
(VIII.7) Creative texts
(VIII.8) Responses to literature
Argumentation
(IX.10) Fact & opinion
(IX.11) Bias & accuracy
Research Skills
(X.1) Reliability of sources
(X.2) Summarizing
(X.3) paraphrasing
(X.8) Plagiarism
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