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Why Teach Writing?

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            <p></p><div class="edit">  <p>Writing is an essential life skill. By organizing, developing, and editing written communication, students learn to convey information and ideas effectively. Students become better writers by paying close attention to both the quality and the types of writing they read. As writers, students are called on to consider the focus, content, organization, style, and conventions of their communications.</p>  <p>We can use writing to share our unique experiences, to explain something, or to sway our readers with our opinions. While writing about our ideas, we often clarify them. Writing provides an immediate and lasting record of what we know. Writers express their knowledge and ideas to inform or entertain others. Good writing results when writers respond to their own reading, the world, and their ideas in an involved way.</p>  <p>Good writing is a combination of many elements: excellent grammar, strong vocabulary, keen observations, and clear organization. Careful revising and editing are critical to creating clear and precise writing.</p>  <p>Teaching the processes of writing is the focus of this English class. The writing process involves modeling, practicing, editing, and revising compositions. The writing workshop provides a platform for modeling clear expectations and focused instruction on the strategies of effective writers.</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  </div><p></p>
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Grammar Websites - Interactive

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            <p></p><div class="edit">  <p><b>Varied Grammar Reviews</b></p>  <p></p><div class="edit"><a href="http://eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/">http://eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/</a></div><div class="edit"><div class="edit"><a href="http://chompchomp.com/menu.htm">http://chompchomp.com/menu.htm</a></div><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/grammarlogs3/index2.htm">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/grammarlogs3/index2.htm</a><br></div><p></p><p><br></p>  <p><b>Sentence Format</b></p>  <p></p><div class="edit">1. Is This Sentence Correct?&nbsp;</div><div class="edit"><a href="https://www.quia.com/quiz/126147.html">https://www.quia.com/quiz/126147.html</a></div><div class="edit"><br></div>2. Rags to Riches - fragments, run-ons&nbsp;<div class="edit"><a href="https://www.quia.com/rr/128467.html">https://www.quia.com/rr/128467.html</a></div><div class="edit"><br></div><div class="edit">3.&nbsp; Sentence Building&nbsp;<div class="edit"><a href="https://www.quia.com/rd/11541.html">https://www.quia.com/rd/11541.html</a></div><div class="edit"><br></div><div class="edit">4. Rags to Riches - Sentence Types</div><div class="edit"><div class="edit"><a href="https://www.quia.com/rr/655759.html">https://www.quia.com/rr/655759.html</a></div><br></div><div class="edit">5. Sentence Types (MC)<div class="edit"><a href="https://www.quia.com/pop/33334.html?AP_rand=1879850160">https://www.quia.com/pop/33334.html?AP_rand=1879850160</a></div><div class="edit"><br></div><div class="edit">6.&nbsp; Sentence Structure</div><div class="edit"><div class="edit"><a href="https://www.quia.com/quiz/745788.html">https://www.quia.com/quiz/745788.html</a></div></div><div class="edit"><br></div><div class="edit">7. Compound Sentence Battleship</div><div class="edit"><div class="edit"><a href="https://www.quia.com/ba/526539.html">https://www.quia.com/ba/526539.html</a></div><div class="edit"><br></div><div class="edit">USE THE QUIA.COM SITE TO PLAY&nbsp; MORE SENTENCE GAMES.</div></div></div></div><p></p>  <p><br></p>  </div><p></p>
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Comma Practice

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            <p></p><div class="edit">  <p>Quia Comma Battleship<br></p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/ba/38272.html">http://www.quia.com/ba/38272.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>Quia Commas Galore Game</p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/rr/82028.html">http://www.quia.com/rr/82028.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>Using Commas with Introductory Elements</p>  <p><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova2.htm">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova2.htm</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions</p>  <p><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova1.htm">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova1.htm</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>Comma Fill-in-the-Blanks (Be sure to read the instructions first.)</p>  <p><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/commas_fillin.htm">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/commas_fillin.htm</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  </div><p></p>
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Punctuation Practice

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            <p></p><div class="edit">  <p>1. Apostrophes Battleship</p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/ba/35661.html">http://www.quia.com/ba/35661.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>2. Comma or Semicolon?</p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/quiz/300690.html">http://www.quia.com/quiz/300690.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>3. Various Punctuation Games</p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/jg/282829.html">http://www.quia.com/jg/282829.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>4. Capitalization and Punctuation</p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/rr/90027.html">http://www.quia.com/rr/90027.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>5. Quotations in Dialogue</p>  <p><a href="https://www.quia.com/rr/335442.html" target="_blank">https://www.quia.com/rr/335442.html</a>&nbsp;</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  </div><p></p>
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Pronoun Activities Online

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            <p></p><div class="edit">  <p>Choose from the websites to play pronoun games, complete and check pronoun quizzes, and complete other pronoun activities.&nbsp;</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>    <p><b>This is an excellent review with practice sentences.</b></p>  <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EZYNOGVE5G51cnxlMU5QvjhGc_B69_mW/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Power Point Review</a></p>  <p><b>&nbsp;</b></p>  <p><b>This SlideShare review will remind you about tricky agreement errors, ambiguous references, and vagueness of pronouns.</b></p>  <p><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/professorgriffith/pronoun-agreement-reference?qid=90644297-71cc-4000-9769-491ff64c5cbb&amp;v=default&amp;b=&amp;from_search=3" target="_blank">Pronoun Review SlideShare</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><b>Games</b></p>  <p><b>Pronoun Jeopardy</b></p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/cb/81637.html">http://www.quia.com/cb/81637.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><b>Indefinite Pronouns</b></p>  <p><a href="http://www.quia.com/rr/794013.html" target="_blank">http://www.quia.com/rr/794013.html</a>&nbsp;</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><b>Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns</b></p>  <p><a href="http://http:/www.quia.com/rr/67645.html" target="_blank">http://http://www.quia.com/rr/67645.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><b><u>Pronoun Poppers</u></b><a href="http://www.quia.com/pop/34143.html"><br> http://www.quia.com/pop/34143.html</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><b>Quizzes</b></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/pronoun_quiz.htm"><b>Quiz #1</b><br> </a></p>  <p><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/pron2_quiz.htm">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/pron2_quiz.htm</a></p>  <p><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/which_quiz.htm"><br> <b>Quiz #2</b><br> http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/which_quiz.htm</a></p>  <p><br> <b>Quiz #3</b></p>  <p>http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pronouns.html</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><a href="http://aliscot.com/bigdog/pron_exercise.htm"><b>Quiz #4<br> </b>http://aliscot.com/bigdog/pron_exercise.htm</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><b><u>Quiz #5</u></b></p>  <p><a href="http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/076743000x/student_view0/chapter2/pronoun-antecedent_agreement.html" target="_blank">Agreement Quiz</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  </div><p></p>
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Poetry with Simon Mole

WWI Inspired Poem

Poem in 10 Minutes

Learn to Rap

Freewrite

Vocabulary Battle

Poetry that Rhymes

Epic Story Poem

Poetry Help

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            <p></p><div class="edit">  <p>This website will guide you through writing a DIAMANTE POEM.&nbsp;</p>  <p><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/" target="_blank">Read/Write/Think Diamante Poem</a>&nbsp;</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>You can visit many websites for help when writing your own poetry.&nbsp; Students, if you locate any helpful sites that you would like to see added to this page, tell me ASAP.</p>  <p><a href="http://www.gigglepoetry.com/">www.gigglepoetry.com/</a></p>  <p><a href="http://www.poetry4kids.com">www.poetry4kids.com</a></p>  <p><a href="http://www.rhymezone.com">www.rhymezone.com</a></p>  <p><a href="http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php">http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php</a></p>  <p><a href="http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/POETRY/">http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/POETRY/</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>These sites have been added by Lindsay Hullihen.&nbsp; Thanks, Lindsay!</p>  <p><a href="http://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/">http://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/</a></p>  <p><a href="http://www.imaginesongs.com/">http://www.imaginesongs.com/</a></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>For a bit of creative writing, try...</p>  <p><u>wordle.net&nbsp;</u></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  </div><p></p>
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