Writing
Michelle C , Sanna G , Josefina L 4th period
The Writing Process
- Understanding writing assignments
- Prewriting
- Developing an outline
- Audience analysis
Academic Writing/ Establishing Arguments
- An argumentative or persuasive piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim.
- Pollution is bad for the enviroment.
- At least 25 percent of the federal budget should be spent on limiting pollution.
Common writing assignment/ Understanding writing assignment
- Read the prompt the entire way through once. This gives you an overall view of what is going on.
- Underline or the positions that you absolutely must know. This information may include due date, research requirements. page length, and format.
- Underline or circle important phrases.
- Think about how you will address the prompt.
- Rank ideas in descending order, from most important to least important.
- Ask your instructor questions if you have any.
Mechanics/ Parts of speech overview
a noun is a word that denotes a person, or thing. In a sentence, nouns answer the question who and what.
Example
The dog ran after the ball.
Pronouns
a pronoun is a word that takes the place of the noun in a sentence.
Example
She decided to go to a movie.
Articles
articles include a an and the. they precede a noun or a noun phrase in a sentence
Adjectives
an adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Verb
a verb is a word that denotes action, or a state of being in a sentence.
Adverbs
just as adjectives modify nouns adverbs modify or further describes verbs.
Conjunctions
is a word that joins two independent clauses or sentence together.
Grammar/Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects
On is used with days
- I will see you on Monday
- My plane leaves at noon
- He likes to read in the afternoon
- The days are long in August
Extended time
To express extended time, English uses the following prepositions: since, for, by, from-to, from-until,during,(with)in.
Place
to express notions of place, English uses the following prepositions to talk about the point itself in, to express something contained inside, to talk about the surface on, to talk about a general vicinity, at.
Higher than a point
to express notions of an object being higher than a point, English uses the following prepositions; Over and above.
Lower than a point
to express notions of an object being lower than a point, English uses the following prepositions; under, underneath, beneath, below.
Close to a point
to express notions of an object being close to a point, English uses the following prepositions; near, by, next to, between, among, opposite.
The Writing Process
- Prewriting
- Writing
- Responding
- Revising
- Editing
- Publishing/Sharing