1. CBA Writing Review
October 31

2. Writing Strategy 1. Read the Intro 2. Preview the Questions
3. Decide to Revise or Edit
ARMS or CUPS
Add Remove Move Substitute or Capitalization Usage Punctuation Spelling
4. Read and Make Corrections
5. Answer Carefully

3. Compositions Expository- To Explain
One or Two Reasons
Include Descriptive Rich Vocabulary
Topic/Introduction
Reason Reason 2
Concluding Statement
Personal Narrative- Write about a time…
“Dialogue,”
Personal Experience
Characters, Setting
All About Me
Ba-Da-Bing
Where were you? What did you see? What
Were your feet doing?
Start with a Quote, Memory, or Ba-Da-Bing
What happened first?
What happened second?
What happened last?
Reflection… How did you feel? Lesson Learned

4. 4.15 B
develop drafts by categorizing ideas and organizing them into paragraphs
Read the Prompt- Work the Prompt (WRITE ABOUT THE WRITE)
Brainstorm
Rough Draft
Revise- Sound Better
Edit- Look Better
Final Draft

5. 4.15 C
revise drafts for coherence, organization, use of simple and compound sentences, and audience
ARMS makes your paper sound better
Add
Remove
Move
Substitute

6. 4.15 D
edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling [using a teacher-developed rubric]
CUPS makes your paper sound better
Capitalization
Usage
Punctuation
Spelling

7. 4.20 Ai
use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (irregular verbs)
Quick Lesson-

8. 4.20 Aii
use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper)
Quick Lesson-

9. 4.20 B
use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence
Sentence Test-
Who? Subject/ Noun
What? Predicate/ Verb
Does it make sense?
Subject + Predicate=Complete Sentence

10. 4.20 C
use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
FANBOYS- Combine 2 Simple Sentences
,For
,And
,Nor
,But
,Or
,Yet
,So

11. 4.21 Bii
use capitalization for: (ii) titles of books, stories, and essays
Quick Review-

12. 4.21 Cii
recognize and use punctuation marks including: (ii) quotation marks
“open quotation Capital Letter Punctuation, close quotation”
“hug the dialogue”
Quick Lesson-

13. 4.22Ai
spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns rules: (i) plural rules (e.g., words ending in f as in leaf, leaves; adding -es)
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Nouns
Plural
Examples
Most nouns
add s
book, books; cup, cups; sprout, sprouts
Most nouns that end in ch, sh, s, x, or z
add es
box, boxes; bus, buses; prize, prizes
Most nouns that end in a vowel and y
boy, boys; day, days; key, keys
Most nouns that end in a consonant and y
y becomes ies
baby, babies; country, countries; spy, spies
Most nouns that end in f or fe
f or fe becomes ves
elf, elves; loaf, loaves; thief, thieves
Most nouns that end in o
kangaroo, kangaroos; piano, pianos; video, videos
Certain nouns that end in a consonant and o
hero, heroes; potato, potatoes; volcano, volcanoes

14. 4.22 Aii
spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns rules: (ii) irregular plurals (e.g., man/men, foot/feet, child/children)
Quick Lesson-

15. 4.22 Aiii
spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns rules: (iii) double consonants in middle of words
Quick Lesson-

16. 4.22C
spell commonly used homophones (e.g., there, they’re, their; two, too, to)
Quick Lesson-

17. 4.22D
use spelling patterns and rules [and print and electronic resources] to determine and check correct spellings
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