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Paragraph Skills |
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ILLUSTRATION PARAGRAPHS 401 Planning and writing topic sentences for illustration paragraphs |
402 Adding details in illustration paragraphs. | ||
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PARAGRAPHS 403 Writing Topic sentences for comparative paragraphs |
404 Identifying and using markers of comparison | ||
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CONTRAST
PARAGRAPHS 405 Writing focused topic sentences for contrast paragraphs |
406
Supporting contrast paragraphs with relevant details and using coherence markers |
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CLASSIFICATION
PARAGRAPHS Topic sentences for classification paragraphs |
PARAGRAPHS Planning definition paragraphs and writing focused topic sentences |
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Sentence Skills |
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409 Identifying Sentence Patterns |
410
Identifying the types of sentences (declarative,
interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) |
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411 Using
correct coordinating conjunctions to connect two independent clauses |
412
Writing, identifying, and using complex sentences |
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412b Compound, Complex, and Compound-complex
sentence patterns |
413 Using
adjectives and adverbs in Englishsentences
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416
Forming and using comparatives
and superlatives |
414
Recognizing and accurately producing
adjective clauses |
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415 Using
restrictive and non-restrictive
adjective clauses |
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418
Subject-verb agreement |
419
Editing for and avoiding
errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement |
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420
Editing for errors in and
using the definite and indefinite article |
421 Recognizing
sentence fragments and fix sentences where these fragments occur |
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422
Avoiding writing run-on sentences and comma splices |
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Editing Skills --IMPROVING WRITING SKILLS |
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423 Using some
commonly confused words more confidently
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424 Editing spelling errors (and "Spell-check" problems) | ||
| 425 The Alphabet and capitalization |
426
Editing your writing final punctuation (period, question mark and exclamation point)
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427
Prepositions of location and time and two-word phrasal verbs |
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430
Learning the difference between direct and indirect speech |
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| 431 Writing compound sentences | 432 Forming/Using parallel structure | ||
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433
Recognizing and producing the passive voice in paragraphs
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436 Using modals | ||
| 437 Gerunds and infinitives in sentences |
438
Varying sentences by changing word order and sentence beginnings
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| 439 Planning and Outlining | 440 Connecting ideas effectively using paired conjunctions | ||
| 441 Writing supporting sentences using negative forms |
442
Changing suffixes to create nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
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445 Planning with
Concept Maps |
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