Ms. Garcia
6 th Grade Language Arts

• How do you write?
• What steps do you take to complete a writing assignment?

• PreWriting
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing

• Find your inspiration!
• Determine your most useful form to pre write (lists, mapping, webbing, graphic organizers, etc.)
• Choose a topic and plan it out.

• Select your writing ideas from your pre writing exercise.
• Write, Write, Write!
• “Sloppy copy.”

• ARMS
 ADD-Sentences and words.
 REMOVE-Unneeded words/sentences.
 MOVE-Change a sentence or word placement.
 SUBSTITUTE-Trade words or sentences for others.
• Rereading to make the story better.
• Think ARMS
!

• Think CUPS!
 CAPITALIZATIONnames, places, months, titles, etc.
 USAGE-match nouns/verbs correctly.
 PUNCTUATIONperiods, quotes, commas, questions marks.
 SPELLING-check all words.
• Spelling
• Capitalization
• Punctuation
• Grammar
• Sentence Structure
• Subject/Verb
Agreement
• Word Usage

• Blue or black ink or word processor.
• Center title on top line with a line space that follows.
• Name, class, and date in top right hand corner.
• Double spaced
• Neat- no scribbles or overuse of liquid paper.
• Staple in top left hand corner.
• Include a copy of rubric for grading.

• How can you apply the writing process to your writing assignments?
• http://www.sbusd.org/cms/lib/CA01
000811/Centricity/Domain/42/Daily
Paragraph.pdf