WRITING-12/13 COURSE II
ESSENTIAL UNIT 1 (E01)
(Grammar)
(July 2014)
Unit Statement: In this unit the student will master the conventions of capitalization and
end mark punctuation, as well as grammar usage. The unit will be engaged concurrently with
other units. It will be considered a 1 or 2 day per week unit.
Essential Outcomes: (must be assessed for mastery)
1. The Student Will demonstrate through application the correct usage of definite and
indefinite articles, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, noun-pronoun antecedent,
adjectives and adverbs. (Writing Coach 293-312, 325A-354, 525-527)
2. TSW demonstrate through application correct subject-verb agreement. (WC 511A-524)
3. TSW demonstrate through application the correct usage of verbs. (WC 313A-324)
4. TSW demonstrate through application the correct usage of periods, question marks,
exclamation marks, quotation marks, underlining, italics, commas, colons,
semicolons, dashes, hyphens, ellipses, apostrophes, parentheses, brackets and
capitalization. (WC 550 580, 593-626)
5. TSW differentiate clauses (dependent/independent) and phrases (noun, verb,
prepositional, adverbial, adjectival). (WC 137, 397A-423)
6. TSW will differentiate sentence structures: simple, compound, complex, compound
complex. (WC 424-428)
Introduced Outcomes: (taught, not assessed)
1. The Student Will differentiate sentence types: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory
and imperative.
2. TSW recognize common contractions.
3. TSW recognize common transition words.
4. TSW distinguish between confusing words and homonyms.
Practiced/Ongoing Outcomes: (development is ongoing)
1. The Student Will use a thesaurus, dictionary or other source to improve personal
vocabulary.
2. TSW identify and correct any spelling errors discovered during the proofreading
portion of The Writing Process.
3. TSW will engage in timed writing of essays in various genres: narrative, persuasive,
autobiographical, expository, etc.
Key Terms and Concepts:
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apostrophe
comma
colon
semicolon
dash
en-dash
em-dash
hyphen
adjective
adverb
clause
contraction
ellipses
noun phrase
verb phrase
adverbial phrase
prepositional phrase
adjectival phrase
double quotation marks
single quotation marks
definite article
indefinite article
dependent clause
independent clause
dialogue
parentheses
brackets
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
subject-verb agreement
noun
pronoun
phrase
Suggested Professional Materials for Teachers: (provided by school)
TE Writing Coach, Grade 8. Prentice Hall, 2012
TE Write Source, Grade 8. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005
TE Literature, Grade 8. Holt McDougal, 2012
TE Language of Literature McDougal Little, 2006 (previous textbook)
Suggested Student Materials: (provided by school)
Writing Coach, Grade 8. Prentice Hall, 2012
Literature, Grade 8. Holt McDougal, 2012
Write Source, Grade 8. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005 (previous textbook)
Language of Literature McDougal Little, 2006 (previous textbook)
Technology Links:
Online Writing Coach. www.successnetplus.com Student Grammar Exercises. Online (See
Unit EO1 “Tech Links” for details)
Destiny WebPath Express (school library site)
Purdue Online Writing Lab, Teachers and Students, Grades 7-12.
https:/owl.english.purdue.edu /owl/resource/677/01/
Grammar Bytes. (Especially see “Handouts”) http://www.chompchomp.com
Suggested Assessment Tools and Strategies:
1. See “Find It and Fix It,” TE WC, pp. 272-293.
2. Cumulative Index
WC
LIT
(end marks) pp. 550-552
(end marks) p. R49
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(capitalization) pp. 606-626
(definite/indefinite articles) pp. 329-330.
(nouns, pronouns) pp. 293-312
TSW 5 (verbs) pp. 323-332
TSW 6 (adjectives, adverbs) pp. 325-343
TSW 7(clauses) pp. 415-426
(capitalization) R51
(definite/indefinite articles)
(nouns, pronouns) pp. R52-R55
(verbs) pp. R55-R56
(adjectives, adverbs) pp. R55-R57
(clauses) pp. R62-R63
WS
LangLit
(end marks) pp. 579-581
(capitalization) pp.618-626
(nouns, pronouns) pp. 470-473, 702-704;
474-479, 706-714
(verbs) pp. 480-485, 718-730
(adjectives, adverbs) pp. 486-489, 490-493
(clauses) p. 698
(end marks) pp. pp. R72, R97, R100
(nouns, pronouns) pp. R79-R83
(verbs) pp. R103
(adjectives) p. R86
(clauses) pp. R89-R91
RUBRIC FOUND ON FOLLOWING PAGE…………………………….
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Suggested Unit Evaluation Rubric – Writing 12/13 E01 Course II
Student name:_________________________ Date:_______________________
Teachers may choose to use their own rubrics, however all TSWs must be assessed.
To receive a ‘B’ in the unit a student must demonstrate mastery of all B-level TSWs.
To receive an ‘A’ in the unit a student must achieve mastery of all B-level and at least 4
A-level TSWs.
TSW
1. articles, nouns,
prepositions, pronouns,
noun-pronoun antecedent,
adjectives
and adverbs
2. subject-verb
agreement
3. correct usage of verbs
4. periods, question marks,
exclamation
marks, quotation marks,
underlining, italics, commas,
colons, semicolons, dashes,
hyphens, ellipses,
apostrophes, parentheses,
brackets and capitalization
5. clauses
dependent/independent) and
phrases (noun, verb,
prepositional, adverbial,
adjectival)
6. sentence structures
‘A’ Level
‘B’ Level
Student identifies and
applies articles, nouns,
prepositions, pronouns,
noun-pronoun antecedent,
adjectives and adverbs
correctly over a range of
applications with few
mistakes.
Student identifies and
applies subject-verb
agreement correctly over a
range of applications with
few mistakes.
Student identifies and
applies correct usage of
verbs over a range of
applications with few
mistakes.
Student identifies and
applies periods,
question marks,
exclamation marks,
quotation marks,
underlining, italics,
commas, colons,
semicolons, dashes,
hyphens, ellipses,
apostrophes, parentheses,
brackets and capitalization
correctly over a range of
applications with few
mistakes.
Student identifies and
applies clauses and phrases
correctly over a range of
applications with few
mistakes.
Student identifies sentence
structures and employs a
uses a variety in writing.
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Student identifies articles,
nouns, prepositions,
pronouns, noun-pronoun
antecedent, adjectives
and adverbs correctly, but
some confusion remains in
the application.
Student identifies subjectverb agreement correctly;
but some confusion
remains in the application.
Student identifies correct
usage of verbs, but some
confusion remains in the
application.
Student identifies
periods, question marks,
exclamation
marks, quotation marks,
underlining, italics,
commas, colons,
semicolons, dashes,
hyphens, ellipses,
apostrophes, parentheses,
brackets and
capitalization, but some
confusion remains in the
application.
Student identifies clauses
and phrases, but some
confusion remains in the
application.
Student identifies sentence
structures.
Notes