Writing+Bootcamp


 * Writing Boot Camp! :) [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png height="32" link="http://tves3rdgradewriting.wikispaces.com/file/view/CONVENTIONS+BOOT+CAMP.doc"]] [|CONVENTIONS BOOT CAMP.doc](Three Days)**

Day One: Complete Sentences Subjects and PredicatesWriting Bootcamp PP slides 1-10 [|Writing Bootcamp Powerpoint-1.ppt]

Day Two: Subject/Verb Agreement

Use this pp: [|sayit.ppt]

Intro: Use the powerpoint to talk to the students about subject verb agreement. "It's like the subject in the sentence and the verb are shaking hands! They are in agreement." Basically the students need to hear if their sentence sounds right. Have them whisper read the sentences to themselves if they cannot hear how the incorrect sentence sounds. Just say, "Does this sound right?"

Use this worksheet in pairs - have a person 1 and person 2. Go back and forth between the sentences choosing which verb is correct for the subject. Person 1 does #1, and person 2 coaches. Then person 2 does #2, and person #1 coaches. And on and on!

[|subj-verb+agreement+practice.doc] Go over the answers as a class when the students are done!

Day Three: Capitalization

Capitalization PP: [|Capitalization1.ppt]

Intro: Talk to students about when we use capital lettes. Ask: When do we use capitals? Chart responses on chart paper on on the board. Explain to students that we use capital letters for lots of things: Names, holidays, days of the week, months, brand names, etc.

Look through the powerpoint at all the rules. Discuss the rules as you go and validate the responses they gave you at the beginning.

Give students 'the case of the missing capital letters' and allow them to work together with a partner to find all of the missing letters. Read the hints aloud to students. After they have finished, discuss the answers and why certain words were capitalized.

[|The Case of the Missing Capital Letters.pdf]

Day Four: Combining Sentences Mini-lesson

Writing Bootcamp PP slides 20-26 [|Writing Bootcamp Powerpoint-1.ppt]

Intro: Write two sentences on the board: Sarah went to the park. Sarah went to the zoo. Ask the students: What do you notice about these two sentences? How could we improve these sentences? Lead students to realize that there is no need to repeat the words 'Sarah went to the' twice. We can simply combine the sentences into one: Sarah went to the zoo and the park. The AND is called a conjunction- a word that combines two senteces together!

Write another example on the board: James likes to eat pizza and fish. James likes to eat crab. Ask again, what could we do to these sentences to make them better? We can combine the two sentences into one: James likes to eat pizza, fish and crab.

Talk with students about why we might do this type of thing in our writing. Repeating information is boring and not fun to read.

Look at powerpoint

[] This is sort of like a powerpoint...has great examples! Some assessment questions came from here. Day Five: Assessment NEW - 2010-2011 convention quiz (BOY...simplified and shortened) [|convention+quiz[1.docx]]

[|convention quiz.docx]