Where you look to determine if a silent E at the end of a root word will stay or go when a suffix is added
What is the first letter of the suffix
100
people, places, things, or ideas (concepts) that begin with a capital letter
What is a proper noun
100
dot and jot - graphic organizers - t-charts - brainstorming...
What is prewriting
100
This genre must convince someone of something
What is persuasive
100
This is where you have primarily practiced stream of consciousness writing
What is journal writing
200
Where you look to determine if a Y changes to an I in the Y Rule
What is the letter before the final Y in the root word
200
helping, linking, action, or phrase
What is a verb
200
This is what you do after completing at least TWO versions of prewriting
What is a rough draft
200
This genre gives steps in terms of how to do something
What is informative
200
"Ummmm and Like"...
What are terms that make you sound UNILTELLIGENT, and make Miss Baldwin insane! :)
300
The first step of this rule requires you to determine if the root word ends is ONE syllable, which is preceeded by ONE cononsant, and preceeded by ONE vowel
What is the Doubling Rule
300
HAPPY kids - VERY intelligent - sings BEAUTIFULLY - writes WELL - FUN class
What are adjectives and adverbs
300
During this step, you don't concern yourself with spelling, grammar, structure, or finality
What is a rough draft
300
This genre gives details that use lots of visual language
What is descriptive
300
Based on being a 'hero', or the best that you can be, you live by doing THIS
What is "doing something because it is the right thing to do"
400
In the Doubling Rule, when the one-one-and one step has all YES answers, then you look here to determine if any doubling will take place
What is the first letter of the suffix
400
These can appear independently, or in phrases, and suggest a location
What is a preposition
400
This step follows the rough draft, does NOT focus on correcting anything grammatically, but altering CONTENT accuracy and completeness
What is editing or revising
400
This genre tells a story
What is narrative
400
Where you can perform in all performance genres without judgement or condemnation
What is a Coffee House
500
These three rules are super valuable because they cover over 90% of the most commonly made spelling errors in the English language
What is the Silent E Rule, the Y Rule, and the Doubling Rule
500
These join words or phrases, and require a comma if used at the beginning of a sentence
What is a conjunction
500
This step follows revising/editing, by making all final GRAMMATICAL and STRUCTURAL corrections in preparation for making the final draft
What is proofreading
500
Any genre that has not already been mentioned...
What is fantasy, science fiction, fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction... (other answers will be accepted)
500
The MOST important thing that Miss Baldwin said that she hoped all of her students had learned from her, beyond English skills
What is to be KIND to one another throughout life!