This type of writing is non-fiction and tries to convince the reader to agree with the writer.
What is persuasive?
100
This is the first step of the process. You get your ideas out of your head and on to paper.
What is brainstorming/planning?
100
True or false: You want to use many "telling" sentences that do not add much detail.
What is false?
100
What's wrong with this sentence?
Mom baked Aunt Gwens famous apple pie.
What is Gwen's?
100
What conjunction fits best in the blank?
You may go to the pool, _________ stay at your friend's house.
What is or?
200
This is the last step, after you have revised and edited.
What is final copy or publishing.
200
These words are important for the flow of your writing and show "transition" between paragraphs or ideas.
What are transition words?
200
What's wrong?
i have never visited rome, but I have been to Italy.
What is I and Rome.
200
This part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
What are adverbs?
300
This type of writing appeals to the reader's emotions, logic, and character.
What is persuasive?
300
In this step, you look for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation errors.
What is editing?
300
True or false: your writing should paint a picture in the reader's mind.
What is true?
300
What's wrong?
Earlier today I made pottery in art.
What is Earlier today, ...
300
These are the 3 types of conjunctions.
What are coordinating, correlative, and subordinating?
400
This type of writing can be personal or fictional and has a story line that happens over time.
What is narrative?
400
In this step you write your first or "sloppy copy".
What is drafting?
400
What is one way to improve the paragraph below?
Yesterday it rained. I could not have soccer practice. I stayed home and did homework. Then I went to bed.
What is combine the sentences, add details, add examples...?
400
What's wrong?
Please do not touch the students instruments they are fragile.
What is Please do not touch the students' instruments. They are fragile.
400
What is the adverb in the sentence below?
Luke plays lacrosse on Saturday.
What is Saturday?
500
These are the 5 ingredients in a narrative.
What are characters, setting, conflict/situation, plot, and ending?
500
In this step, you look for boring words to improve, sentences to combine, and ways to make your writing more professional.
What is revising?
500
What type of sentences do you NOT want to have many of in your writing?
What are simple sentences?
500
What's wrong?
molly dont forget two bring your journal to blue ridge!
What is Molly, don't forget to bring your journal to Blue Ridge.
500
What is the pronoun antecedent of "he" in the sentences below?
Jerry always goes to bed at 8:00. He is always tired from his busy schedule.