Question | Answer |
Prewriting | organize thoughts (web, list, chart) |
Drafting | rough copy (you should be the first to edit) |
Revising | change/add/delete things |
Editing | correct mistakes in grammar, usage, spelling and mechanics |
Publishing | a neat and legible final copy |
After receiving a grade for any writing piece, it is always a good idea to reflect on it because... | you recognize your strengths, weaknesses, and set goals for improvement. |
The NJASK scoring rubric has a range of scores from ____ to ____. | 1 to 6 |
The rubric can be used in the following ways... | improve and evaluate writing |
Introduction | opening section of a composition, presents main idea, grabs the reader’s attention, and sets the tone |
Body | ideas are developed (main part of the composition) |
Conclusion | summarizes an argument or main idea, and points the reader toward action or further reflection |
Informative | Defines terms, gives directions, or tells how things work by presenting or explaining facts or ideas. |
Narrative | Tells a story and often answers the questions who, what, where, when why, and how. |
Persuasive | Uses facts and reasons to support a point of view and tries to convince the reader to agree. |
Descriptive | Presents a colorful, exact picture of a person, place, thing or experience by appealing to the five senses. |
Purpose | why it is written |
Form | type of writing |
Audience | who will read it |
The _____________ _____________ includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. | complete subject |
The ____________ ____________ includes the verb and all the words that complete the verb’s meaning. | complete predicate |
The ___________ __________ is the main word or words in the complete subject and does not include descriptive words. | simple subject |
The __________ ___________ or verb is the main word or words in the complete predicate. | simple predicate |
Declarative | Makes a statement; always ends with a period. |
Interrogative | Asks a question; always ends with a question mark. |
Imperative | Tells or asks someone to do something; usually ends with a period; may end with an exclamation mark. |
Exclamatory | Shows strong feeling; always ends with an exclamation point. |
Complete Sentence | A group of words that expresses a complete thought; has a subject and predicate. |
Fragment | A part of a sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence. (Missing either subject or predicate.) |
Run-On | Two or more sentences written as though they were a single sentence. |