Grammar and Writing
Grade level: 9-10
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Noun, Pronoun and Adjective |
What a noun is; classify common, proper, concrete, abstract, compound and compound nouns; what a pronoun is; classify reflexive, intensive demonstrative, interrogative, relative and indefinite pronouns; what an adjective is; identify words that can be used as either pronouns or adjectives and nouns or adjectives; identify articles |
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Verb, Adverb |
What a verb is; classify transitive and intransitive verbs; identify action, linking, and helping verbs; identify verb phrases; what an adverb is; identify adverbs and their modifiers (adjectives, adverbs and verbs); words that can be nouns or adverbs |
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Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection |
What a preposition is; identify prepositions and their objects; what conjunction is; identify conjunctions; what an interjection is; using interjections |
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Subject/ Predicate/ Complement |
Identifying subject and predicates of sentences; writing complete sentences; sentence fragments; understood subjects; compound subject and predicates; what a complement is; direct and indirect objects; classifying sentences by purpose |
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Agreement |
Singular or plural; subject/verb agreement; compound subject/verb agreement; don’t/doesn’t agreement; collective noun agreement; pronoun/antecedent agreement |
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Verb Tense |
Verb tense; irregular verbs; active and passive voice; mood |
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Pronouns Forms |
Case forms of pronouns |
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Capitalization |
Capitalization in proper nouns and adjectives; names; initials in names and abbreviations; geographical names; organizations; teams; government; institutions; historical events and eras; special events; holidays; nationalities; races; religions; God; Bible; businesses; brand names; heavenly bodies; ships; trains; aircraft; awards; memorials; buildings and structures; course names; titles; family relationships in place of name; books; movies; etc. |
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Punctuation |
End marks; periods; commas; semicolons; colons |
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Italics and Quotations |
Italic and quotation mark usage |
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Apostrophes |
Possessive case; contractions; plurals |
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Hyphens, Dashes, correct usage of each Parentheses, Brackets, Ellipsis Points |
Correct usage of each |
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Creating a Word Picture |
Writing descriptively; implied main idea; sensory, figurative, and factual details; writing process |
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Narrative |
Writing a narrative; predicting outcomes; expressive style; first person point of view; writing process |
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Compare-Contrast |
Writing a comparison-contrast paper; main idea; details; block method; organization of ideas; writing process |
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Cause and Effect |
Writing cause and effect organization patterns; writing process |
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Research Question |
Writing a response to a research question; researching skills; logic; persuasion; writing process |
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Opinion |
Writing an opinion paper; logic, reasoning, and evidence for support; writing process |
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Persuasion |
Writing a persuasion paper; persuasion devices; logic; reasoning; evidence; writing process |