2023 META24 Course Catalog-7

GP4 Revising
Descriptive Research
MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING: LEVEL 1
Skill 1: Students will be able to revise for unity by refining their topic sentence and analyzing their main
points. They will be able to determine supporting details to include (quotes, statistics, etc.). They will
be able to revise their topic sentences and concluding paragraphs so their writing flows. They will be
able to determine the difference between a topic sentence and a thesis statement. They will be able
to distinguish connotation and denotation. They will be able to correctly identify the connotation and
denotation of words.
Skill 2: Students will be able to create coherence in their writing by using the correct transitional words
to convey their thinking. They will be able to correctly identify use and/or correct vague and ambivalent
pronouns.
Skill 3: Students will be able to properly use sensory details to create a dominant impression for readers.
Students will be able to use correct capitalization and punctuation.
MATERIALS
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the
development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Distinguish among the connotations (associations)
of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g.,
stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
• Unity, topic sentences, thesis statement,
connotation, denotation
• With some guidance and support from peers and
adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed
by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a
new approach.
• Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones
with unclear or ambiguous antecedents)
• Coherence, transitional words, vague &
ambivalent pronouns
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling when writing.
• Unity, coherence, capitalization, punctuation
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