Writing++-+Conventions


 * Week 5 ~ Conventions **
 * Reading Suggestions **
 * Examples (Pages 77-82)
 * Checklist for Conventions (Page 82)
 * Teaching strategies (Pages 137-145)
 * Teaching Conventions (Pages 101-103)
 * Books for Teaching Conventions (Pages 227-230)
 * Six Point writing guide (Pages 288)

Do you agree or disagree with the assertion that correcting is not teaching? Do you have any "pet peeves" when it comes to Conventions? Should Conventions be taught one at a time? Is Daily Language Review instrumental to teaching Conventions? How does the use of word processing tools like grammar and spell check affect editing? Poetry and Conventions together?
 * Thought questions **

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 * Websites **

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__Punctuation Takes a Vacation__, Robin Pulver __Yo! Yes!,__ Chris Raschka __Good Dog, Carl__, Alexander Day __Just Me and 6000 Rats__, Rick Walton __Grammar Tales__, Scholastic 2004 __Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster__, Debra Frasier
 * Books **


 * Activities **


 * Become Error Collectors **

They’re everywhere: on TV, in books, in the papers, on billboards, in advertisements. You notice them, don’t you? Collect them and put them on overheads. See how quickly your students can spot them. Get them noticing, too.

[] - geared for grade 3 but could be used in grade 2

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