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Writing Requirements

Writing Requirements. Kelynn Heardt Baxter Springs High School. English 10. Appositives Introductory adverb clauses Parallel verb structures Correlative conjunctions Conjunctive adverbs. Appositives - Highlight ORANGE. Step by Step: How to Write a Sentence with an Appositive Phrase

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Writing Requirements

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  1. Writing Requirements Kelynn Heardt Baxter Springs High School

  2. English 10 • Appositives • Introductory adverb clauses • Parallel verb structures • Correlative conjunctions • Conjunctive adverbs

  3. Appositives - Highlight ORANGE • Step by Step: How to Write a Sentence with an Appositive Phrase •Step 1: Write a sentence: Amber likes to sleep during English class. •Step 2: Identify at least one noun in your sentence, and rename it: Amber: the president of the sophomore class •Step 3: Revise your sentence adding the appositive. Amber, the president of the sophomore class, likes to sleep during English class.

  4. Helpful Hints • Make sure your appositive phrase is set off with commas. • If the appositive phrase is left out, you still have a complete sentence.

  5. EXAMPLES • English teachers, the intellectuals of every high school staff, are often seen looting dictionaries from the library. • Students in English class, the utopia of enlightened education, sometimes like to think verbosity is a virtue. • Kelynn Heardt, the fake doctor from yesterday, is presenting with Troy Parker, the 2005 Clyde U. Phillips Outstanding Educator!

  6. EXAMPLES • English teachers, the intellectuals of every high school staff, are often seen looting dictionaries from the library. • Students in English class, the utopia of enlightened education, sometimes like to think verbosity is a virtue. • Kelynn Heardt, the fake doctor from yesterday, is presenting with Troy Parker, the 2005 Clyde U. Phillips Outstanding Educator.

  7. Resources • Backman, Brian. Building Sentence Skills: Tools for Writing the Amazing English Sentence. Westminster: Teacher Created Materials, 2000. • www.teachercreated.com • Enter TCM3704 in the “Search Catalog” box and click “Go” • For Writing Requirement Powerpoints go to www.usd508.org • Look under “High School” on the homepage for KATE links

  8. Introductory Adverb Clauses • Step by Step: How to Write a Sentence with an Introductory Adverb Clause • Step 1: Write a sentence: Joe ate ten pancakes. • Step 2: Add a subordinating conjunction to the beginning of the sentence to make it a clause: After Joe ate ten pancakes • Step 3: Transform the adverb clause into a complex sentence by adding an independent clause that completes the thought: After Joe ate ten pancakes, he drank a glass of milk.

  9. Subordinating Conjunctions Time Cause Contrast

  10. Parallel Verb Structures • Step by Step: How to write a sentence with parallel verb structure. • Step 1: Write a sentence. Margaret hit the ball. • Step 2: Choose two more verbs to match the tense of the verb in the sentence. •Ran •stepped • Step 3: Rewrite the sentence adding the verbs to form a parallel compound predicate. Margaret hit the ball, ran the bases, and stepped on home plate.

  11. Correlative Conjunctions • These conjunctions are always used in pairs. • Both . . . and • Either . . . or • Neither . . . nor • Not only . . . but also • Whether . . . or

  12. Correlative Conjunctions • Examples: • War is not only foolish but also destructive. • Either in his poetry or in his fiction, you may find examples of humor. • Wars of both the 19th and 20th centuries are criticized. • Neither students nor teachers will forget these writers.

  13. Conjunctive Adverbs • Rule to Remember: When using a conjunctive adverb to connect two complete thoughts, use a semi-colon;BEFOREthe conjunctive adverb and a comma,AFTERthe conjunctive adverb.

  14. Conjunctive Adverbs • also • otherwise • as a result • still • consequently • then • for example • therefore • furthermore • thus • however • moreover

  15. Conjunctive Adverbs • Step by Step: How to write a sentence with a conjunctive adverb • Step 1: Write two sentences. My grandmother has been acting strange. She drove the lawnmower to the store. • Step 2: choose the conjunctive adverb that will properly connect the two thoughts. for example • Step 3: Add the conjunctive adverb using proper punctuation. My grandmother has been acting strangely; for example, she drove the lawnmower to the store.

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