Conventions

1. Conventions What are they? Why use them?

2. 5 – I made so few errors, it would be a snap getting this ready to publish! • Spelling to knock your socks off. • Great punctuation guides you through the text. • Capitals are in the rights places. • You won’t be distracted by incorrect grammar or usage. • Paragraphs are indented (or spaced) and in the right places. • This piece is VERY close to being ready to publish.

3. 3 – Some bothersome mistakes show up when I read carefully. • Spelling’s correct on SIMPLE words. • Yeah, you might stumble over my innovative punctuation. • Capitals are mostly there. • I attempted paragraphing, although it may not have been done correctly. • Grammar’s O.K., though not award-winning. • Moderate editing is still needed to get this ready to publish.

4. 1 – Read once to decode, than again for meaning. • Look out for spelling mistakes • Punctuation errors make the going tough. • I’ve forgotten some CAPS – others aren’t needed. • Errors in grammar and usage affect meaning. • This piece needs extensive editing.

5. 5 – I made so few errors, it would be a snap getting this ready to publish! Spelling to knock your socks off. Great punctuation guides you through the text. Capitals are in the rights places. You won’t be distracted by incorrect grammar or usage. Paragraphs are indented (or spaced) and in the right places. This piece is VERY close to being ready to publish. 3 – Some bothersome mistakes show up when I read carefully. Spelling’s correct on SIMPLE words. Yeah, you might stumble over my innovative punctuation. Capitals are mostly there. I attempted paragraphing, although it may not have been done correctly. Grammar’s O.K., though not award-winning. Moderate editing is still needed to get this ready to publish. 1 – Read once to decode, than again for meaning. Look out for spelling mistakes Punctuation errors make the going tough. I’ve forgotten some CAPS – others aren’t needed. Errors in grammar and usage affect meaning. This piece needs extensive editing.

6. Rainy day • A rainy Day. I say it’s fun when you think of same: games to play. Like I play Hands Down and I play girl talk. Whith my sister. I play Hands Down whith my family it’s fun to play Hands Down. When it’s a raiy Day. A rainy Day. Do not have to be boring. It can be fun. you can play Games and if you can play hide in sink. That’s fun to play on rainy Days. Games like Hands Down and talk. Are games that you can play on a riany Day. Rainy days are so fun sametimes rainy are not fun when it’s a rainy Day. I play games. Games are not boring. Games are fun to play on a rainy Days.

7. The special people in orgon • I have 3 special people in orgon. One of them is my cuson. He plays huoge water baloon fights with me. His name is Aaron. Aaron and I play terifik games together like tag, hide and go seek, and basketball and he lives in orgon. My Grandma also lives in orgon. She has a supper nintedow that we play together and she has moovies to watch to. My aunt lives in orgon and she takes me plases like Inchanted villig. Her name is Cindy. I love the people in orgon.

8. Ruder • If I had to choose something I would like to keep forever I would choose my dog Ruder. Ruder is a German Shepherd. His eyes are green and his tail is long. Ruder is a beautifil dog. Ruder is kind of a brown black gray color. Ruder is an excellent watchdog. Ruder plays with me when I’m bored, he’s fun. I like Ruder better than my stuffed animals, my dolls and all that kind of stuff. Ruder can be bad and make mistakes but he’s still the best dog in the world to me. Ruder is fun to play catch and stuff like that. Ruder likes to lay right by your bed at night, sometimes it makes me to go sleep just thinking he’s there. If I didn’t have Ruder I wouldn’t die or anything I’d just be lonely. I have friends but Ruder is better than all of them.

9. Active vs. Passive Voice Wait, let’s analyze this. Maybe we need both! No, passive voice!! Active Voice!!

10. Active voice Action makes a situation more exciting A verb is active if the subject of the sentence performs the action Ex. The class gave Mrs. Fuller a huge ovation after the lesson! Passive voice A verb is passive when the subject receives the action Ex. Mrs. Fuller was given a huge ovation after the lesson. What is it???

11. Beginning writers tend to use passive voice so… SPICE UP YOUR WRITING!! Which is more powerful? The coast was ravaged by the storm. The storm ravaged the coast. Passive voice Sometimes passive voice isn’t all that bad “Attention shoppers! A child was found in the toy department. To claim him, please report to checkout lane number one.” Sometimes it hides blame Mistakes have been made. You may need it for scientific writing or to focus on the object (like mistakes above) Voice, voice, voice

12. From Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire “The police were summoned, and the whole of Little Hangleton had seethed with shocked curiosity and ill- disguised excitement. The police had never read an odder report. A team of doctors had examined the bodies and had concluded that none of the Riddles had been poisoned, stabbed, shot, strangled, suffocated or harmed at all. In fact (the report continued, in a tone of unmistakable bewilderment), the Riddles all appeared to be in prefect health – apart from the fact that they were all dead.”

13. Try it… • An air guitar was given to Billy by his parents his birthday, but he cried because the box was empty. • Scientist announced that global warming is caused by fireflies. • At the party, balloon rutabagas were made for the children by Quirky the clown. • A seamstress was sued by Sue for mending here bathing suit with glue. • Ophra’s pet scorpion has been found, so the class can relax.

14. With respect to conventions I need to… • Read both silently & aloud to make sure I caught all my errors. • Hear the punctuation in my head. • Look up any words I do not know how to spell. • Include enough paragraphs to make the copy look good and show the reader how the piece is organized. • Be sure conventions show the reader how to read the text

15. Conventions • Did you read your paper over? Silently? Aloud? • Did you hold a ruler under each line so you could catch everything? • What do you feel sure about? • Spelling • Capitals • Punctuation • Paragraphing • Grammar

16. For spelling: Read backwards Spelling cue Vacuum You find a word and a cue to help you remember For capital letters and punctuation Capital letter walk with a partner Read your writing. Both partners stop when there should be a period or end punctuation.. Take a step for capital letter. Editing

17. Author Name _____________ • Reviser Panel _____________ _______________ _____________ • Feedback Rubric for Conventions • 5 – I made so few errors, it would be a snap getting this ready to publish! • Spelling to knock your socks off. • Great punctuation guides you through the text. • Capitals are in the rights places. • You won’t be distracted by incorrect grammar or usage. • Paragraphs are indented (or spaced) and in the right places. • This piece is VERY close to being ready to publish. • 3 – Some bothersome mistakes show up when I read carefully. • Spelling’s correct on SIMPLE words. • Yeah, you might stumble over my innovative punctuation. • Capitals are mostly there. • I attempted paragraphing, although it may not have been done correctly. • Grammar’s O.K., though not award-winning. • Moderate editing is still needed to get this ready to publish. • 1 – Read once to decode, than again for meaning. • Look out for spelling mistakes • Punctuation errors make the going tough. • I’ve forgotten some CAPS – others aren’t needed. • Errors in grammar and usage affect meaning. • This piece needs extensive editing. • 1. Highlight on the rubric where the author is. • 2. Provide three (3) suggestions for revision: • _________________________________________________________________________________________ • _________________________________________________________________________________________ • _________________________________________________________________________________________