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Strengthening Writing High School ELAR Aligned to Common Core State Standards

Strengthening Writing High School ELAR Aligned to Common Core State Standards. Teacher Notes.

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Strengthening Writing High School ELAR Aligned to Common Core State Standards

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  1. Strengthening Writing High School ELAR Aligned to Common Core State Standards

  2. Teacher Notes Insight 360™ is eInstruction’s classroom instruction system that allows you to interact with your students as they learn, quickly gaining insight into student understanding during class so you can adjust instruction in real-time during a single class session. Use this content, designed specifically for use with Insight 360™, to interact with your class. This content includes brief instructional material and two types of activities: Constructed Response Activity for students to complete as an individual or a group assignment. Send each Constructed Response Activity to the Insight 360 iPad Student App. Assessment Item with CueTag™ for students to respond to via student response devices. Receive instant real-time feedback and longitudinal reports.

  3. Tips to Strengthen Writing • Here are a few tips to strengthen your writing: • Write with an active voice. • Watch for and rewrite run-on sentences or sentences that are too long. • Use strong verbs to minimize the need for adverbs. • Avoid using clichés. • Make sure that subjects and verbs agree. • Use a variety of sentence types. • Choose proper punctuation. • Watch for and use the correct homophone. • Avoid repeating the same words. • Make sure that pronouns agree with their antecedents.

  4. Apply the tips. Read the sentence. Neither one of the lockers were cleaned out at the end of the year. What error does the sentence contain, and what can be done to correct the error?

  5. Apply the tips. • Read the sentence. • Neither one of the lockers were cleaned out at the end of the year. • What error does the sentence contain, and what can be done to correct the error? • Answers will vary. • The subject and verb in the sentence do not agree. The error can be corrected • by changing the verb were to was.

  6. Read the sentence. We were expected to follow the instructions of our sponsors at all times. Which of the following describes the form of the verb in the sentence? neutral voice active voice passive voice strong voice

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