Monday, September 1, 2014

High School Writing

English II has the writing test, so here are several practice prompts based on past tests. Please read the writing prompt instructions for tips on how to score the essays with as little effort as possible, as well as what to have the students aim for (and avoid) to get the highest possible scores. All this applies specifically to the NC 10th grade writing test. There are also tips for writing journals in class.

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Grammar Outline

1. Identifying Parts of speech
a. Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

2. Sentences: Subject, Predicate, and Objects
Find and identify complete subject
Find and identify complete predicate
Agreement of Subject and Verb
Compliments of a Verb: Find and identify:
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Predicate Nominative (Noun)
Predicate Adjective
Complete Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Run-on Sentences

3. Types of Sentences
a. Declarative
b. Interrogative
c. Imperative
d. Exclamatory
e. Simple
f. Compound
g. Complex

4. Phrases, Clauses, Negatives
a. Prepositional phrase
b. Independent clause
c. Subordinate clause
d. Negatives/Double Negatives

5. Noun Specifics
a. Contractions
b. Noun Plurals
c. Possessives

6. Verb Specifics
a. Tenses of Verbs
i. Present
ii. Past
iii. Future
iv. Present Perfect
v. Past Perfect
vi. Future Perfect
b. Principal Parts of Verbs
i. Present Tense
ii. Past Tense
iii. Past Participle
c. Verbals and Verbal Phrases
i. Infinitive
ii. Participle
iii. Gerund

7. Pronoun Specifics
a. Agreement with antecedent
b. No ambiguous
c. Cases of Pronouns
i. Nominative
ii.Objective
iii. Possessive
iv. Who/Whom

8. Adjectives and Adverb Specifics
a. Comparison of Adj. and Adv.
i. Positive
ii. Comparative
iii. Superlative
b. Div. between Adj. and Adv.
i. Good/well
ii. Real/really
c. Misplaced Modifiers/Dangling Participial Phrases

9. Punctuation
a. Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point
b. Comma
c. Semicolon, Colon, Dash
d. Quotation Marks
e. Apostrophe
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