1st Semester: Sentence Writing, 2nd Semester: Paragraphs

Six Traits of Writing Posters - Modify these to make my own *Move this to writing program page
1. Review the Parts of a Sentence (Parts of Speech).

• Glencoe Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 7 (Free!)
• Unit 1: Subjects, Predicates and Sentences
• Unit 2: Nouns
• Unit 3: Verbs
• Unit 4: Pronouns
• Unit 5: Adjectives
• Unit 6: Adverbs
• Unit 7: Clauses and Complex Sentences
• Unit 8: Verbals (Participles, Participial Phrases, Gerunds and Gerund Phrases, Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases)
• Unit 9: Subject-Verb Agreement
• Unit 10: Diagramming Sentences 
• The Art of Styling Sentences by Ann Longknife, Ph.D. and K.D. Sullivan
• Chapter 1: The Sentence
• Writers Inc. by Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, and Verne Meyer
• Understanding the Basics, p. 86
• Inverted Order, p. 86
• Writing Complete Sentences, p. 87-88
• Sentence Composing for Middle School by Don Killgallon (See also: The Grammar for Middle School Teacher's Guide)
• Part 1: Sentence Unscrambling, Activities 1-8
• Board Game: Cooking Up Sentences

• The Art of Styling Sentences by Ann Longknife, Ph.D. and K.D. Sullivan
• Chapter 2: The Twenty Patterns (20 Patterns from the Art of Styling Sentences)
• Pattern 1A, 1B, 1C (Exercises 1-3)
• Pattern 2 (Exercises 1-4)
• Pattern 3 (Exercises 1-5)
• Pattern 4 (Sentences for Analysis 1-3, Exercises 1-5)
• Pattern 4A (Sentences for Analysis 1-3, Exercises 1-5, 1-3)
• Pattern 5 (Exercises 1-4, 1-3)
• Pattern 6 (Exercises 1-3, 1-2)
• Pattern 7 (Exercises 1-3, 1-4)
• Pattern 7A (Exercises 1-5, 1-3)
• Pattern 8 (Exercises 1-5)
• Pattern 9 (Exercises 1-3, 1-2)
• Pattern 9A (Exercieses 1-3)
• Pattern 10 (Sentence for analysis, Exercises -5)
• Pattern 10A (Exercises 1-2, 1-2)
• Writers Inc. by Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, and Verne Meyer
  
  • Writing Clear Sentences, p. 89-90
  • Writing Natural Sentences, p. 91-92
  • Writing Acceptable Sentences, p. 93-94
  • Combining Sentences, p. 95
  • Modeling Sentences, p. 96
  • Expanding Sentences, p. 97
  • Sentence-Writing Tips, p. 98

• Methods and Materials for Composition in Intermediate and Grammar Grades by Alhambra Georgia Denning (Free!)
• The Art of Styling Sentences by Ann Longknife, Ph.D. and K.D. Sullivan
• Chapter 4
• Word Painting: A Guide to Write More Descriptively by Rebecca McClanahan