English Language Arts and Reading.5.11.D.ii

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The student is expected to

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

 

past tense of irregular verbs;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

Provide students with a paragraph in which the irregular past tense verbs are missing and represented by blank spaces. Include a word bank of the irregular verbs in their present tense form. Task students with identifying the correct verb and writing it in past tense in the corresponding blank. Review student work for accuracy.
 

Further Explanation

This assessment example requires students to apply their knowledge of irregular verbs in their writing. This knowledge is acquired through practice and experience using irregular verbs in past tense correctly in writing. This skill should be developed with writing in all genres.

During the editing stage of the writing process, students further improve their drafts and often prepare them for publishing by correcting errors, adding clarity, and using more precise and effective word choice. Students add, delete, or rearrange words or sentences and remove unnecessary information.
a verb that does not follow the normal rules of conjugation (e.g., go, went, and gone as forms of to go)
Many English verbs are regular verbs, which means they form their different tenses according to an established pattern. For example, forming the past tense of regular verbs generally requires adding some letters to the end of a verb in present tense, typically -ed (e.g., parked in “We parked the car.”) Irregular verbs do not follow the normal rules of conjugation; their structure totally changes in the past tense (e.g., go, went, and gone as forms of to go). Since there is no rule to conjugate irregular verbs in the past tense, students are expected to memorize their respective conjugations and use them correctly when editing a writing piece.
standard rules of the English language, including written mechanics such as punctuation, capitalization, spelling, paragraphing, etc. and written/oral grammar such as parts of speech, word order, subject-verb agreement, and sentence structure

Research

Composition Writing Studio. Writing Process. University of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Summary: This online resource offers a comprehensive overview of the writing processes and the components involved in each. The overview includes definition of terms, examples, graphs and charts, and additional resources.