English Language Arts and Reading.6.10.D.iii

The student is expected to

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

 

conjunctive adverbs;

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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.

Task students with a paired dictation writing activity in which they take turns dictating to a partner as they complete a piece of writing. Then, have students work together to edit their writing to ensure appropriate use of conjunctive adverbs. Have students identify whether conjunctive adverbs are used appropriately or inappropriately. Ask students to demonstrate how transitions are improved when conjunctive adverbs are used.
 

Further Explanation

The student is expected to convey the relationship between two independent ideas using a conjunctive adverb. This knowledge is acquired through practice and experience using correct conjunctive adverbs in writing. This skill should be developed with writing in all genres.

an adverb (e.g., however, nonetheless, therefore) that introduces or connects independent clauses and that shows cause and effect, comparison, contrast, or some other relationship between clauses
Students are expected to convey the relationship between two independent ideas using a conjunctive adverb (e.g., however, nonetheless, therefore). These words (or sometimes phrases) act as bridges between two complete ideas. A conjunctive adverb at the beginning of a clause connects that clause to the previous clause in a logical way. Students must recognize that different conjunctive adverbs imply different relationships. Using these words or phrases interchangeably without regard to the relationship creates confusion for the reader. For example, the conjunctive adverb likewise implies similarity between two things. “The coach told me I should try out for the soccer team; likewise, I am already running track and can’t do both” is illogical. To show logical contrast, students should edit the paper to express the correct relationship: “The coach told me I should try out for the soccer team; however, I am already running track and can’t do both.”
During the editing stage of the writing process, students further improve their drafts and often prepare them for publication by correcting errors in mechanics, grammar, and spelling. Applying standard rules of the English language correctly helps the audience understand the information more easily by not having to interrupt their thinking to decide what the writer intended to say.
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