Knowledge and Skills Statement
Provide students with a teacher-created text that includes splices, run-ons, and fragments. Task students with identifying the type of sentence errors found in each sentence and rewriting the sentences correctly.
Further Explanation
In this assessment, students are expected to demonstrate their ability to identify and correct sentence errors. Ample opportunities should be provided for students to review drafts including their own, evaluate complex sentences for correctness, and make necessary changes to improve the quality of their writing.
Research
Voyager Sopris Learning. (2008). The writing process for step up to writing. Step Up For Writing Series, Expository Paragraphs. Retrieved from www.voyagersopris.com
Summary: This one-page resource outlines eight steps in the writing process. The stages include prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, editing, writing a final copy, proofreading, and submitting the final copy.