English Language Arts and Reading.7.10.D.viii

The student is expected to

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

 

punctuation, including commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses, and semicolons; and

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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.

a punctuation mark used to separate two or more distinct but related ideas such as in a series, (e.g., “nuts, bolts, or screws”) or to enclose a word, phrase, or clause within a sentence (e.g. “Sonya, who is from Alaska, missed the snow.”) Commas are also used with transitions and in dates.
In, the editing stage, students should improve drafts for appropriate punctuation, including the use of commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses. Commas used this way can draw attention to information that adds specificity to a sentence (e.g., the inclusion of a descriptive phrase in the sentence “Aunt Sophia, tall and menacing, stood in the doorway”).
a punctuation mark used chiefly to coordinate major sentence elements such as the independent clauses of a compound sentence

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.