Writing Skills

Before writing, how can you plan and organize your thoughts?

• make a bubble map

• check your phone

• collect newspaper articles

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The magic number in writing essays and paragraphs is ____.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

To show the reader that you're writing a new paragraph, you should __________.

• skip a line

• indent

• use quotation marks

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CCSS.W.11-12.2A

CCSS.W.11-12.4

Two examples of transition words are:

• First,

• Of

• Also,

• Never

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

A good paragraph is built like a _________________.

• house

• hamburger

• UFO

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

True or False:

The topic of an essay is called the therasis.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which word is ALWAYS capitalized in writing?

• I

• A

• Of

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

The first sentence of a paragraph tells the topic of the paragraph, so it is called the ___________ sentence.

• introductory sentence

• beginning sentence

• topic sentence

How many paragraphs are there in a strong essay?

• 2

• 5

• 100

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1H

Which 2 provide facts?

• a novel

• a newspaper

• the Internet

• a letter

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D