Writing Conventions

This IS a writing convention:

• spelling

• inference

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Quotations, apostrophes, question marks, and periods are examples of

• capitalization

• paragraphing

• punctuation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

These should be capitalized

• proper nouns

• spelling a number

• The first letter of most words

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Proper nouns are

• nouns that have manners

• people's names and official names for places and organizations

• descriptions of nouns

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Paragraphs should begin a

• BANG!

• topic sentence

• conclusion

Use these to show someone is talking:

• apostrophe

• period

• quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Use this to show possession:

• quotation marks

• apostrophe

• topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

In nonfiction, we should start a new paragraph when we introduce a new idea

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Why is it important to spell words correctly?

• Because a teacher said so

• Because incorrect spelling distracts your reader

• It is not important.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

This punctuation shows emphasis or strong emotion.

• Question mark

• Period

• Exclamation mark

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B