ELAR 4.11
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. The student is expected to:
- (1) plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a
particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as
brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
- (A) develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
- (B) organizing with purposeful structure, including an
introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and
- (i) developing an engaging idea with relevant details;
- (ii) revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;
- (C) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
- (D) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb
agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
- (i) past tense of irregular verbs;
- (ii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
- (iii) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
- (iv) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;
- (v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;
- (vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
- (vii) pronouns, including reflexive;
- (viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
- (ix) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
- (x) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
- (xi) publish written work for appropriate audiences.
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Talking Animals - Writing Dialogue Interactive Slide Deck
Practice writing dialogue and proving that “Animals Can Talk!” with an exciting slide deck and digital learning activity.
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Editing Incomplete Sentences Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to correct incomplete sentences with a comprehensive Editing Incomplete Sentences Grammar PowerPoint.
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Run-On Sentence Practice - Worksheet Pack
Give your students more run-on sentence practice with a Run-On Sentence Worksheet pack.
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Proper Punctuation Chart Pack - Upper Elementary
Encourage proper punctuation with a printable punctuation chart pack for upper elementary.
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Reflexive Pronouns Worksheet Pack
Use this reflexive pronouns worksheet pack to get your students identifying and using these essential parts of speech.
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Epic Editing Workbook – 3rd and 4th Grade
Use these paragraph editing worksheets to get your students practicing and refining their proofreading skills.
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4th Grade Grammar Review Task Cards
Download these 4th grade grammar review task cards perfect for reading centers.
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Editing Sentences – 4th Grade Worksheets
Download these editing sentences worksheets for 4th grade to get your students identifying and fixing errors in sentences.
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Pronouns Teaching Slides
Use these pronoun slides to teach your students about some of the most common types of pronouns.
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Pronouns Anchor Charts
Display this set of 7 pronouns anchor charts in your classroom to remind your students of the most common types of pronouns and their uses.
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Verb Tense Regular and Irregular Sorting Activity
Help students understand the difference between a regular and irregular verb tense group with this hands-on verb sorting activity.
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Tell Me a Story - Dialogue Picture Prompts
Make writing dialogue fun and engaging with our ‘Tell Me a Story’ dialogue picture prompts!
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Picture the Dialogue - Punctuation Worksheet Pack
Improve students’ abilities to write dialogue using correct punctuation with a set of printable ‘Picture the Dialogue’ writing worksheets.
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Using Correct Punctuation Marks - Teaching Slide Deck
Teach the correct usage of punctuation marks with an interactive Punctuation Slide Deck for upper 4th-6th graders.
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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Poster Pack
Display and use these handy anchor charts to teach your students about simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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I Have, Who Has? Verb Card Game
Play a fun and exciting game that is great for students who are now learning how to identify action verbs.
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'Wheely' Wonderful Dialogue Tags Spinner
Spice up your students' writings and help them choose better dialogue tags with a ‘Wheely’ Wonderful Dialogue Tag Spinner.
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Types of Verbs Poster Set
Explore the different types of verbs with this set of verb posters displaying the definition and examples of action, saying, thinking and relating verbs.
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V.O.I.C.E.S. - 6 Traits of Writing Poster Pack
Improve student writing using our V.O.I.C.E.S. 6 Traits of Writing Poster Pack!
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Using Quotation Marks in Narrative Writing PowerPoint
Teach the correct usage of quotation marks in narrative writing with this set of teaching slides.
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Writing Out Loud: Dialogue Punctuation Teaching Presentation
Teach your students how to write dialogue correctly with an interactive teaching presentation.
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Punctuating Dialogue - Worksheet Pack
Reinforce understanding of how to punctuate direct speech with differentiated quotation marks worksheets.
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Coordinating Conjunctions Craft and Writing Activity
Encourage your students to get hands on with this highly visual representation of coordinating conjunctions and the role they play in linking two ideas in a sentence.
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I Am Poem Template
Get to know your students and create back-to-school poems with a printable ‘I Am… Poem template.
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Parts of Speech Word Cards Sorting Activity
Engage your students with this parts of speech group activity where they sort 112 word cards into categories (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, coordinating conjunctions or prepositions).
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Coordinating Conjunctions Dice Game
Use this hands on activity for students to create two 8 sided-dice and write compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions.
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FANBOYS Poster for Teaching Coordinating Conjunctions
Display this grammar poster in your classroom to help students choose appropriate coordinating conjunctions using the acronym FANBOYS.
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Halloween A to Z - Vocabulary Activity
Build a spooktacular vocabulary and boost knowledge of parts of speech with a printable Halloween A to Z worksheet.
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Halloween Adjectives Word Search - Upper Grades
Bring in the Halloween spirit this year, starting with a printable upper grades Halloween word search filled with spooky adjectives!
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Haunted Preposition House - Halloween Worksheet
Practice using prepositions and prepositional phrases with a a fun and spooky Halloween worksheet!
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Types of Adverbs Teaching Slides
Explore five types of adverbs in this action-packed adverb adventure teaching slide deck! This resource covers adverbs of time, place, manner, frequency and degree.
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Color by Parts of Speech (Nouns, Verbs, Prepositions, and Adjectives) – Owl
Identify nouns, verbs, prepositions, and adjectives with this color-by-code style worksheet.