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Conventions #1 - SingleSentence

Credits:Cynthia HammerlyMountain View Elementary SchoolBroomfield, ColoradoCynthia.hammerly@adams12.org

Date Created: 4/24/2002 2:18:47 PM EST

VITAL INFORMATIONSubject Matter:Elementary, Writing, Technology

Grades:1

Software Application:StarOffice Writer, or any word processing program

LESSON DESCRIPTIONSummary:Students will edit individual sentences for capital letters and end punctuation marks.

State & National Standards:CO- Colorado Academic Standards• Subject : Reading and Writing• Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiencesWriting and speaking are essential tools for learning, for success in the workplace,and for responsible citizenship. Developing a range of writing and speaking abilities

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requires extensive study, practice, and thinking. Students need frequentopportunities to write and speak for different audiences and purposes, and they needto be able to communicate expressively, informatively, and analytically. Growth inwriting and speaking abilities occurs by applying skills to increasingly challengingcommunication tasks• Grade/Level : Grades K-4 Performance Indicator : revising and editing speech and writing Performance Indicator : creating readable documents with legible handwriting orword processing at the appropriate time• Standard 3: Students write and speakusing conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization,and spellingStudents need to know and be able to use standard English. Proficiency in thisstandard plays an important role in how the writer or speaker is understood andperceived. All skills in this standard are reinforced and practiced at all grade levelsand should be monitored by both the teacher and student to develop lifelong learningskills• Grade/Level : Grades K-4 Performance Indicator : knowing and using correct capitalization, punctuation,and abbreviations

Local Standards:Adams 12 Technology Standard 2: Student uses productivity software as a basis forlearning and skill building, and demonstrates an understanding of the universal toolsof word processing.- begins to use special function keys: enter/return, space bar, shift, delete andbackspace- locates letters, numbers and ending punctuation characters- knows how to make capital letters using the shift key.

Lesson Outcomes:Given a single sentence, students will be able to edit it for correct use of capitalletters and end marks.

Assessment:This is the first lesson in a four-lesson unit. Formal assessment will take place at theend of the unit.

Student sentences will be assessed for correctness of capital letters and endpunctuation, using the Conventions section of the attached rubric.

Assessment/Rubrics:Rubrics:Grade 1 Writing Rubric

CLASSROOM & TIME MANAGEMENTStudent Prerequisites:Students should have basic word processing skills. Daily language practice in theclassroom to practice grade level punctuation and exposure to the trait ofconventions through read-aloud experiences, discussions, teacher modeling andshared examples are also helpful.

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Lesson Preparation:The teacher should prepare three or more sentences to model for the students, aswell as sample sentences for the students to correct. These may be printed andgiven to each student, or produced as a file loaded into each student's work folder onthe file server.

Time Frame:1 class period. 30 Min. per class.

Implementation Steps:1. In the computer lab, the teacher models three or more sentences, showingstudents how to move around with the mouse or arrow keys to delete/add acharacter. (Projecting the teacher's desktop onto a screen is the best way to modelthis.)

2. The teacher provides students with single sentences to edit, loaded into their workfolders.

3. Students edit the sentences by deleting/adding characters.

4. Students check their work, then print.

RESOURCESLesson Resources:Attached are examples for use in modeling correct capitalization and punctuation.This lesson could be adapted for 2nd - 5th grade by changing the complexity of thesentences and the punctuation requirements.Attachments: 1. Example for Teacher Modeling

STUDENT PRODUCT(S)Product(s) Description:Attached is a student example for this lesson.Attachments: 1. Student Sample Sentence

REFLECTIONComments:To give students more practice with keyboarding skills, I have them a handout withthe sentences for them to copy, adding the correct capitalization and end marks asthey went. When I do this again, I will do it both ways so the students get practicewith typing text and editing text.

Conventions Lesson #1

Single Sentences

Example sentences to model correct capitalization

and end punctuation:

1.my cat is soft

Edited: My cat is soft.

2.can I go with you

Edited: Can I go with you?

3.come back here

Edited: Come back here!

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Conventions Lesson #1Single Sentences

Name: Valerie

Correct these sentences by adding capitalletters and end punctuation. When you arefinished, print your page.

1.john likes to play

2.the girl is six

3.a dog jomped on me

4.stop hitting me

5.did his cat run away

My Sentences:

1.John likes to play.2.The girl is six.3.A dog jumped on me.4.Stop hitting me!5.Did his cat run away?

Grade 1 - Personal Narrative Writing Rubric

6/2001©Adams 12 Five Star Schools

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1 - Unsatisfactory 2 - Partially Proficient 3 - Proficient 4 - Advanced

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• does not address the prompt orpersonal event or experience is notclear

• lacks main idea• unrelated thoughts or insufficient

thoughts to evaluate

• partially addresses prompt orpersonal event or experience issomewhat clear

• main idea is not clear• 3-5 nonrepetitive thoughts

related to topic

• addresses prompt or clearlytells about a personal event orexperience that reallyhappened

• one main idea with details• 6 or more nonrepetitive

thoughts related to topic

Paper meets all standards for theproficient level, but does so:

- in an insightful and/or creativemanner

OR- by providing exceptional ideadevelopment

OR

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• lacks logical/sequential organizationof ideas

• lacks title

• logical/sequential organizationis not maintained

• title does not relate to anythingin the story

• logical/sequential organizationof ideas

• title relates to story

Paper meets all standards forproficient level, but moves beyondthe formula in an innovativemanner.

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• lacks variation in sentencebeginnings (sentence fluency)

• lacks descriptive, interesting wordchoice

• lacks personal, individual voice

• few sentence beginnings arevaried (sentence fluency)

• some descriptive, interestingword choice

• some evidence of personal,individual voice

• some sentence beginnings vary(sentence fluency)

• descriptive, interesting wordchoice

• personal, individual voiceexpresses thoughts/feelings

The paper meets all standards forproficient level, but stands outfrom others through: -strong word choice -language that invites expressiveoral reading -a voice that is compelling andengaging

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• many fragments/run-ons• many errors in mechanics -capitalization -punctuation -spelling -grammar and/or usage• many errors in format (spacing,

margins, handwriting)

• some fragments/run-ons• some errors in mechanics -capitalization -punctuation -spelling -grammar and/or usage• some errors in format (spacing,

margins, handwriting)

• few fragments/run-ons• few errors in mechanics -capitalization -punctuation -spelling -grammar and/or usage• few errors in format (spacing,

margins, handwriting)

The paper is virtually error free