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OnTRACK Grade 8 English: Editing

  • Subject(s): ELA & Reading
  • Grade Range: PreK - 12
  • Release date: 08-22-2015
  • Tags: transitional words and phrases, revising, redundant, purpose, prose, genre, elaboration, audience, anecdote, think aloud, editing, coordinating conjunction, conventions, annotation, subordinating conjunctions, independent clause, dependent clause, conjunctions, complex sentence, clause, relative clause, preposition, phrase, participle, cause, appositive phrase, adverbial phrase, adverbial clause, adjectival phrase, subordinate clause, sentence, main clause, quote, determiner, context, article, acronym, punctuation, phrases, interrogative, imperative, exclamation, ellipsis, Dialect, compound sentence, clauses, spell-checker, mnemonic, homophone, etymology

Description

OnTRACK Grade 8 English Writing, Module 2, Lesson 1. Students will learn to revise drafts for word choice, consistenc, transitions, and effective sentence strategies. OnTRACK Grade 8 English Writing, Module 3, Lessons 1-7. Students will learn how to edit a draft for grammar, mechanics, and spelling. Students will learn the function of the conventions of academic language and will learn how to use these conventions when speaking and writing.

Standards

ELA.8.14.C, ELA.8.10.C, ELA.8.10.D.i, ELA.8.10.D.v, ELA.8.10.D.vii, ELA.8.19.A.ii, ELA.8.19.A.iii, ELA.8.10.D.ii, ELA.8.10.D.iii, ELA.8.10.D.iv, ELA.8.10.D.vi