28 My Wrtng LabTo-do List

My Writing Lab To-do List—these lessons you need to master by the end of the class “master” means green, blue, or black check by the item, passing with 80% of both apply and recall for each one.

Writing Correct Sentences

1. Subjects and verbs
2. Run-ons
3. Fragments
4. Regular and irregular verbs
5. Subject-verb agreement
6. Tenses
7. Consistent verb tense and active voice
8. Pronoun case
9. Pronoun-antecedent agreement

Punctuation and Mechanics

1. Commas
2. Apostrophes
3. Final punctuation
4. Capitalization
5. Easily confused words
6. Varying sentence structure

The Writing Process

1. Prewriting
2. Revising the paragraph
3. Editing the paragraph

Writing Essays

1. Thesis Statement
2. Essay Organization
3. Essay introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
4. Revising the Essay

The Elements of Good Writing

1. Standard and Non-standard English
2. Spelling

Strategies for Paragraph Development

1. Narrating
2. Definition
3. Argument

Post-diagnostic test: this needs to be completed by the Friday of finals week.