Paragraph Writing
his class builds upon the knowledge, skills, and competencies that students acquired in Introduction to Grammar. Students continue their study of grammar. Students learn
- to identify and use interrogative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, possessive pronouns, and indefinite pronouns.
- to identify and use subordinating conjunctions to build complex sentences and compound-complex sentences.
- to identify and use gerund phrases, infinitive phrases, and participial phrases in writing.
- to use their knowledge of phrases and clauses to revise sentences.
- to separate information into paragraphs
- to organize paragraphs
- to use conjunctions and phrases to show the relationship between sentences in a paragraph
Students learn approximately 40 Latin and Greek roots throughout the year. Students learn to define and utilize approximately 5 to 6 vocabulary words per root word.
