Paragraph a Week
Dear Parents:
For Language Arts this year, each student will have a homework assignment given on Monday and due on Friday. The assignment will be described in detail on the direction sheet that your child will bring home at the beginning of each week. It usually will be a composition paper covering various writing skills that we are studying in class.
Each quarter the cumulative grades of the homework papers will count as part of the student's Language Arts grade. The student must hand in the directions sheet, an edited scratch copy, and a typed final copy.
PAW: None
Introduce:
Due:
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REMEMBER:
1. A paragraph 5-8 sentences (indent your paragraph and check for capitals and punctuation).
2. topic sentence, detail sentences, concluding sentence (good transitional sentences)
3. Focus on IDEAS
4. did you revise & edit your rough draft
5. final is neat and written in ink or typed
6. correct heading that we use in class for each paper
7. all three papers stapled together with final on top
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Thank you,
Ms. Millar
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These are the qualities each paper will be graded for:
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Heading (proper classroom heading)
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Six Traits of Good Writing: (Ideas, Organization, Voice, Fluency, Conventions, and Word Choice)
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Topic sentence
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Supporting sentences (at least 3)
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Concluding sentence
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Content of paragraph
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Conventions
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Neatness (typed or handwritten)
Topic Sentence:
- Gets reader’s attention
- Introduces main idea of paragraph
- Complete sentence
Supporting Sentences:
- At least 3 complete sentences
- Each gives new details or information
- Each matches with the main idea
Concluding Sentence:
- Restates the topic sentence
- Wraps up the ideas in the paragraph
- Complete sentence
Interesting:
- Holds readers attention
- Good details and examples used
- Creates a picture in the reader’s mind
Spelling
Correct throughout
1-3 errors
4 or more errors
Grammar
Correct throughout
1-3 errors
4 or more errors
Punctuation
Correct throughout
1-3 errors
4 or more errors
Capitalization
Correct throughout
1-3 errors
4 or more errors
Appearance:
- Neat
- Typed or legible handwriting
- Paragraph indented
Additional Parts:
-Title
- Heading includes name and date
Total Points (30 possible) _Paragraph of the Week – Grading Rubric
3---requirements met
2---requirements met
1---requirements not met