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SkillsBank 4 Assignment Sheet--Writing

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Capitalization

 

Score

Lesson #

Lesson

Date Completed

 

Test

Capitalization Pretest

 

 

1

First Word in a Sentence

 

 

2

First Word in a Quotation

 

 

3

Greetings and Closings in Letters

 

 

Practice

First Words Practice

 

 

4

names and Initials of People and Pets

 

 

5

names of Buildings, Monuments, Ships, etc.

 

 

6

Titles of Books, Magazines, Movies, etc.

 

 

7

Titles of School courses

 

 

Practice

Names and Titles Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 1 - 7

 

 

Thinking

Induction:  Helping a Talented Writer Improve

 

 

8

Proper Adjectives

 

 

9

The Pronoun I

 

 

Practice

Proper Adjectives and the Pronoun I Practice

 

 

10

A Title Preceding a Person's Name

 

 

11

A Title Used in Place of a Person's Name

 

 

12

Titles That are Not Capitalized

 

 

Practice

Titles Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 8-12

 

 

Thinking

Classification:  Tutoring Groups Within a Class

 

 

13

Names of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Groups

 

 

14

Names of civic, Social, and Fraternal Groups

 

 

15

Names of Organizations, Businesses, etc.

 

 

Practice

Names of Businesses and Groups Practice

 

 

16

Names of Geographic and Political Divisions

 

 

17

Names of Natural Features

 

 

Practice

Names of Divisions and Features Practice

 

 

18

Names of Calendar Items

 

 

Practice

Names of Calendar Items Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 13-18

 

 

Thinking

Decision Making: Hiring a Secretary

 

 

Test

Capitalization Posttest

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grammar and Usage

 

 

 

Test

Grammar and usage Pretest

 

 

1

Identifying Verbs

 

 

2

Identifying subjects

 

 

3

Complete and Incomplete Sentences

 

 

Practice

Identifying Verbs, Subjects, Sentences Practice

 

 

4

Difficult Verbs

 

 

5

Difficult Nouns

 

 

Practice

Difficult Verbs and Nouns Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 1-5

 

 

Thinking

Induction:  A Television Writer Improves

 

 

6

Verb Agreement with Subject in Number

 

 

7

Verb Agreement with Tense of Sentence

 

Score

Lesson #

Lesson

Date Completed

 

8

Irregular Verbs

 

 

Practice

Verb Agreement Practice

 

 

9

Double Negatives

 

 

10

Connective Words

 

 

Practice

Double Negatives and Connective Words Practice

 

 

11

Adjectives and Adverbs

 

 

12

Adjectives After State of Being and Sense Verbs

 

 

13

Comparatives and Superlatives

 

 

14

Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs

 

 

Practice

Adjectives and Adverbs Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 6 - 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thinking

Classification:  Substituting for the Tutor

 

 

15

Pronouns as Subjects

 

 

16

Pronouns as Objects

 

 

Practice

Pronouns as Subjects and Objects Practice

 

 

17

Possessive Forms of Pronouns

 

 

18

Reflexive Forms of Pronouns

 

 

19

Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

 

 

Practice

Possessive and Reflexive Pronouns Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 15-19

 

 

Thinking

Analogies:  Completing a Rhyme

 

 

Test

Grammar and Usage Posttest

 

 

Punctuation

 

 

 

Test

Punctuation Pretest

 

 

1

Periods After Sentences

 

 

2

Periods After Abbreviations

 

 

Practice

Periods Practice

 

 

3

Question Marks

 

 

4

Exclamation Points

 

 

Practice

Question Marks & Exclamation Points Practice

 

 

5

Commas to Separate Items in Lists

 

 

6

Commas to Separate Quotations

 

 

7

Commas to Separate Independent Clauses

 

 

8

Commas to Separate Introductory Words

 

 

Practice

Commas I Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 1-8

 

 

Thinking

Induction:  Editing a Reporter's Story

 

 

9

Commas to Separate a City and State

 

 

10

Commas in Dates

 

 

11

Commas to Enclose Interrupting Phrases

 

 

Practice

Commas II Practice

 

 

12

Apostrophes in Contractions

 

 

13

Apostrophes to Show Possession

 

 

Practice

Apostrophes Practice

 

 

14

Quotation Marks to Enclose a Speaker's Words

 

 

15

Quotation Marks to Enclose Titles

 

 

Practice

Quotation Marks Practice

 

 

Quiz

Quiz on Lessons 9-15

 

 

Thinking

Induction:  The Case of the Missing Keys