Workbook 5B -Writing Strategies for Grades 5-12 Part 1 and Part 2

Writing strategies are so important and difficult to find! This is in two parts because there is so much to teach over the year. Depending on what is needed, you may flip through the books and select your grade level standard preference.

Writing strategies continue. Part two has more info.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TEACHING WRITING TRICKS

HOMOPHONES

There, their, and they’re………………………………………………………………………………………………………1

To, too, and two………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4

WORDS WITH MULTIPLE MEANINGS

Verb vs. Nouns………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

Mental Verbs…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8

Mental Nouns…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10

More Verbs vs. Nouns………………………………………………………………………………………………………….12

Finding the Verb and Coding Words………………………………………………………………………………….15

Verb Tenses and Subject – Verb Agreement………………………………………………………….……..17

Application / Rewriting Sentences Various Tenses……………………………………….……………..21

Infinitive Form…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………24

Correct Word Selection………………………………………………………………….………………………………….25

ADJECTIVES

Identifying Adjectives………………………………………………………………………………………………………..29

Adding Suffixes to Change the Part of Speech………………………………………………………...…30

PRONOUNS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………32

PARTICIPLES- VERB FORMS USED AS ADJECTIVES………………………………………….35
NOUNS USED AS ADJECTIVES……………………………………………………………………………………36

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES USED AS ADJECTIVES…………………………………….……...37

SENTENCE COMPREHENSION

Sequencing Of Events...............................................................................................43

USING TRANSITIONAL WORDS……………………………………………………………………………….45

FINDING WORD  PAIRS…………………………………………………………………………………………….…46

OBJECT NOUNS (DIRECT OBJECTS) …………………………………………………………………….47

SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX SENTENCES……………………………………………49

USING VARIED SENTENCE STRUCTURE……………………………………………………………….53

WRITING THANK YOU LETTERS……………………………………………………………………..……..55

STYLE

Expressive Verbs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..58

Finding the Most Accurate Word…………………………………………………………………….……59

Varying Points of View………………………………………………………………………………………………62

Similes - Inventing Comparisons Using “As”………………………………………………………. 67

Adding Details to Sentences…………………………………………………………………………….…….67