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2. Main MenuContentAssessmentReferencesEnd Show 3. Five Areas of Writing ContentOrganizationVocabularyLanguage MechanicsEditing 4. Content Introduction in Paragraph FormDevelop three or more main ideasInclude at least three descriptive details Click for Develop characters character developmenttips Compose to a specific audience 5. Organization Have a clear beginning, middle, and endClear transitionsA strong closure 6. Graphic OrganizerWhat? Where? With whom? 1) What happened ? Tell me more: 2) What happened ? Tell me more: Feeling or solution: 7. Vocabulary Use a variety of word choices tomake writing interesting 8. Language Mechanics Use simple , complex, and compound sentences Maintain agreement between parts of speech Use correct capitalization, punctuation, etc. 9. Editing Writing is Re-Writing!Apply basic rules of grade level spellingEvidence of editing 10. Revision Checklist My beginning paragraph tells who and what the story is about.The middle paragraph tells about three events.Each event has a detail.Each sentence is complete and makes sense.The ending paragraph tells a feeling or solution. 11. Should every story have a beginning, middle, and end? A. YesB. No 12. What Area of Writing includes using correct capitalization? A. Organization B. Vocabulary C. Language Mechanics 13. What should the beginning paragraph of a story include? A. Solution B. Who and what the story is about C. Three events 14. Correct! Good Job! 15. Incorrect! Try Again! 16. References:Works Cited Rubin, Dorothy. Teaching Elementary Language Arts. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. 79-245. NC Standard Course of Study. State Board of Education. 23 May 2009 http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/languagearts/scos/2004/17 grade2 NC Standard Course of Study. State Board of Education.12 June 2009 http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/computerskills/scos/08grade2 Cholden, Harriett,John Friedman, The Homework Handbook,Contemporary Books,1998.166-171 Hirsch,e.d.,What Your 2nd Grader Needs to Know, Doubleday,1991. 65-70 http://www.writersvillage.com/character/index.htm