Cascio's 11th Grade ELA Class: "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Analyze
Infer
Justify
Criteria
Logic
Motive

Deceive

Deterioration

Intellectual

Introspective

Naivete

Refute

An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or a pronounce.

What kind? Which one? How many? How much?

An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Adverbs often end in -ly and answer questions such as in what way? where? when? and to what extent?

Cascio's 11th Grade ELA Class

	Ideas Good writing has clear ideas, a purpose, or focus. It should have specific ideas and details.

	Organization Writing should have a beginning, middle, and an ending and be well organized and easy to follow.

	Voice Your writing should connect with your audience, fit your purpose for writing, and reveal your voice.

	Word Choice Good writing has specific nouns and verbs and strong words that deliver the writer's message.

	Sentence Fluency Sentences should vary in length, with a variety of sentence beginnings. The writing should flow smoothly from sentence to sentence.

	Conventions Strong writing is edited for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling so the writer's ideas easily understood.