English Language Arts Term 3
Grammar:
- Continue to develop and build on standard writing conventions through use of periods, commas, semi-colons, quotation marks and revision of ideas to connect ideas that flow and are clear.
- Explore the use of adverbs and how they modify verbs to provide more information about a specific action i.e. The child ran quickly down the road.
- Use conjunctions to build compound sentences that strengthen ideas and encourage more development in writing.
Competency objectives:
Writing/Oral:
- Use prediction and inference-making skills to make important judgements about a situation within a text in order to further develop meaning and comprehension
-Understand the structure of stories as they pertain to the narrative story arc in order to create, sequence, and write a story that shows development of a fundamental problem and resolution.
- Show an increasing understanding of the role of organization in meaning to produce clear and organized written work
- Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding with the goal of identifying opinions and viewpoints and collaborating in small and large groups.