Fourth Grade – Writing Mechanics

*Covered in class lessons and weekly Word Work and Rules of Writing packets

• Capitalization
• Punctuation
  • End punctuation
  • Commas
  • Apostrophes
  • Semi-colons
  • Colons
  • Dashes
  • Hyphens          
• Parts of Speech
  • Noun
    • Definition and identify
    • Concrete, abstract, and specific           
  • Verb
    • Definition and identify
    • Vivid Verbs
  • Adjective
    • Definition and identify
    • Colorful Adjectives
  • Pronoun
    • Definition and identify
  • Adverb
    • Definition and identify
  • Conjunction
    • Definition and identify
  • Preposition
    • Definition and identify
    • Prepositional Phrases
  • Interjection
    • Definition and identify
• Subjects
• Predicates
• Subject-Verb agreement
• Possessives
• Fragments
• Phrases
• Clauses
  • Independent
  • Dependent
• Run-on sentences
• Quotation marks

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