Thurgood Marshall Academy English Dept.

Tenth Grade Skills

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Spelling, including commonly misspelled words and spelling patterns Resources for teaching spelling
Proofreading Resources for teaching proofreading
Editing and commonly used copy editing marks Resources for teaching editing
The politics of grammar Resources for teaching the politics of grammar
Defining and identifying: subjects, predicates, and objects of sentences Resources for teaching sentence parts
Defining and identifying: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles Resources for teaching parts of speech
Pronouns and prounoun agreement Resources for teaching pronouns
Using adjectives Resources for teaching adjectives
Using adverbs Resources for teaching adverbs
Comma use Resources for teaching comma use
Advanced sentence structure Resources for teaching advanced sentence structure

paraphrasing resources for teaching paraphrasing
summarizing resources for teaching summarizing
gathering and using primary and secondary sources resources for teaching use of sources
understanding meaning and consequences of plagarism resources for teaching about plagarism
using APA style to cite sources (both in text and at end) resources for teaching APA
taking notes for research resources for teaching note-taking
organizing notes for research resources for teaching organization
collecting data from various and appropriate sources resources for teaching data collection
writing an annotated bibliography resources for writing an annotated bibliography
writing 3-5 page paper incorporating research, ideally a traditional research paper resources for traditional research papers