Global Context: Personal and Cultural Expression

 

Key Concepts: Structure

 

Statement of Inquiry: Attention to standard written English allows writers to communicate with a wide variety of audiences.

 

Inquiry Questions:

• Factual -

  What are homonyms?

  What are sentence fragments?

  What are run-ons?

  What is correct pronoun use?

  What is agreement?

   

  Conceptual -

  How does grammar help writers reach their audiences?

  How can punctuation affect meaning?

  How can word choice affect shades of meaning?

   

  Debatable -

  What are interesting words

 

Approaches to Learning:

• Communication skills

 

Assessments:

Grammar will be assessed using Criterion D as part of the written work in other units.