VI.  GOAL SIX. Provide appropriate practice in sentence construction skills in preparation for passing the High School Proficiency Examination writing subtest, "Choosing Words Effectively."

A.       CONTENT OUTLINE

1.      Using verbs correctly

     a. incorrect verb form

     b. incorrect verb agreement

     c. specific verb problems

2.      Using pronouns correctly

     a.  pronoun case

     b.  specific pronoun problems

3.      Using adjectives and adverbs correctly

     a.  double negation

     b.  adjective and adverb confusion

     c.  incorrect form

                    1) regular adjectives and adverbs

                    2) irregular adjectives and adverbs

                    3) specific adjective and adverb problems

                       a) "them" in place of "those"

                       b) adverbs "here" or "there" along with a demonstrative pronoun

B.       INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1.      HSPP Instructional Packets and Practice Exercise Sets.

2.      Special Skills File materials

     a.  Units in The Language Enrichment Program, teacher written.

     b.  Forbidden Mistakes exercise materials.

     c.  Grammatical knowledge pre and post testing materials.

3.      Instructional outline on pronoun case.

C.       TEACHING STRATEGIES

1.      Pre and post testing of grammatical skills and knowledge (Selection 151, 152, 153).

2.      Forbidden Mistakes Lists (Selections 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419). Post on board. Discuss errors and their correction. Student writing assignments demonstrating correct usages.

3.      Compile student mistakes by category and from these devise blackboard Sentence Correction Exercises (Selection 1443A, 1443B, etc.) and Special Skills File practice selections.

4.      Presentation orally, and on blackboard, the outline of grammatical explanations pertaining to verbs and pronouns (See Selection 1152A for pronoun case).

5.      Individualized extended practice using Special Skills File materials and instruction units in The Language Enrichment Program.

D.       EVALUATION PROCEDURES

1.      Pre and post testing of grammatical knowledge and skills using Special Skills File selections. 

2.      HSPP instructional materials scores

3.      Composition credit for Forbidden Mistakes writing assignments.

4.      Credit on Special Skills File selections completed.

5.      English notebook credit for completeness of note‑taking on grammatical information presented on the blackboard.