Stage 3 guidelines for writing: Grammar

Here is a grammar objective for Stage 3 for writing:

To develop accuracy in using a full range of grammatical structures

Here are some grammar strategies for Stage 3 guidelines for writing:

• Analysis

  Use the Write and Rewrite technique as a beginning point to determine which structures you do not handle easily.

• Practice

  Use grammar exercises stressing correct use of cohesive devices, tenses, and moods, such as the subjunctive or optative, rules for sequences of tenses, and embedded clauses.

• Monitoring and editing

  Writing is one area you can use your editing and monitoring skills. You may want to write a first draft paying more attention to ideas than to form, then edit for correct form and vocabulary.

Here are some grammar techniques for Stage 3 guidelines for writing:

The Cloze technique

• The Write and Rewrite technique

Here is a grammar activity for Stage 3 guidelines for writing:

Use your writing skills at work and for everyday practical purposes.

• Generic module: Stage 3 guidelines for writing: Grammar
• In overview module: Stage 3: Writing modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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