Create Beautiful DesignsMiddle School Writing Rules:
1. When answering a question in any class you must use the following method: RACE: Restate, Answer, Cite examples, Elaborate RAP: Restate, Answer, Prove (These are the same methods said in 2 different ways) 2. PRONOUN RULE: Never ever use a pronoun unless you have used the antecedent prior in your story/answer. Example: You cannot refer to Benjamin Franklin as HE unless you have already used his name. 3. CONTRACTION RULE: You may only use contractions if it is something that a character says aloud. In that case, it would be in quotations. Every other place in your story, spell out the contractions. Example: wasn’t was not 4. SHORTCUT RULE: You may not use symbols or abbreviations. Example: John & Mary, I like apples + pears. 5. NUMBER RULE: Write out numbers! Example: John was 12 when he first noticed his super powers. (must write twelve) 6. FORMAT RULE: Indent at the beginning of each paragraph. Make sure your sentences are lined up at the left margin! Your sentences should not be all over the page. EXAMPLE: INDENT PROPERLY!!! Notice how the first word is indented (five spaces or 1 tap of the TAB key). The rest of the words should be lined up nearest the left margin. Once upon a time, in a place not so far from here, there existed a teacher named Mrs. Hoover. Mrs. Hoover, although cheerful, had a dark side. This dark side was one that she never wanted to surface. She went through extraordinary measures to maintain her cheerful disposition. You see, Mrs. Hoover could not handle the newest sensation to hit the middle school: water bottle flipping. For this reason, she banned water bottles from her classroom. The students did not seem to mind, and things were going quite well. However, as with any story and life in general, things are always apt to change. It was March 8, 2017 when one of her students, typically a very polite student, forgot Mrs. Hoover’s problem with water bottle flipping. 7. TRANSITIONAL WORDS / PHRASES: Please use them! 8. LANGUAGE: Use proper language. No slang. No texting talk! 9. CONVENTIONS: Always use proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and syntax. 10. TITLE: Always give your stories a title. Capitalize them properly! 11. WORD USAGE: Make sure you write descriptively and use strong words! 12. DIALOGUE: Do not use too much dialogue! (conversations) Your reader will get lost!! |
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