The following pages include a brief collection of notes and an example of an introduction paragraph for different SOL writing prompts. However, the paragraphs include various errors.

Practice correcting various grammar targets, then, use the answer key at the

end to check your work!

Rules of Capitalization:● Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.

China Chinese● Capitalize names, titles, and Family relationships

Joseph Mayor Ruiz Uncle Ben● Capitalize the pronoun l. ● Capitalize the names of organizations, languages, and

religions.SCA French Christianity

● Capitalize the beginning of a quote/sentencesMy teacher exclaimed, “You will pass your SOL!”

Editing PracticeEdit the following paragraph for capitalization errors.

Civil rights leader Mahatma gandhi wrote, “be the change you want to

see in the world.” Nowadays, people do not feel like they have much of a

voice in their homes, communities, towns, countries, or even in the World.

however, those individuals are wrong. If people take the time to make

changes in their own lives, it will make a difference. One way i would

change the world is by spreading kindness because It will create an

atmosphere of positivity, make people’s lives less stressful, And make the

world a better place.

BASED OFF PROMPT # 15: Civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi wrote, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” What is one way you would like to change the world, and how can you help to bring about this change? Use specific details and examples in your response.

Rules of Quotation Marks:● Use quotation marks to enclose exact words of DIALOGUE.

Senator Ruiz, “You must believe that every vote counts.”● Place commas and periods inside quotation marks.

“Last night,” said Bianca, “l watched the Academy Awards.”● Use quotation marks for titles of poems, short stories, songs,

chapters of books, and articles.“The Raven” “The Tell-Tale Heart” “Sorry”

● Use quotation marks to indicate a word is slang.Matt bought the Jordans to show he is “with It.”

NEED TO KNOW: Commas or periods BEFORE quotations

BASED OFF PROMPT # 19: The Roman philosopher Cicero wrote, "Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself." However, parents, friends, and teachers often offer advice. Should people listen to their own advice or to the advice of others? Use specific details and examples to support your response.

The Roman philosopher Cicero wrote, "Nobody can give you wiser advice

than yourself." However, parents, friends, and teachers often offer

advice. For example, when I wanted to try out for a sports team, and I

wasn’t sure if I should, my mom stated, You’re really good at basketball,

you should try out.” Then my dad exclaimed, You love the game, try out!

Luckily, I listened to my parents, tried out for the team, and made it! It is

important to listen to the advice of others because it could be helpful, it

could fix a potential problem, and it could even change a person’s life.

Editing PracticeEdit the following paragraph for punctuation (quotation mark) errors.

Rules of Apostrophes● Apostrophes replace letters in contractions.

Do not = don’t I have = I’ve● ‘s indicates possessive in singular nouns.

Nathan’s game was cancelled for tonight.● Indicates possessive plural nouns

Bosses’ lions’ friends’ babies’ ● If the plural noun does end with an s, then add ‘s for the possessive

form.. Women’s geese’s

NEED TO KNOW: CONTRACTIONS & OWNERSHIP

Saunders Middle School was built in 1981 at the old Ferlazzo building on

Donald Curtis Drive in Woodbridge,VA, then moved to it’s current

location in 1988. With this being said, the school is officially 36 year’s old!

Since the school is so old, there are many changes that need to be done.

Currently SMS is under renovation’s, which means it is getting updated.

One change I would like to make to the appearance of Saunders’ would be

the wall’s colors’ because it would brighten the school up, make it more

welcoming, and not look so old!

BASED OFF PROMPT # 28: If you could make a significant change to the structure or appearance of your school, what would it be? Identify the change you would make, and explain why you would make it.

Editing PracticeEdit the following paragraph for punctuation (apostrophe) errors.

Rules of Commas● Use commas to separate words or groups of words in a series.

→ A good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and a positive attitude are successful tips for taking the SOL.● Use comma before conjunction in compound sentence.

→ Chris photographed the game, and Caroline recorded it.● Use commas to set off introductory elements/transitions, interrupters,

nouns of direct address, and appositives.→ Tasha, did you finish your AOW #11?→ James, the very intelligent boy, got a perfect score on his SOL.→ Without hesitation, Josh studied every night for his SOL.

BASED OFF PROMPT # 20: What is something you would like to accomplish in the future? Perhaps you would like to learn how to play an instrument, graduate at the top of your class, or visit the ocean. Identify one thing you would like to accomplish, and include specific details and examples to help explain why it is important.

“Cha-ching!” It’s May 24 2020 and I just won the Powerball

lottery the biggest one ever! Many people have goals they

want to accomplish in their future such as learning to play an

instrument graduate at the top of their class or even visit the

ocean. In the future it would be a dream come true if I could win

the lottery, because I could pay for college buy a house and pay

all of my parent’s bills!

Editing PracticeEdit the following paragraph for punctuation (comma) errors.

Rules of Pronouns● ln a compound subject or compound object, use the same pronoun that you

would use if the pronoun stood alone.- HINT: COVER THE OTHER SUBJECT UP→ Mario and (she, her) went to the theater.

● Agreement in Number -If the antecedent is plural, the pronoun must be plural, and if the antecedent is singular, the pronoun must be singular.

→ Freddy wears his Superman outfit at least twice a week.

● Agreement in Gender- if the antecedent is feminine, use the pronouns she, her, herself, and hers, and if it is masculine, use the pronouns he, him, himself, and his. Plural pronouns (they, them, their, and theirs) refer to plural nouns of either gender.

→ Freddy’s father is embarrassed by his son. → However, Freddy’s mother thinks her son is cute. → Freddy’s aunts always take pictures of their nephew. → Freddy’s uncles enjoy playing with their sister’s superhero son.

NEED TO KNOW: PRONOUNS

MUST AGREE IN # AND GENDER

BASED OFF PROMPT # 34: Many teachers assign group projects. Sometimes, however, an uncooperative member can affect the entire group. Argue for or against the use of group projects using specific details and examples.

Last year, in Creative Writing, the teacher wanted the students to create

a tombstone of words him/her should no longers use. These words were

called dead words. Each student was assigned a word it had to “kill” and

allow the word to be survived by a new word. Luckily, this was not a group

project and us could work on them individually. Teachers should not

assign group projects because students are uncooperative, typically only

one kid does the work, and it’s easier to complete assignments by herself.

Editing PracticeEdit the following paragraph for pronoun agreement errors.

ANSWERS BELOW

Civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi wrote, “Be the change you want to

see in the world.” Nowadays, people do not feel like they have much of a

voice in their homes, communities, towns, countries, or even in the World.

however, those individuals are wrong. If people take the time to make

changes in their own lives, it will make a difference. One way I would

change the world is by spreading kindness because it will create an

atmosphere of positivity, make people’s lives less stressful, And make the

world a better place.

BASED OFF PROMPT # 15: Civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi wrote, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” What is one way you would like to change the world, and how can you help to bring about this change? Use specific details and examples in your response.

Editing PracticeCheck the paragraph for capitalization errors.

BASED OFF PROMPT # 19: The Roman philosopher Cicero wrote, "Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself." However, parents, friends, and teachers often offer advice. Should people listen to their own advice or to the advice of others? Use specific details and examples to support your response.

The Roman philosopher Cicero wrote, "Nobody can give you wiser advice

than yourself." However, parents, friends, and teachers often offer

advice. For example, when I wanted to try out for a sports team, and I

wasn’t sure if I should, my mom stated, “You’re really good at basketball,

you should try out.” Then my dad exclaimed, “You love the game, try out!“

Luckily, I listened to my parents, tried out for the team, and made it! It is

important to listen to the advice of others because it could be helpful, it

could fix a potential problem, and it could even change a person’s life.

Editing PracticeCheck the following paragraph for punctuation (quotation mark) errors.

Saunders Middle School was built in 1981 at the old Ferlazzo building on

Donald Curtis Drive in Woodbridge,VA, then moved to it’s current

location in 1988. With this being said, the school is officially 36 year’s old!

Since the school is so old, there are many changes that need to be done.

Currently SMS is under renovation’s, which means it is getting updated.

One change I would like to make to the appearance of Saunders’ would be

the wall’s colors’ because it would brighten the school up, make it more

welcoming, and not look so old!

BASED OFF PROMPT # 28: If you could make a significant change to the structure or appearance of your school, what would it be? Identify the change you would make, and explain why you would make it.

Editing PracticeCheck the following paragraph for punctuation (apostrophe) errors.

BASED OFF PROMPT # 20: What is something you would like to accomplish in the future? Perhaps you would like to learn how to play an instrument, graduate at the top of your class, or visit the ocean. Identify one thing you would like to accomplish, and include specific details and examples to help explain why it is important.

“Cha-ching!” It’s May 24, 2020, and I just won the Powerball

lottery, the biggest one ever! Many people have goals they

want to accomplish in their future such as learning to play an

instrument, graduate at the top of their class, or even visit the

ocean. In the future, it would be a dream come true if I could win

the lottery, because I could pay for college buy a house and pay

all of my parent’s bills!

Editing PracticeCheck the following paragraph for punctuation (comma) errors.

BASED OFF PROMPT # 34: Many teachers assign group projects. Sometimes, however, an uncooperative member can affect the entire group. Argue for or against the use of group projects using specific details and examples.

Last year, in Creative Writing, the teacher wanted the students to create

a tombstone of words they should no longers use. These words were

called dead words. Each student was assigned a word he/she had to “kill”

and allow the word to be survived by a new word. Luckily, this was not a

group project and we could work on it individually. Teachers should not

assign group projects because students are uncooperative, typically only

one kid does the work, and it’s easier to complete assignments by

themselves.

Editing PracticeCheck the following paragraph for pronoun agreement errors.