Today for our writing and grammar lesson we continued with the 8th grade Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar Curriculum.

In writing, we discussed lesson 3.1 Placing Your Topic Sentence by learning the TRI method (Topic, Restatement, Illustration). Hudson wrote a response to Exercise 5, which asked him to read a paragraph, rearrange the sentences using the TRI method, then verbally rearrange the sentences again to correctly place the topic sentence either in the middle or end of the paragraph, using the concepts we discussed for topic sentence placement.

In grammar, we discussed lesson 21.3 Revising Word Order. We reviewed what a subject-verb order are and what it means to reverse the order within a sentence in order to vary sentence structure, which provides variety in writing paragraphs. Hudson completed Exercise 21 Revising Word Order which asked him to rewrite sentences to invert the subject-verb order.

Hudson also completed questions 1-2 of 21.3 Section Review Exercise 22, which asked him to revise sentences for simplicity. We discussed strategies to limit wordiness and improve clarity in sentences, then applied them to the exercise.