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The Mechanics of Cursive Writing
Time to Show Off: Pretest
All the Letters and Numerals
Writing Left-Handed
Writing Right-Handed
Focus on Strokes: Curve Under and Curve Down Strokes10 Focus on Strokes: Curve Over and Slant Down Strokes 11 Focus on Slant, Size, and Spacing 12
Starting with the Strokes
Curve Under i, e, u, w 13
Curve Under r, s, y, p 15
Curve Under j, t, l, b 17
KEEP THE FOCUS: SIZE
Poetry: Free Verse 47 Alliteration 48 “Slithery, Slidery, Scaly Old Snake” by Denise Rodgers Personification 50
Contents
4 PRINTING PRACTICE 6
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“The Sun Just Had a Nasty Day” by Denise Rodgers Hyperbole
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57 PRACTICE 58
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Point of View
Similes i I 64 Metaphors 66 Quotation Marks 67 Time for Review: Friendly Letters 69
Curve Under h, k, f, L 19 spacing
Drama PRINTING PRACTICE
Summarizing
Fact and Opinion
Text Structures: Compare and Contrast
Text Structures: Procedural Text PRINTING
Graphs
Time for Review: Argumentative Writing
size
KEEP THE FOCUS: STROKES
Plot PRINTING PRACTICE
Curve Under S, G 21
Curve Down a, o, d, c 22
Curve Down g, q, C, A 24
Curve Down O, E, D 26
Curve Over n, m, v, x 27
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Irregular Verbs 70 Collective Nouns 72 Noncount Nouns 73
“Goose and Moose” by Denise Rodgers
Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative 74 Predicate Adjectives 75 Adverbs 76 Prepositions 78 Prepositional Phrases 80 Reflexive Pronouns 82 Indefinite Pronouns 84 Correlative Conjunctions 86 Transitions 87 Complete Subjects and Predicates 88 Subject/Verb Agreement 90 Active and Passive Voice 92 Time for Review: Sensory Details 93 Time to Show Off: Posttest 94
Curve Over z, N, M, U 29 á´âüè§Åîë á´âüè§Åîë á´âüè§Åîë
Curve Over V, W, X, Y 31
Curve Over K, I , H, Z 33
Curve Over J, Q, T, F 35
Slant Down P, R, B 37 slant
Using Cursive
KEEP THE FOCUS: SLANT
Greek and Latin Roots PRINTING PRACTICE 38 Multiple-Meaning Words 39
“Silly Sally” by Denise Rodgers
Analogies 40 Idioms 41 Homophones 43
“Phlegm” by Denise Rodgers
Confusing Words 44 Time for Review: Personal Narrative 46
KEEP THE FOCUS: SPACING
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