Writer's Handbook Table of Contents,
Grades 3 and 4

1. Word Lists

Abbreviations
Antonyms
Compound Words:

Closed Compound Words
Hyphenated Compound Words

Contractions
Days of the Week, Months of the Year
Foods
Holidays
Homophones
Number Words
Signal Words
State and Provinces/Postal Codes
Syllables:

Dividing Words into Syllables

Prefixes
Suffixes:

Spelling Rules for Adding a Suffix

Synonyms

2. Spelling Rules
3. Grammar and Sentences

Grammar:

Adjectives
Adverbs
Appositives
Conjunctions
Interjections
Nouns
Prepositions
Pronouns
Verbs

Sentences:

Kinds of Sentences
Simple Sentences and Clauses
Sentence Combining

4. Mechanics

Capital Letters
Punctuation marks:

Apostrophes
Colons
Commas
Exclamation Marks
Periods
Question Marks
Quotation Marks
Underlines

5. Process Writing

Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Editing/Proofreading

Publishing:

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Table of Contents
About the Author/Illustrator
Book Synopsis
Prologue
Epilogue

6. Writing

Forms of Writing:

Paragraph
Friendly Letter
Invitation
Business Letter
Poetry
Plays
Descriptive Writing
Narrative Writing or Stories
News Stories
Writing Directions
Research Writing
Outlines
Scientific Writing

Kinds of Writing:

Folklore
General Fiction
Nonfiction/Factual
Historical Writing
Fantasy
Mystery
Poetry

Organizing Ideas for Writing and Studying:

Two-Column Notes
Webbing or Concept Mapping
Character Map
Sequence Map
Venn Diagram
Story Frames
Journal Writing
Number Notes and Main Idea/Detail Paragraphs

7. Commonly Used Words

Index