ELA21.8.20a

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 8

ELA21.8.20a

Construct verbals (gerunds, participles, and infinitives) in pieces of writing, including isolated sentences, paragraphs, and essays.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Gerunds, participles, and infinitives are types of verbals.
  • A verbal is a word derived from a verb that functions in a sentence as a noun or modifier rather than as a verb.
  • Verbals can be used in isolated sentences, paragraphs, or essays.

Skills

  • Correctly construct verbals in various forms of writing.

Understanding

  • The correct use of gerunds, participles, infinitives, and clauses is important to clearly communicate in writing.

Vocabulary

  • Verbals
  • Gerund
  • Participle
  • Infinitive
  • Isolated sentences
  • Paragraphs
  • Essays
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