F. Standard English Conventions

Students will write and speak correctly, using conventions of standard written and spoken English. Knowledge of language structure and conventions (e.g., spelling, punctuation, level of formality) is used to create, critique, discuss, and present print and nonprint texts.

Students will write and speak correctly, using conventions of standard written and spoken English. Students will be able to:

• Elementary Grades Pre-K-2
  

  1. Edit their own written work for standard English spelling and usage, as evidenced by pieces that show and contain:
     • complete sentences.
     • initial understanding of the use of pronouns and adjectives.
     • evidence of correct spelling of frequently used words.
     • few significant errors in the capitalization of proper nouns and of the words that begin sentences.
     • few significant errors in the use of end stop punctuation (e.g., periods, question marks).
  2. Use oral language appropriate to the level of formality required.

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• Elementary Grades 3-4

  1. Edit written work for standard English spelling and usage, evidenced by pieces that show and contain:
     • few significant errors in the use of pronouns and adjectives.
     • attention to the proper use of adverbial forms and conjunctions.
     • few significant errors in the spelling of frequently used words.
     • no significant errors in the capitalization of words that begin sentences and few significant errors in the capitalization of proper nouns and titles.
     • no significant errors in the use of ending punctuation marks and an understanding of how to use commas.
  2. Use the level of language formality required in a variety of speaking situations.

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• Middle Grades 5-8

  1. Edit written work for standard English spelling and usage, evidenced by pieces that show and contain:
     • no significant errors in the use of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
     • few significant errors in the use of adjective forms (e.g., comparative, superlative), adverbial forms, prepositions, and prepositional phrases.
     • attention to the proper use of conjunctions.
     • no significant errors in the spelling of common, frequently used words, and attention to the correct spelling of commonly misspelled words and less common words.
     • no significant errors in the common conventions of capitalization (e.g., proper nouns, names, titles) and attention to the less common capitalization conventions (e.g., capitalizing the names of nationalities).
     • no significant errors in the use of ending punctuation marks, few significant errors in the common uses of commas, and attention to the proper use of the colon, semicolon, hyphen, dash, apostrophe, and quotation marks.
     • attention to the correct use of commonly confused terms (e.g., affect and effect).
     • attention to the proper use of italics, marginal notes, and footnotes.
  2. Demonstrate command of the conventions necessary to make an informal speech or presentation, effectively engaging peers and fielding responses.

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  1. Edit written work for standard English spelling and usage, evidenced by pieces that show and contain:
     • no significant errors in the use of pronouns, nouns, adjectival and adverbial forms
     • coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
     • no significant errors in the spelling of frequently used words and the correct use of commonly confused terms.
     • no significant errors in the common conventions of capitalization and ending punctuation marks and common uses of the comma.
     • few significant errors in the spelling of commonly misspelled and rare words, the less common capitalization conventions, the colon, semicolon, hyphen, dash, apostrophe, quotation marks, italics, marginal notes, and footnotes.
  2. Demonstrate how language usage may depend on the situation.
  3. Demonstrate command of the conventions involved in a formal speech, effectively engaging peers during presentation and fielding responses afterwards.

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