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Standard 5.0 Controlling Language: Students will control language by applying the conventions of standard English in speaking and writing.*
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A. Grammar
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1. Recognize elements of grammar in personal and academic reading
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2. Recognize, recall, and use basic elements of grammar to express ideas clearly **
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a. Recognize the meaning, position, form, and function of words when identifying grammatical concepts such as concrete, collective, and abstract nouns; demonstrative and relative pronouns; subordinating conjunctions
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b. Combine sentences using appositives, participial phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases
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c. Differentiate between a phrase and a clause and between grammatically complete sentences and non-sentences such as sentence fragments and stringy/rambling sentences
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d. Compose simple, compound, and complex sentences using independent and dependent clauses, transitions, and conjunctions to connect ideas
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B. Usage
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1. Recognize examples of conventional usage in personal and academic reading
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2. Comprehend and apply standard English usage in oral and written language **
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a. Apply appropriate subject/verb agreement such as in compound subjects and with phrases that interrupt the subject and the verb
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b. Apply consistent and appropriate use of the principal parts of regular and irregular verbs; person, number, and case of pronouns; pronoun/antecedent agreement; and degrees of comparison of modifiers
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c. Recognize and correct common usage errors such as misplaced modifiers and incorrect use of verbs such as lie - lay, rise - raise, sit - set
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d. Use available resources to correct or confirm editorial choices
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e. Explain editorial choices
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C. Mechanics
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1. Explain and justify the purpose of mechanics to make and clarify meaning in academic and personal reading and writing
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2. Apply standard English punctuation and capitalization in written language **
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a. Use commas correctly in direct address and to separate adjectives and parenthetical expressions such as on the other hand, for example, by the way
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b. Use apostrophes in plural possessives and nouns that end in –s
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c. Use quotation marks and commas in dialogue
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d. Use a colon to introduce a list
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e. Use quotation marks and commas in simple dialogue and for direct quotations
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3. Explain editorial choices involving mechanics
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D. Spelling
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1. Recognize conventional spelling in and through personal and academic reading
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2. Apply conventional spelling in written language
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a. Spell grade-appropriate high-frequency and content words
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b. Spell multi-syllabic words with complex spelling patterns
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c. Use suitable traditional and electronic resources as a spelling aid
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d. Use mnemonic devices to recall frequently misspelled words
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3. Maintain a personal list of words to use in editing original writing
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E. Handwriting
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1. Produce writing that is legible to the audience
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a. Write fluidly and legibly in manuscript and cursive
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b. Use word processing technology when appropriate
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