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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. Apply knowledge of grammar concepts and skills to control oral and written language **
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a. Consider the meaning, position, form, and function of words when identifying and using grammatical concepts such as verbal and verbal phrases (gerunds, participles, and infinitives), reflexive and intensive pronouns, progressive forms of verbs, and active and passive voice
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b. Combine and expand sentences by incorporating subjects, predicates, and modifiers and by logically coordinating, subordinating, and sequencing ideas
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c. Differentiate grammatically complete sentences from non-sentences, including comma splices
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d. Compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences using independent, dependent, restrictive, and nonrestrictive clauses; transitions; conjunctions; and appropriate punctuation 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 agreement involving words of amount, time, and money
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b. Apply consistent and appropriate use of the person, number, and case of pronouns; pronoun/antecedent agreement; special pronoun problems such as who - whom, and incomplete constructions; active and passive voice; and verbal and verbal phrases
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c. Recognize and correct common usage errors such as misplaced and dangling modifiers; incorrect use of verbs, double negatives; and commonly confused words such as accept - except
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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 and semicolons correctly such as in a compound sentence joined by a conjunctive adverb
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b. Use an apostrophe to designate possession with indefinite pronouns and adjectives
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c. Use correctly the mechanics of writing
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d. Use a colon to introduce a list
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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. Use conventional spelling in personal writing
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b. Develop self-monitoring strategies for frequently misspelled words
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c. Use suitable traditional and electronic resources as a spelling aid
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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 both manuscript and cursive
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b. Use word processing technology when appropriate
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