Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage
Parts of Speech
Adjectives
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Chooses between adjectives and adverbs as modifiers
Chooses between the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of an adjective
Forms comparative and superlative adjectives
Places adjectives in the correct order in a sentence
Uses an adjective with an irregular comparative or superlative form
Adverbs
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Chooses between adjectives and adverbs as modifiers
Forms irregular comparative and superlative adverbs
Recognizes correct use of adverbs
Recognizes when an adverb tells when
Uses comparative and superlative adverbs
Uses relative adverbs
Agreement
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Rewrites a sentence using pronouns
Understands correct use of "I" in a compound subject
Editing and Proofreading
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Detects errors in formation of the past tense of irregular verbs
Edits a passage for consistency of verb tense
Frequently Confused Words
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Understands correct use of "loose/lose"
Understands correct use of "their/there/they're"
Understands correct use of "to/too/two"
Nouns
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Forms the plural of regular nouns
Recognizes nouns that have the same singular and plural forms
Recognizes the plural of nouns that change form
Recognizes the plural of nouns that end in -f
Uses abstract nouns
Uses collective nouns
Uses singular possessive nouns
Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies an interjection as the word that shows emotion or surprise
Uses conjunctions to combine clauses throughout a passage
Uses the appropriate coordinating conjunction to combine clauses
Uses the appropriate subordinating conjunction to combine clauses
Uses the conjunctions "both/and" in a sentence
Uses the conjunctions "either/or" in a sentence
Uses the conjunctions "not only/but also" in a sentence
Pronouns
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Rewrites a sentence using pronouns
Understands correct use of "I" in a compound subject
Understands the function of a pronoun
Uses an object pronoun in a noun phrase
Uses indefinite pronouns
Uses intensive pronouns
Uses possessive pronouns
Uses reflexive pronouns
Uses relative pronouns
Verbs
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Detects errors in formation of the past tense of irregular verbs
Edits a passage for consistency of verb tense
Identifies past tense verbs
Recognizes an improper shift in verb tense
Recognizes future tense in a sentence
Recognizes past tense in a sentence
Uses appropriate modal auxiliaries
Uses the future perfect verb tense
Uses the future progressive verb tense
Uses the future tense form of a verb
Uses the past perfect form of an irregular verb
Uses the past perfect verb tense
Uses the past progressive verb tense
Uses the past tense form of a regular verb
Uses the past tense form of an irregular verb
Uses the present perfect form of an irregular verb
Uses the present perfect verb tense
Uses the present progressive verb tense
Uses the present tense form of a verb
Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences
Agreement
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies the antecedent of a pronoun
Recognizes correct subject-verb agreement
Recognizes correct subject-verb agreement when a compound subject is joined by
"and"
Recognizes correct subject-verb agreement when a question begins with a helping verb
Uses correct subject-verb agreement
Uses correct subject-verb agreement when a compound subject is joined by "and"
Uses correct subject-verb agreement when the subject is an irregular noun
Clauses
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Places relative clauses within sentences
Recognizes when a clause tells why
Editing and Proofreading
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Edits to correct incomplete sentences
Uses punctuation to correct run-on sentences
Modifiers
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Revises to correct a dangling modifier
Revises to correct a misplaced modifier
Phrases
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Recognizes when a prepositional phrase tells what, how, where, when, or why
Uses prepositional phrases as modifiers
Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Recognizes when a prepositional phrase tells what, how, where, when, or why
Uses prepositional phrases as modifiers
Pronouns
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies the antecedent of a pronoun
Revising
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Combines multiple sentences into one sentence with the same meaning
Combines sentences for concise expression
Revises run-on sentences
Revises to correct a dangling modifier
Revises to correct a misplaced modifier
Sentence Completeness
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Combines subjects and predicates into complete sentences
Edits to correct incomplete sentences
Forms a complete sentence by adding an independent clause to a phrase
Forms a complete simple sentence
Recognizes that a predicate is not a complete sentence
Recognizes that complete sentences must contain more than just phrases
Recognizes when a complex sentence is complete
Recognizes when a sentence with a gerund as the subject is complete
Recognizes when a simple sentence is complete
Recognizes when an interrogative sentence is complete
Sentence Meaning
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Arranges words in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence
Combines multiple sentences into one sentence with the same meaning
Recognizes which word order in a sentence makes the meaning most clear
Sentence Structure
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Combines sentences by using a coordinating conjunction
Combines sentences for concise expression
Revises run-on sentences
Uses punctuation to correct run-on sentences
Subject, Predicate
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Combines sentences by using a compound predicate
Combines sentences by using a compound subject
Syntax
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Arranges words in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence
Rearranges the word order of a sentence into an alternate form using correct syntax
Recognizes which word order in a sentence makes the meaning most clear
Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics
Capitalization
Capitalization: First Word Rules
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Capitalizes the first word in a sentence
Capitalizes the first word in the greeting/closing of a letter
Capitalization: Proper Nouns and Personal Titles
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Capitalizes months of the year
Capitalizes names and initials
Capitalizes names of geographic locations
Capitalizes names of historical periods and events
Capitalizes names of holidays
Capitalizes names of languages and nationalities
Capitalizes names of organizations, schools, and businesses
Capitalizes the pronoun "I"
Capitalization: Quotations and Dialogue
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Recognizes correct capitalization in divided quotations
Uses correct capitalization in direct quotations
Capitalization: Titles of Works
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Capitalizes titles of books, songs, poems, and other works
Punctuation
Apostrophes
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines whether a possessive noun is singular or plural
Uses an apostrophe to form a singular possessive
Brackets, Dashes, Hyphens, Ellipses, Parentheses
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Uses an ellipsis to indicate an interruption in thought or speech
Commas
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Understands that a comma punctuates a geographic location
Understands that a comma punctuates a written date
Understands that commas are used to set off words of direct address
Understands that commas separate items in a series
Uses a comma before the conjunction in a compound sentence
Uses a comma to punctuate a geographic location
Uses a comma to punctuate the greeting/closing of a letter
Uses a comma to set off an introductory phrase or clause
Uses a comma to set off an introductory word
Uses a comma to set off words of direct address
Uses commas to punctuate written dates
Uses commas to separate items in a series
Contractions
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Understands that an apostrophe is needed to form a contraction
Understands the contraction for "I will"
Understands the contraction for "cannot"
Understands the contraction for "could not"
Understands the contraction for "it is"
Understands the contraction for "they are"
Understands the contraction for "we are"
Editing and Proofreading
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Detects an error in ending punctuation
Ending Punctuation
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Detects an error in ending punctuation
Understands that either a period or exclamation mark may end the same sentence
Uses a period to punctuate a sentence
Uses a question mark to punctuate a sentence
Uses an exclamation mark to punctuate a sentence
Quotation Marks and Dialogue
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Punctuates dialogue using commas, end punctuation, and quotation marks
Recognizes proper placement of quotation marks in dialogue
Understands that quotation marks set off dialogue
Uses quotation marks to set off dialogue
Spelling
Editing and Proofreading
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Corrects spelling errors
Recognizes correct/incorrect spelling in the context of sentences
Uses a dictionary to identify the correct spelling of a word
Spelling: Affixes and Roots
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -ary or -ery
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -ed
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -ible or -able
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -ing
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -ion
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -ly
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -ous
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word ending in -y when a suffix is added
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word in which the final consonant is doubled
before adding a suffix
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word with a Greek root
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a word with a Latin root
Spelling: Commonly Misspelled Words
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a double-consonant word
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of calendar words
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of commonly misspelled words
Spelling: Compound Words
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a compound word
Spelling: Patterns
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of words with irregular patterns
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of words with regular patterns
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of words with vowel pairs or diphthongs
Spelling: Plurals
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of a regular plural
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of an irregular plural
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of the plural form of a word ending in -ay, -ey, or -oy
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of the plural form of a word ending in a consonant
plus y
Identifies correct/incorrect spelling of the plural form of a word ending in -ch, -s, -sh,
or -x
Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience
Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language
Punctuation: Style, Emphasis, and Effect
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Chooses punctuation to achieve a desired effect
Revising
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Revises a sentence to improve clarity
Revises for precise verb choice
Revises for precise word choice
Revises for sentence variety to improve style and enhance reader interest
Revises writing for clearer description or imagery
Revises writing to address the audience consistently
Revises writing to eliminate unnecessary or redundant language
Writing Techniques: Figurative and Descriptive Language
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Revises for precise verb choice
Revises for precise word choice
Revises writing for clearer description or imagery
Revises writing to include sensory details
Uses language that creates vivid description or imagery
Uses precise verbs to convey specific actions
Uses precise words to convey meaning
Uses sensory language in writing
Writing Techniques: Rhetorical Strategies
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Uses language that appeals to emotion
Writing Techniques: Voice, Style, Tone, and Mood
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Chooses appropriate content-specific vocabulary for audience and purpose
Maintains appropriate tone for purpose and audience
Recognizes situations that require informal or formal tone
Revises for sentence variety to improve style and enhance reader interest
Revises writing to address the audience consistently
Uses language that conveys a specific mood
Uses language that maintains formal style or objective tone
Uses language that maintains the mood in writing
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions
Introductions, Transitions, Conclusions
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Adds a concluding sentence to a persuasive letter to summarize or restate the purpose
Adds a concluding sentence to an expository paragraph to provide a sense of closure
Adds a concluding sentence to summarize or reinforce the main idea of a paragraph
Adds a concluding sentence to summarize or reinforce the main idea of multiparagraph
writing
Adds a concluding sentence to support a claim or argument in a paragraph
Adds a sentence or section to introduce a narrator or character
Adds a sentence or section to introduce the situation or context in a narrative
Determines appropriate closure for narrative or fictional writing
Determines appropriate openings for narrative or fictional writing
Determines logical first or last sentence in a draft
Revises a concluding sentence or section to better summarize, restate, or reinforce a
claim or main idea
Revises to strengthen the closure of narrative or fictional writing
Uses a strong opening statement in a persuasive letter or essay
Uses a transitional clause or sentence to establish organizational structure
Uses a transitional clause or sentence to indicate time shifts or sequence of events
Uses a transitional clause or sentence to show cause and effect
Uses a transitional word or phrase to connect contrasting ideas
Uses a transitional word or phrase to give examples or intensify ideas
Uses a transitional word or phrase to indicate a shift in setting
Uses a transitional word or phrase to indicate a time shift or sequence of events
Uses an appropriate introductory sentence for informational writing
Uses an introductory sentence that states an opinion
Uses multiple types of transitional words or phrases throughout a passage
Main Ideas, Topic Sentence, Supporting Details
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines which graphic representation best supports the meaning of the writing
Evaluates which sentence will best serve as the topic sentence for a given subject
Identifies the topic sentence of a paragraph
Uses the best topic sentence for a given paragraph or set of supporting details
Organizing Writing
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Develops a narrative with a logical next event
Maintains logical organization while drafting
Organizes ideas logically in a paragraph
Organizes sentences according to sequence words
Organizes sentences into the correct sequence
Recognizes when chronological order or sequencing is the most effective organizational
form to develop writing
Reorders sentences to improve organization
Prewriting
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines a topic appropriate to audience and purpose
Uses a graphic organizer to develop a topic
Uses the most appropriate graphic organizer to plan writing
Research Questions, Sources, Thesis Statement
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines an effective thesis statement for an argumentative essay
Revising
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Revises a concluding sentence or section to better summarize, restate, or reinforce a
claim or main idea
Revises to strengthen the closure of narrative or fictional writing
Writing Forms: Genres
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Identifies the form of writing appropriate to audience and purpose
Writing Techniques: Point of View
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Develops point of view in narrative writing
Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research
Drafting
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines which details will support a topic in informational writing
Identifies details needed to accomplish writing objective
Main Ideas, Topic Sentence, Supporting Details
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines the type of details that will support a topic or thesis in expository writing
Determines which details will support a topic in informational writing
Determines which details will support main/central idea in narrative writing
Evaluates literary writing to determine how best to advance or support a central idea
Provides details that develop literary elements in writing
Recognizes how to develop ideas into paragraphs
Supports a topic or thesis with relevant details in expository writing
Prewriting
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines the type of details that will support a topic or thesis in expository writing
Research Questions, Sources, Thesis Statement
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Evaluates research questions
Evaluates sources for relevance to a given topic
Gathers information from sources to answer research questions
Revising
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Adds details or information to develop writing
Recognizes a sentence that does not belong in a narrative draft
Recognizes content that does not belong in an expository draft
Writing Forms: Genres
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines what information is appropriate for a given audience and purpose
Writing Techniques: Argument, Counterargument
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Supports a claim with reasons or evidence in argumentative writing
Supports an opinion with reasons or evidence in persuasive writing
Writing Techniques: Literary Elements
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Provides details that develop literary elements in writing
Writing Techniques: Rhetorical Strategies
Rene is ready to DEVELOP these skills (191-200):
Determines the type of details or evidence that will support a position in persuasive
writing
Determines the type of evidence that will support a claim in argumentative writing