Unwrapping Standards Template
L.5.2
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Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g.,
It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
d. Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
e. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
2009-10 TN ELA corresponding standard/s:
LE0501.1.1 Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling.
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CU0501.1.6 Demonstrate knowledge of the meaning and function of certain marks of punctuation, including colons between the hour and minute and
after the greeting of a business letter, semicolons, apostrophes, quotation marks, and commas used in these ways: direct address, items in a series,
following introductory words, in dates and addresses, quotations, parts of a letter, and before coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences.
CU0501.1.6 Demonstrate knowledge of the meaning and function of certain marks of punctuation, including colons between the hour and minute and
after the greeting of a business letter, semicolons, apostrophes, quotation marks, and commas used in these ways: direct address, items in a series,
following introductory words, in dates and addresses, quotations, parts of a letter, and before coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences.
CU0501.1.6 Demonstrate knowledge of the meaning and function of certain marks of punctuation, including colons between the hour and minute and
after the greeting of a business letter, semicolons, apostrophes, quotation marks, and commas used in these ways: direct address, items in a series,
following introductory words, in dates and addresses, quotations, parts of a letter, and before coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences.
GRADE 6: CU0601.1.4 Demonstrate the correct use of commas including after introductory words, to set off appositives and interrupters, before a
coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses to form compound sentences, colons including business letters, preceding a list of items,
semicolons including combining sentences, quotation marks including explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks, and
apostrophes including forming singular and plural possessives.
GRADE 8: SPI0801.1.15 Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words, numbers, letters, and figures.
GRADE 7: CU0701.1.4 Demonstrate the correct use of commas including after introductory words, phrases or clauses; setting off appositives and
interrupters; before coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses to form compound sentences, colons including in business letters or before a
list of items in a series, semicolons including combining sentences, between items in a series when the items already contain commas, underlining and
italicizing including titles; certain words, letters, figures; foreign words, quotation marks including with direct quotations, to set off dialogue, in titles,
use of end punctuation with quotation marks and apostrophes including forming both singular and plural possessives.
CU0501.1.8 Spell correctly high-frequency and commonly misspelled words appropriate to grade level
CU0501.3.20 Use resources e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, computer to aid in the writing process.
Unwrapping Standards Template
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