LANGUAGE: Language Conventions
complex
simple
K
While engaged
in grade
appropriate
tasks, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of standard
English
conventions by:
*knowing basic
action verbs
when identified
by the teacher
*knowing basic
nouns when
identified by the
teacher
1
While engaged in grade
appropriate tasks, the
student demonstrates
an understanding of
standard English
conventions by:
*using basic pronouns
(e.g. I, you, he and they)
*using basic
coordinating and
correlative conjunctions
(e.g. and, but)
*naming and using
concrete nouns and
action verbs in a simple
sentence
2
While engaged in grade
appropriate tasks, the
student demonstrates an
understanding of
standard English
conventions by:
*using helping verbs
*using common adverbs
correctly to modify verbs
*using common adjectives
correctly to modify nouns
*using simple forms of
past, present, and future
tense
*using less common
pronouns (e.g. who, what,
it, this, those, that, which)
*naming and identifying
the basic parts of a simple
sentence (e.g., subject,
predicate)
3
While engaged in grade
appropriate tasks, the student
demonstrates an understanding
of standard English conventions
by:
*using less common and specific
types of adjectives, including
indefinite and numerical
adjectives
*using less common and specific
types of adverbs, including
positive, comparative and
superlative adverbs
*using common coordinating
conjunctions to write compound
sentences (e.g. and, but, or)
*using correct subject/verb
agreement
*using a variety of complete
sentences in writing (e.g.
declarative, imperative,
interrogative and exclamatory)
4
While engaged in grade
appropriate tasks, the student
demonstrates an
understanding of standard
English conventions by:
*using regular and irregular
verbs
*identifying subject verb
agreement with intervening
phrases
*correcting double negatives
*using common, subordinating
conjunctions to write complex
sentences (e.g. since, because,
after, before, if)
*constructing compound
sentences using the paired
conjunction either/or
*using basic prepositions (e.g.
over, under, in through, to, for,
around)
5
While engaged in grade
appropriate tasks, the student
demonstrates an understanding
of standard English conventions
by:
*applying all major tense forms
*correcting dangling modifiers
*constructing complex sentences
with less common subordinating
conjunctions (e.g. even though,
though, although, so that, as soon
as)
*constructing compound sentences
with less common coordinating
conjunctions (e.g. therefore, so,
yet)
*constructing compound sentences
using the paired conjunction
neither/nor
*using common prepositions (e.g.
next to, against, among, along,
beside, between, into, by)
N/A
Recognizing and
recalling specific
terminology such as:
- noun
- verb
- pronoun
- conjunction
Recognizing and recalling
specific terminology such
as:
- adjective
- adverb
- helping verb
- subject
- predicate
Recognizing and recalling
specific terminology such as:
- positive adjective
- comparative adjective
- superlative adjective
- indefinite adjective
- numerical adjective
- coordinating conjunction
Recognizing and recalling
specific terminology such as:
- intervening phrases
- double negatives
- subordinate conjunction
- paired conjunction
- complex sentence
Recognizing and recalling
specific terminology such as:
-dangling modifier
-tense
-modifier
-conjunction
Recognizing and recalling
isolated details such as:
- knowing helping verbs
- knowing common adverbs
- understanding common
adjectives to describe
nouns
- understanding the simple
forms of past, present, and
future tenses
- knowing the less common
pronouns
Recognizing and recalling
isolated details such as:
- knowing less common, basic and
specific adjectives and adverbs
- knowing common, coordinating
conjunctions
Recognizing and recalling
isolated details such as:
- understanding intervening
phrases
- understanding subordinate
conjunctions
- understanding paired
conjunctions (e.g. either/or)
Recognizing and
recalling isolated
details such as:
- knowing verbs are used
as action words
- knowing nouns for
naming simple objects
(e.g. family members
and community workers)
Performing basic
processes such as:
*identifying basic
pronouns and basic
conjunctions
Revised January 23, 2009
Performing basic processes such
as:
- identifying the four main types
of sentences
(e.g. declarative, imperative,
interrogative, and exclamatory)
- identifying subject/verb
agreement
1
Performing basic processes
such as:
- identifying double-negatives
- identifying common sentences
- identifying compound
sentences
- identifying complex sentences
-identifying double negatives
Recognizing and recalling
isolated details such as:
- knowing less common
subordinate conjunctions
- knowing less common
prepositional phrases
Performing basic processes such
as:
- identifying dangling modifiers
LANGUAGE: Language Conventions
complex
6
7
8
9
While engaged in
grade appropriate
tasks, the student
demonstrates an
understanding of
standard English
conventions by:
*using verbs that agree
with compound
subjects
*using indefinite
pronouns
*using present perfect,
past perfect, and future
perfect tenses
*constructing common
compound-complex
sentences (e.g.
constructing sentences
with two independent
clauses and one
subordinating clause)
*using less common
prepositional phrases
While engaged in
grade appropriate
tasks, the student
demonstrates an
understanding of
standard English
conventions by:
*using modifiers
*using active and
passive voice
consistently
*using infinitives and
participles
*clarifying references
between pronouns and
antecedents
*using all parts of
speech
*using all types and
structures of sentences
*using progressive
verb tenses
While engaged in
grade appropriate
tasks, the student
demonstrates an
understanding of
standard English
conventions by:
*constructing varied
sentence types
*using varied sentence
openings
*using apposition
within sentences
*demonstrating
consistent use of all
tense forms
While engaged
in grade
appropriate
tasks, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of standard
English
conventions
by:
*using parallel
structure
Revised January 23, 2009
2
10
11
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
PreAP 9
While
engaged in
grade
appropriate
tasks, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of standard
English
conventions
by:
*using parallel
structure
PreAP
10
AP
11
AP
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
LANGUAGE: Language Conventions
simple
Recognizing and
recalling specific
terminology such as:
- compound subject
- clause
- independent clause
- subordinating clause
- indefinite pronoun
Recognizing and
recalling isolated
details such as:
- understanding
subject/verb agreement
with a compound
subject
- understanding the
elements of
compound-complex
sentences
-knowing less common
prepositions
- understanding the use
of present-perfect,
past-perfect, and
future-perfect verb
tenses
Revised January 23, 2009
Recognizing and
recalling specific
terminology such as:
Recognizing and
recalling specific
terminology such as:
- infinitives
- participles
-antecedent
-progressive verb
tenses
Recognizing and
recalling isolated
details such as:
- understanding the use
of modifiers
- understanding active
and passive voice
Performing basic
processes such as:
-identifying infinitives
and participles
- identifying
antecedents
- identifying
progressive verb tenses
Recognizing and
recalling specific
terminology such as:
- apposition
- subordination
- coordination
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated details
such as:
- parallel
structure
N/A
Recognizing and
recalling isolated
details such as:
- understanding the
consistent use of tense
- understanding the
relationships between
ideas using
subordination,
coordination, and
apposition
Performing basic
processes such as:
- identifying varied
sentence openings
3
N/A
N/A
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
- parallel
structure
N/A
N/A
N/A