| (i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb
agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) verb tense such as simple past, present, and future
and imperfect past, past participle, and conditional;
(iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns, including
gender-specific articles;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative
forms;
(v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that
convey degree;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
(vii) pronouns, including personal, possessive, objective,
reflexive, and prepositional;
(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects,
predicates, and sentences;
(ix) capitalization of historical events and documents,
titles of books, stories, and essays;
(x) punctuation marks, including commas in compound
and complex sentences and em dash for dialogue; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate
orthographic patterns and rules; and
(E) publish written work for appropriate audiences.
(12) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing,
and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre
characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.
The student is expected to:
(A) compose literary texts such as personal narratives
and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
(B) compose informational texts, including brief compositions
that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea
and genre characteristics and craft;
(C) compose argumentative texts, including opinion
essays using genre characteristics and craft; and
(D) compose correspondence that requests information.
(13) Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading,
writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in
both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety
of purposes. The student is expected to:
(A) generate and clarify questions on a topic for formal
and informal inquiry;
(B) develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;
(C) identify and gather relevant information from a
variety of sources;
(D) identify primary and secondary sources;
(E) demonstrate understanding of information gathered;
(F) recognize the difference between paraphrasing and
plagiarism when using source materials;
(G) develop a bibliography; and
(H) use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written,
oral, or multimodal, to present results.
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