F. STANDARD ENGLISH CONVENTIONS
Students will write and speak correctly, using conventions of standard and spoken
English. Students will be able to:
K - 2 Performance
Indicators (detailed knowledge/skill)
STANDARD ENGLISH CONVENTIONS
1. Dictate or write a sentence or series of sentences which convey basic ideas with sequences that make sense and suggest evidence of a beginning, middle and ending. (2)
Grades 3 - 4 Performance
Indicators (detailed knowledge/skill)
STANDARD ENGLISH CONVENTIONS
1. Edit written work for standard English spelling and usage, evidenced by pieces that show and contain:
- few significant errors in the use of pronouns and adjectives;
- attention to the proper use of adverbial forms and conjunctions;
- few significant errors in the spelling of frequently used words;
- no significant errors in the capitalization of words that begin sentences and few significant errors in the capitalization of proper nouns and titles;
- no significant errors in the use of ending punctuation marks and understanding of how to use commas.
2. Use the level of language formality required in a variety of speaking situations.
Grades 5 - 8 Performance
Indicators (detailed knowledge/skill)
STANDARD ENGLISH CONVENTIONS
1. Edit written work for standard English spelling and usage, evidenced by pieces that show and contain:
- no significant errors in the use of nouns, pronouns , and adjectives;
- few significant errors in the use of adjective forms (e.g., comparative, superlative), adverbial forms, prepositions, and prepositional phrases;
- attention to the proper use of conjunctions;
- no significant errors in the spelling of common, frequently used words, and attention to the correct spelling of commonly misspelled words and less common words;
- no significant errors in the common conventions of capitalization (e.g., proper nouns, names, titles) and attention to the less common capitalization conventions (e.g., capitalizing the names of nationalities);
- no significant errors in the use of ending punctuation marks, few significant errors in the common uses of commas, and attention to the proper use of the colon, semicolon, hyphen, dash, apostrophe, and quotation marks;
- attention to the correct use of commonly confused terms (e.g., affect and effect);
- attention to the proper use of italics, marginal notes, and footnotes.
2. Demonstrate command of the conventions necessary to make an informal speech or presentation, effectively engaging peers and finding responses.
Grades 9 - 12
Performance Indicators (detailed
knowledge/skill)
STANDARD ENGLISH CONVENTIONS
Students will write and speak correctly, using conventions of standard and spoken English. Each student will:
1. Demonstrate how language usage may depend on the situation.2. Demonstrate command of conventions involved in a formal speech, effectively engaging peers during presentation and fielding responses afterwards. Specific lists of these skills appear in the handouts given to freshmen and sophomores.
3. Demonstrate command of conventions in formal written English, e.g. usage, agreement, punctuation, capitalization.