Download 171-180 - Epic Charter Schools

Measures of Academic Progress for Language Usage
RIT Scores between 171 and 180
Writing Strategies
Prewriting Skills
· Choose main topic
· Select purpose of writing
· Recognize genre
· Determine audience
New Vocabulary:
underlined, phrase, describe, story, question mark, incomplete sentence,
topics, main topic, outline, complete sentence
Writing Applications and Genres
Use Appropriate Format
· Identify topic sentence
· Identify correct paragraph
Use Sentence Forms Appropriate to Purpose
· Use all four sentence types
· Focus on sentence question structure
Develop Paragraphs
· Given four sentences choose the one that doesn’t belong
· Choose a sentence to add to the paragraph on-topic
· Use strong concluding sentences
· When given four simple sentences choose the best sentence order
· Choose the first sentence for the paragraph
· Use strong topic sentences
Use Composition Forms
· Write in the imaginative mode
· Use correct greetings in a friendly letter
· Write clear directions
· Write concise telephone messages
· Use correct format for business letters
· Use correct capitalization in greetings and closures
· Define the parts of narrative writing
New Vocabulary:
missing word, first, ending, last, greeting, describe
Mechanics
Use Appropriate End Punctuation
· Identify punctuation never used at the end of the sentence
· Use question, period, or exclamation mark at the end of 5-8 word
sentences
Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas in a series
Use apostrophes
· Use apostrophes in singular possessives
New Vocabulary:
punctuation mark, exclamation point, question mark, apostrophe, period
Capitalization
Use Beginning Capitalization
· Capitalize the first word in the sentence
· Capitalize “Dear” in a letter greeting
· Capitalize “Love” in a letter closing
· Capitalize only the first word in a sentence of common nouns
Capitalize Proper Nouns and Adjectives
· Particular place names: states, city and state (both)
· Names of people: first, middle, and last
· Abbreviated professional and personal titles: Mr., Mrs., Dr.
· Initials
· Book titles
· Nationalities
· Street names
· Professional titles (Mayor ___, Congressman ___)
· Differentiate between common and proper nouns
· Correctly capitalize up to four words in the same sentence
· Identify nouns correctly or incorrectly capitalized
Capitalize Pronoun “I”
· Generalize the rule: always capitalize “I”
· Identify or correct several errors including “I” in one sentence
New Vocabulary:
pronoun, name, ellipsis, parentheses (left and right)
Grammar Usage
Use Basic Sentence Patterns
· Format: Short sentences, 2-10 words, basic vocabulary
· Format: Statements, questions, and commands
· Select words to form a complete sentence
· Recognize a complete sentence
· Recognize words that do not form a complete sentence
· Recognize a complete question
· Recognize word order that makes sense (syntax)
Use Types of Phrases
· Format: Short, simple sentences with basic vocabulary
· Recognize phrases that tell “where” or “when”
· Recognize the correct use and meaning of a prepositional phrase
containing “under”
· Understand the meaning of a phrase telling “when”
Use Noun Forms
· Recognize the regular plural form of a noun
· Recognize simple irregular plural nouns
· Recognize regular plural nouns needing -es ending
· Recognize the correct use of a singular possessive noun
· Identify a noun
Use/Distinguish Verb Tenses
· Format: Short simple sentences, basic vocabulary
· Recognize the correct use of present tense verbs (will ____)
· Recognize the correct use of common irregular past tense verbs
· Recognize past tense verbs used correctly in sentences
· Recognize the correct use of present progressive verbs (is __ing)
· Determine the correct verb form to use in a sentence
· Distinguish which sentence tells past tense
· Recognize the correct use of a past tense helping or auxiliary verb
· Identify the correct irregular past tense form of a verb
Use Irregular Verb Forms
· Format: Single word verbs only in this RIT range
· Determine the correct verb form to use in a sentence (range of difficulty
from come/ came to catch/ caught)
· Determine the correct verb forms to use in a compound or complex
sentence
Use Subject-Verb Agreement
Recognize the correct use of subjects or verbs in the following cases:
· Third person subject - linking verb
· Singular subject - verb phrase
· Third person plural and second person singular - correct present participle
to use as the first word in a question
Use Adjective Forms
· Use comparative -er correctly
· Use superlative -est correctly
· In a short, simple sentence, use an adjective that tells “what kind”
· Use comparatives -good, better, best, correctly
Use Adverb Forms
· Use adverbs telling “how”
· Use comparative adverbs telling “how” correctly
Use Pronoun Forms
· Use objective pronouns correctly: us, him, her, them
· Identify the pronoun used to take the place of a compound or singular
subject
· Recognize correct and incorrect use of demonstrative pronouns “them” and
“those”
· Use nominative pronouns correctly: he, she, we
· Use indefinite pronouns correctly: correctly
· Use the pronoun “I” correctly in a compound subject
· Use objective pronouns correctly in compound direct objects: -___ and us
· Use possessive pronouns correctly: hers, his
· Understand the meaning of possessive pronouns used in a sentence
Use Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
· Recognize that -___ and I- = “we”
· Use the correct pronoun to match the number and gender of the subject:
he, they, him
· Identify the noun in one sentence replaced by a pronoun in another
Use Negative Forms Correctly
· Recognize the correct use of negative phrase “doesn’t have”
Spelling
· Format: Short, one- or two- syllable words, frequently used words
· Recognize common words that have been misspelled, either by sight or by
applying basic rules of phonics
· Recognize words misspelled when endings added: double final consonant,
add -ed; drop e, add -ing
New Vocabulary: advertise, almanac, antonym, bibliography, cause and
effect, characteristics, classify, conclusion, conflict, definition, describe,
encyclopedia, fiction, genre, noun, past tense, wrong, word order