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Measures of Academic Progress for Language Usage RIT Scores between 191 and 200 Writing Strategies Prewriting Skills · Select point of view (i.e. I, He, You) · Choose a mode of writing · Use clear descriptors · List details in outline form · Determine tone and mood · Choose tone by determined audience · Outline main topic with descriptors · Organize sentences for paragraphs · Create a list of possible word choices · Select main headings for outline · Choose subject and brainstorm (i.e. word lists, webbing, free writing Drafting and Revising Skills · Revise and replace misplaced modifiers · Use figurative language to describe · Use creative figures of speech · Write to stay on purpose · Use symbolic language · Create a variety of sentences, simple, compound, and complex · Use phrases and multi-word modifiers to enhance details · Use adjective and infinitive phrases · Begin topic with strong sentence starters · Use a variety of genres Use Editing and Proofreading Processes · Capitalize royal titles, professional titles, and personal titles · Use similes for comparison · Identify suffixes · Use slang words for a direct purpose · Proof for spelling errors · Use commas between city and state · Edit sentence fragments · Use correct return address format · Capitalize government bodies · Use parallelism between subject and direct object · Use appositives New Vocabulary: underline, comparison, point of view, persuasive argument, narrative, description, quotation marks, syntax, title, revising, first draft, editing Writing Applications and Genres Use Appropriate Format · Use correct letter format · Use strong topic sentences Use Sentence Forms Appropriate to Purpose · Focus on imperative sentence structure Develop Paragraphs · Develop paragraph with specific details · Edit paragraph format for fragment and run-on sentences · Plan for strong conclusions · When given a 5-8 sentence paragraph, edit for off-topic sentences · When reading a short story choose the best ending · Choose the correct paragraph that best explains an action · Choose a strong topic sentence Use Composition Forms · Use imagery in poetry · Answer standard questions when writing a news story New Vocabulary: title, information, review, author’s purpose, narration, persuasion, sequence, composition Mechanics Use Appropriate End Punctuation · Use correct end punctuation in 8-10 word sentences · Mark each end punctuation correctly when writing a multiparagraph friendly letter Use Commas Appropriately · Use commas in dependant clauses · Use commas after participial phrases · Use commas between two main clauses · Use commas in a compound sentence · Use commas after an introductory adjective phrase · Use commas around parenthetical phrases · Use commas around appositives Use Apostrophes · Use apostrophes in pronoun contractions Use Enclosing Punctuation · Use quotation on both sides of split direct conversation Use Underlining for Titles · Underline book titles New Vocabulary: quotation marks, possession, address, phrase, salutation, colon, semicolon Capitalization Use Beginning Capitalization · Capitalize the first word in the sentence · Capitalize the first word in the greeting and closing of a letter · Capitalize first word of a quotation · Capitalize only the first word in a sentence without proper nouns · Capitalize the beginning of each sentence in a group of sentences · Capitalize first word and proper nouns · Capitalize the first word in the sentence and the first word of a quotation · Verbalize the rule telling which word in a quotation is always capitalized Capitalize Proper Nouns and Adjectives · Format: Most of the items in this range require correct identification of more than one capitalization error, either missing capitals or incorrect capitals · Places: rivers, mountains, countries, states, cities, monuments, buildings, points of interest · Book, movie, TV show, magazine titles: know which words to capitalize and which to not capitalize · Organizations and government bodies · Distinguish between common and proper nouns · People’s full names, including initials and titles · Generalize rules of capitalization · Identify a “proper noun” · Company and product names · Nationalities and languages · Team names Capitalize Pronoun “I” · Identify the sentence not capitalized correctly (“I” the error) · Identify “I” errors twice in the same sentence New Vocabulary: direct quotation, proper noun, place, phrase, address, magazine Grammar Usage Use Basic Sentence Patterns · Format: Sentences in this RIT range often begin with prepositional or adverb phrases · Recognize sentences that are complete and not complete · Complete sentences with the correct phrase · Recognize complete sentences containing only a noun and a verb · Identify a simple sentence · Identify the correct word order to form a sentence · Identify the subject of a sentence · Identify a group of words as an incomplete sentence · Identify two sentences with different word order but the same meaning · Turn a clause into a complete sentence · Recognize where to divide a sentence between the subject and the predicate · Identify a complete sentence where the predicate is written first Use Types of Phrases · Understand the meaning of a phrase telling “why” · Recognize phrases telling “how” or “where” Use Noun Forms · Identify which is the noun in a sentence · Recognize the irregular plural form of a noun · Recognize the correct use of a singular possessive noun · Recognize the correct plural form of a noun used in a sentence · Identify which is not a correct irregular plural noun · Identify a word as a noun · Recognize a noun that is not plural · Recognize plural nouns needing the -es ending Use/Distinguish Verb Tenses · Recognize that sentences can tell past, present or future actions · Identify a sentence that tells past action · Identify a sentence that tells future action · Recognize or determine the correct use of irregular past tense verbs · Recognize or determine the correct use of regular past tense verbs · Determine the correct verb to use in a sentence with auxiliary verbs · Identify common irregular past tense forms of verbs · Recognize more difficult irregular verb forms · Tell the meaning of “past tense of a verb” · Determine the correct verb to use to tell future actions Use Irregular Verb Forms · Identify the past tense of a verb · Determine which verb to use in a question that has an auxiliary verb at the beginning of the sentence Use Subject-Verb Agreement Recognize the correct use of subjects or verbs in the following cases: · Compound subject - linking verb · Compound subject - verb phrase · Third person singular subject - main verb · Plural subject - auxiliary verb or verb phrase Use Adjective Forms · Use comparatives “bad, worse, worst” correctly · Use comparatives “more, most” correctly · Use comparative adjectives (-er, -est) correctly · Recognize correctly and incorrectly used comparative forms · Use adjectives telling “what kind” Use Adverb Forms · Use adverbs telling “when” correctly · Use comparative adverbs telling “when” Use Pronoun Forms · Use possessive pronouns correctly: their, theirs, his, hers, its · Recognize the correct and incorrect use of she/ her as subject or object · Recognize the correct and incorrect use of “I” in a compound subject or in a list · Identify the pronoun used to take the place of names in the objective case: them · Use reflexive pronouns correctly: themselves · Recognize the correct use of “whom” (With whom are you?) Use Negative Forms Correctly · Recognize the correct use of only one negative in a sentence: isn’t any; has no; doesn’t have; haven’t any Spelling · Format: Many longer words: three and four syllables · Format: Less frequently used words · Distinguish the correct spelling of a word from incorrect versions · Recognize correct application of basic spelling rules: · Change “y” to “I” and add ending · Change “f” to “v” and add -es · Drop final “e” and add -ing, -ed, or -ous · Recognize the correct spelling of “ui” words · Recognize the correct spelling of “ie” or “ei” words · Recognize common words that have been misspelled, either by sight or by applying basic rules of phonics · Recognize correct and incorrect spellings of root words with affixes: un-, -ly, a-, dis-, -able, im-, mis-, -ful, -ness · Recognize the correct spelling and use of the contraction “it’s” · Recognize the correct spelling/ pronunciation of words ending in “th or the” · Recognize the correct spelling and use of homographs New Vocabulary: simple sentence, comparative forms, suffix, underline