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Measures of Academic Progress for Language Usage RIT Scores between 211 and 220 Writing Strategies Prewriting Skills · Create comprehensive outlines · Use compound sentence selection · Outline verbiage for imaginative stories · Categorize using main topic as guideline Drafting and Revising Skills · Revise syntax for correct order · Use subject-verb agreement · Use a variety of sentences from simple to complex · Use infinitive phrases to denote emphasis · Use subordinating clauses · Edit for misplaced modifiers · Combine sentences to make compound and complex · Use parts of a news story for complete description of an event · Write strong conclusions Use Editing and Proofreading Processes · Use commas in a series of participial phrases · Use strong topic sentences with strong verbs · Use capitals in a letter closure · Use abbreviations in appropriate places New Vocabulary: tone, summary, synonym, personification, metaphor, fantasy, complex sentence, rough draft, personal narrative Writing Applications and Genres Use Appropriate Format · Edit sentences into multi-paragraphs · Use standard forms of indentation Use Sentence Forms Appropriate to Purpose · Use of vocabulary of declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory terms Develop Paragraphs · Review several paragraphs and choose the best organization · Determine the pattern of organization in a lengthy passage · Choose best opening paragraph in a narrative piece of writing · Determine method of organization (i.e. order of events, from examples to main idea, go from main idea to examples) · Select clear details for paragraph Use Composition Forms · Write limericks · Define composition forms in lengthy passages New Vocabulary: limerick, formal essay, drama, declarative sentence, imperative sentence, interrogative sentence, tone, mood, pattern of organization Mechanics Use Appropriate End Punctuation · Identify correct punctuation in a 16-20 word compound sentence · Use correct punctuation when sentence ends with an abbreviation · Identify correct punctuation in a 5-7 sentence paragraph Use Commas Appropriately · Use commas in a direct quotation · Use commas between two main clauses in a compound complex sentence · Use commas around non-essential phrases Use Apostrophes · Use apostrophes for subject and helping verb contractions Use Enclosing Punctuation · Use quotations in quoted material · Use single quotation inside quotation marks Use Underlining for Titles · Underline movie titles · Underline magazine titles New Vocabulary: possessive noun Capitalization Use Beginning Capitalization · Format: Sentences contain various combinations of correctly and incorrectly used capital letters, generally relating to use in quotations, but also first words in sentences, proper/ common nouns, capitalizing multiple sentences in a paragraph · Capitalize only the first word in the greeting and closing of a letter with no proper nouns · In a quotation, capitalize only the first word if the sentence continues past the part identifying the speaker Capitalize Proper Nouns and Adjectives · Format: Most of the items in this range require correct identification of more that one capitalization error, either missing capitals or incorrect capitals · Format: Most items also call on finer distinctions between common and proper nouns, depending on how they are used in the sentence (Mother, my mother) · Countries, nationalities, languages · Holidays, special events · All titles: what to capitalize and what not to capitalize · Places, rivers, parks, bridges, monuments. · Artistic groups · Compass directions - when to capitalize and when not to · Buildings, businesses, stores · Generalize capitalization rules · Full names, including titles New Vocabulary: none Grammar Usage Use Basic Sentence Patterns · Identify sentence patterns (sentences with articles, simple adjectives): noun-verb, noun-verb-noun, noun-verb-verb · Identify the subject of a sentence · Identify a sentence as simple or compound · Complete sentences correctly with words or phrases · Recognize complete complex sentences · Recognize sentences with clear meaning and correct form · Identify sentence fragments · Name the part of the sentence needed to complete a sentence: adjective to complete the linking verb Use Types of Phrases · Recognize what part of the sentence a prepositional phrase modifies · Recognize a prepositional phrase used as an adjective · Recognize the meaning of a verb phrase Use Types of Clauses · Identify the main clause in a sentence Use Noun Forms · Recognize which is not a correct irregular plural noun · Identify a plural possessive noun · Distinguish plural nouns from singular collective nouns, nouns that end in “s”, and possessive nouns · Identify a noun that is an idea or a feeling, not just a person, place, or thing Use/Distinguish Verb Tenses · Determine the correct verb form to use in a sentence · Identify the verb form not used correctly in a sentence · Recognize verbs that have the same form for both present and past tense · Understand that there are names for various parts of speech; identify which word in a sentence is the verb · Understand that sentences tell past, present, or future; identify which sentence tells past · Understand the meaning of a complex verb phrase Use Irregular Verb Forms · Identify the verb form not correctly used in a sentence · Determine which verb to use in a sentence in which the auxiliary verb is separated from the main verb · Identify troublesome irregular verbs (lie/ lay, sit/ set, etc.) · Determine which verb form is correctly used in a complex sentence Use Subject-Verb Agreement Recognize the correct use of subjects or verbs in the following cases: · First person singular subject - main verb · Identify a singular subject by recognizing form of the verb in the predicate Use Adjective Forms · Recognize that adjectives are words that describe things · Use comparatives “-y, -ier, -iest” correctly · Understand that there are names for various parts of speech; identify which word in a sentence is the adjective · Understand the use of the adjective-forming suffix “-al” when added to nouns ending in –“tion” (inspiration, inspirational) · Understand that comparative -er means to compare two things · Understand the correct use of “good” as an adjective, not an adverb Use Adverb Forms · Format: Longer sentences, more difficult vocabulary · Recognize correct and incorrect use of adverbs, including comparative adverb forms · Recognize correct and incorrect comparative adverb forms for words ending in -ly Use Pronoun Forms · Understand that there are names for various parts of speech; identify which word in a sentence is the pronoun · Understand the meaning of a pronoun: “all of us” = “we” · Use nominative case pronouns correctly · Recognize the correct and incorrect use of “I” in a compound subject or in a list · Recognize the correct and incorrect use of reflexive, nominative, possessive, and objective pronouns · Recognize the correct and incorrect use of reflexive pronouns: themselves, itself, herself, ourselves · Use nominative pronouns correctly in compound subjects · Use indefinite pronouns in a phrase correctly: “___ of the people were” (few, each, one, either) Use Negative Forms Correctly · Recognize the correct use of negatives “hardly” and “scarcely” Spelling · Troublesome spelling patterns: · -ance/ -ence · ei/ ie · -ary/ -ery · plural form of words ending in “o” New Vocabulary: modifies, main clause, plural possessive, irregular verb, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, compoundcomplex sentence