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Measures of Academic Progress for Language Usage RIT Scores between 181 and 190 Writing Strategies Prewriting Skills · Create a simple outline · Write in a selected genre (i.e. a simple fairy tale) · Create starter sentences · Categorize around a main topic · Select appropriate sentences for topic · List sentence details · Pre-write sentences that convey purpose of topic New Vocabulary: comma, initials, compound sentence, main headings, punctuation mark, exclamation point, poem, book report, fairy tale, directions, advertisement, mood, catalog Writing Applications and Genres Use Appropriate Format · Use indentation for new paragraph Use Sentence Forms Appropriate to Purpose · Focus on declarative sentence structure Develop Paragraphs · When given four simple and compound sentences, choose the chronological order · Choose sentence order when writing directions · When given a 4-6 sentence paragraph, choose the off-topic sentence · When given a series of short sentences, choose the group that iterates one idea Use Composition Forms · Write a job application paragraph · Select appropriate titles for reports New Vocabulary: topic sentence, best order, correct order, chronological order, parts of a letter, passage, complete sentence, main idea Mechanics Use Appropriate End Punctuation · Use correct end punctuation on a collection of sentences · Use question marks correctly when writing a friendly letter Use Commas Appropriately · Use commas in personal greetings · Use commas in introductory words, (i.e. well, no, sorry) · Use commas between two main clauses · Use commas after an introductory clauses · Use commas after introductory adverbial clauses · Use commas in a letter closing · Use commas after direct address · Use commas between city and state Use Apostrophes · Use apostrophes in irregular contractions Use Enclosing Punctuation · Use quotation marks for direct conversation New Vocabulary: letter, ownership Capitalization Use Beginning Capitalization · Format: Some sentences more complex, beginning with adverb phrases · Capitalize the first word in the sentence · Capitalize the first word in the greeting and closing of a letter · Capitalize the beginning of each sentence in a short group of sentences · Recognize a group of words as a sentence, capitalize first word · Capitalize first word and names · Capitalize first word of a quotation · Identify a sentence in which the first word is not correctly capitalized · Capitalize only the first word in a sentence without proper nouns Capitalize Proper Nouns and Adjectives · Format: Towards the end of this range, some of the items require reading multiple sentences in one passage · Names of people: full name, including initials and titles · Book or movie titles · Professional titles · Identify nouns correctly or incorrectly capitalized · Correctly capitalize up to four words in the same sentence · Places: countries, cities, states, vacation spots · Distinguish between common and proper nouns · Pets- names · Historical events · Course names · Names of organizations Capitalize Pronoun “I” · Identify or correct several errors including “I” in one sentence · Identify “I” errors twice in the same sentence New Vocabulary: greeting, letter, title, note, list Grammar Usage Use Basic Sentence Patterns · Format: Sentence length is about 10 words, with some more difficult vocabulary · Format: Statements, questions, and commands · Recognize word order specific to a question · Identify/ recognize complete sentences with adverb phrases or nouns of direct address at beginning (comma in sentence) · Select words in two places to form a complete sentence · Identify a group of words as an incomplete sentence · Identify sentences containing more than one idea · Identify the subject and predicate of a sentence · Identify a group of words that do not form a complete sentence - requiring very careful reading · Recognize word order necessary to form a complete sentence Use Types of Phrases · Short sentences, simple paragraph · Understand the meaning of a phrase telling ‘where” Use Noun Forms · Recognize a regular plural noun used in a sentence · Recognize an irregular plural noun used in a sentence · Recognize the irregular plural form of a noun · Recognize the correct plural spelling of a noun ending in “y” Use/Distinguish Verb Tenses · Format: Sentences become more complex, with more difficult vocabulary · Identify the correct past tense form of common irregular verbs · Recognize or determine the correct use of common irregular past tense verbs · Recognize or determine the correct use of past tense helping or auxiliary verbs · Determine the correct use of a verb phrase · Recognize the correct use of gerunds · Recognize the correct use of regular past tense verbs · Determine the correct verb tense to use in a sentence · Recognize or determine the correct use of future tense verbs and verb phrases · Identify which word is a verb · Recognize a sentence that tells past action or events Use Irregular Verb Forms · Determine which verb to use in a sentence · Determine which verb phrase to use in a sentence · Determine which verb to use in a sentence that has an auxiliary verb · Identify the past tense of an irregular verb Use Subject-Verb Agreement Recognize the correct use of subjects or verbs in the following cases: · Singular or plural subject - verb phrase · Compound subject or third person plural subject - linking verb or present participle · Third person singular subject - auxiliary verb · Third person singular or plural subject -main verb · First person plural subject - main verb Use Adjective Forms · Use comparative adjectives (-er, -est) correctly · Use comparatives -good, better, best, correctly · Identify a word describing a noun in a sentence · Recognize the correct use of comparative adjectives · Use superlative adjectives correctly Use Adverb Forms · Understand that adverbs can tell “where, when, or how” Identify adverbs that tell “where” · Use - ly adverbs correctly Use Pronoun Forms · Identify the pronoun used to take the place of “___ and me” · Use possessive pronouns correctly: their · Use reflexive pronouns correctly: myself, themselves · Identity pronouns used to replace singular or plural “things”: it, them · Use objective pronouns correctly: her, him · Recognize the correct and incorrect use of “I” in a compound subject (“___ and I”) · Use nominative pronouns correctly by matching gender · Use indefinite pronouns correctly: everyone · Identify pronouns used to replace singular or plural nouns: her, they Use Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement · Use the correct pronoun in a sentence to match number, gender, thing in a previous sentence: it, her, they, he, his, himself · Identify the noun in one sentence referred to by a nominative or possessive noun in another Use Negative Forms Correctly · Recognize the correct use of only one negative in a sentence: can’t, anybody; doesn’t, any; have never had any Spelling · Format: One- or two-syllable words, with some of threesyllables at upper RIT range · Recognize misspelled common compound words · Recognize words misspelled when endings added: double final consonant, add -ing; drop e, add -ing · Recognize the correct spelling of root words with suffixes added: -ous, -y, -less, -ing, -ed · Distinguish the correct spelling of a word from incorrect versions · Identify two words misspelled in one sentence · Recognize the correct spelling of a plural noun: change “y” to “I” and add “-es” · Recognize a sentence in which all words are correctly spelled (up to 8 words) · Recognize an incorrectly used homograph in a sentence New Vocabulary: subject, predicate, incomplete sentence, run-on sentence, phrase, verb, plural, question, paragraph, singular, action word, verb phrase, clause, ellipsis, parentheses (left and right)