Standard 5: Language

Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to reading and writing. 

WRITING: Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

Understanding 

Objectives 

Approaching 

5.5.W.1

Students independently write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks as needed for dialogue and quoted material.

5.5.W.1

  Students will write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks as needed for dialogue and quoted material.

Developing 

5.5.W.1

Students need limited support to write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks as needed for dialogue and quoted material.

5.5.W.1

Students need guidance and support to write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks as needed for dialogue and quoted material.

5.5.W.2

Students need guidance and support to compose simple, compound, and complex sentences and questions, create sentences with an understood subject, and correct fragments and run-on sentences.  

5.5.W.2

Students need limited support to compose simple, compound, and complex sentences and questions, create sentences with an understood subject, and correct fragments and run-on sentences.

5.5.W.2

Students independently compose simple, compound, and complex sentences and questions, create sentences with an understood subject, and correct fragments and run-on sentences.

5.5.W.2

 Students will compose simple, compound, and complex sentences and questions, create sentences with an understood subject, and correct fragments and run-on sentences.

5.5.W.3

Students need guidance and support to form and use the present and past verb tenses.

5.5.W.3

Students frequently form and use the present and past verb tenses.

5.5.W.3

Students consistently form and use the present and past verb tenses.

5.5.W.3

  Students will form and use the present and past verb tenses.

5.5.W.4

Students need guidance and support to form and use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions. 

5.5.W.4

Students frequently form and use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

5.5.W.4

Students consistently form and use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions. 

5.5.W.4

 Students will form and use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

5.5.W.5

 Students need guidance and support to recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

5.5.W.5

Students frequently recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

5.5.W.5

Students consistently recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

5.5.W.5 Students will recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

 Instructional Guidance 

• Display examples of sentences with mistakes (mechanical, structural, verb shift) and highlight errors so students can see errors. Show students the corrected sentences so they can see differences. Read sentences aloud so students can hear how the mistakes impact the meaning of the sentence.

• Provide examples of sentences with mistakes (mechanical, structural, verb shift) and guide students through the process of correcting errors.

• Meet with students individually or in small groups to support them in applying grammar, mechanics, and usage conventions.

• Provide an example paragraph that uses all simple sentences and guide students through the process of combining them to create smoother transitions. Provide support as needed.
• Provide examples of sentences with mistakes (mechanical, structural, verb shift) and instruct students to correct them with partners.
• Students will need multiple work sessions to apply grammar, mechanics, and usage conventions to their writing during the revising and editing stages of the writing process.
• Meet with students individually or in small groups to support them in applying grammar, mechanics, and usage conventions.

• Provide students with an excerpt from a text or an article. Allow students time to identify mechanics, sentence types, verb tenses, etc.

• Provide examples of sentences with mistakes (mechanical, structural, verb shift) and instruct students to correct them independently.

• Students will need multiple work sessions to apply grammar, mechanics, and usage conventions to their writing during the revising and editing stages of the writing process.

Deeper

Acquisition 

• Provide students with an excerpt from a text or an article. Allow students time to identify mechanics, sentence types, verb tenses, etc. Collaborate with partners or groups to analyze the impact of the author’s choices. Students revise their writing to be intentional about their use of mechanics, sentence types, verb tenses, etc.

• Instruct students to write sentences/paragraphs with multiple sentence types. Allow them to collaborate with partners or groups in order to analyze the text for mechanics, sentence types, verb tenses, etc.

• Provide examples of sentences with mistakes (mechanical, structural, verb shift) and instruct students to correct them independently.

• Students will need multiple work sessions to apply grammar, mechanics, and usage conventions to their writing during the revising and editing stages of the writing process.