CCSS Language Arts Standards for Language 6-12 Activity 3

Conventions of Standard English

CCR Anchor Standard 1.” Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.” Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12  L.6.1. Demonstrate  L.7.1. Demonstrate  L.8.1. Demonstrate  L.9-10.1.  L.11-12.1. command of the conventions command of the conventions command of the conventions Demonstrate command of Demonstrate command of standard English grammar of standard English grammar of standard English grammar the conventions of standard of the conventions of and usage when writing or and usage when writing or and usage when writing or English grammar and standard English speaking. speaking. speaking. usage when writing or grammar and usage speaking. when writing or o a. Ensure that o a. Explain o a. Explain the speaking. pronouns are in the proper the function of phrases and function of verbals (gerunds, o a. Use case (subjective, objective, clauses in general and their participles, infinitives) in parallel structure.* o a. possessive). function in specific general and their function in Apply the sentences. particular sentences. o b. Use understanding that o b. Use various types of phrases usage is a matter of intensive pronouns (e.g., o b. Choose o b. Form and (noun, verb, adjectival, convention, can change myself, ourselves). among simple, compound, use verbs in the active and adverbial, participial, over time, and is complex, and compound- passive voice. prepositional, absolute) and sometimes contested. o c. Recognize complex sentences to signal clauses (independent, c. Form and and correct inappropriate differing relationships among o dependent; noun, relative, o b. shifts in pronoun number and ideas. use verbs in the indicative, adverbial) to convey Resolve issues of person.* imperative, interrogative, specific meanings and add complex or contested o c. Place conditional, and subjunctive o d. Recognize variety and interest to usage, consulting phrases and clauses within a mood. writing or presentations. references (e.g., and correct vague pronouns sentence, recognizing and (i.e., ones with unclear or o d. Recognize Merriam-Webster’s correcting misplaced and Dictionary of English ambiguous antecedents).* dangling modifiers.* and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and Usage, Garner’s o e. Recognize mood.* Modern American variations from standard Usage) as needed. English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.*

Adapted from Oregon department of Education CCR Anchor Standard 2.” Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.”

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12  L.6.2. Demonstrate  L.7.2. Demonstrate  L.8.2. Demonstrate  L.9-10.2.  L.11-12.2. command of the conventions command of the conventions command of the conventions of Demonstrate command of Demonstrate command of of standard English of standard English standard English capitalization, the conventions of the conventions of capitalization, punctuation, capitalization, punctuation, punctuation, and spelling when standard English standard English and spelling when writing. and spelling when writing. writing. capitalization, punctuation, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. and spelling when writing.  a. Use punctuation  a. Use a comma to  a. Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, separate coordinate (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate  a. Use a  a. Observe dashes) to set off adjectives (e.g., It was a a pause or break. semicolon (and perhaps a hyphenation conventions. nonrestrictive/parenthetical fascinating, enjoyable movie conjunctive adverb) to link elements.* but not He wore an old[,] o b. Use an ellipsis two or more closely related o b. Spell green shirt). to indicate an omission. independent clauses. correctly.  b. Spell correctly. o b. Spell o c. Spell correctly.  b. Use a colon to correctly. introduce a list or quotation.

o c. Spell correctly.

CCSS Language Arts Standards for Language 6-12 Knowledge of Language CCR Anchor Standard 3.” Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.” Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12  L.6.3. Use  L.7.3. Use  L.8.3. Use knowledge of  L.9-10.3. Apply  L.11-12.3. Apply

Adapted from Oregon department of Education knowledge of language and knowledge of language and language and its conventions knowledge of language to knowledge of language to its conventions when writing, its conventions when writing, when writing, speaking, reading, understand how language understand how language speaking, reading, or speaking, reading, or or listening. functions in different functions in different listening. listening. contexts, to make effective contexts, to make effective  a. Use verbs in the active choices for meaning or choices for meaning or  a. Vary sentence  a. Choose language and passive voice and in the style, and to comprehend style, and to comprehend patterns for meaning, that expresses ideas conditional and subjunctive mood more fully when reading or more fully when reading or reader/listener interest, and precisely and concisely, to achieve particular effects (e.g., listening. listening. style.* recognizing and eliminating emphasizing the actor or the wordiness and redundancy.* action; expressing uncertainty or  a. Write and edit  a. Vary syntax for  b. Maintain describing a state contrary to work so that it conforms to effect, consulting consistency in style and fact). the guidelines in a style references (e.g., Tufte’s tone.* manual (e.g., MLA Artful Sentences) for Handbook, Turabian’s guidance as needed; apply Manual for Writers) an understanding of appropriate for the syntax to the study of discipline and writing type. complex texts when reading.

CCSS Language Arts Standards for Language 6-12 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCR Anchor Standard 4.” Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.” Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12  L.6.4. Determine or  L.7.4. Determine or  L.8.4. Determine or clarify  L.9-10.4.  L.11-12.4. clarify the meaning of clarify the meaning of the meaning of unknown and Determine or clarify the Determine or clarify the unknown and multiple- unknown and multiple- multiple-meaning words or meaning of unknown and meaning of unknown and meaning words and phrases meaning words and phrases phrases based on grade 8 multiple-meaning words multiple-meaning words based on grade 6 reading based on grade 7 reading reading and content, choosing and phrases based on and phrases based on and content, choosing and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. grades 9–10 reading and grades 11–12 reading and flexibly from a range of flexibly from a range of content, choosing flexibly content, choosing flexibly strategies. strategies. o a. Use context from a range of strategies. from a range of strategies. (e.g., the overall meaning of a o a. Use o a. Use sentence or paragraph; a word’s o a. Use o a. Use context (e.g., the overall context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or position or function in a sentence) context (e.g., the overall context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position as a clue to the meaning of a word meaning of a sentence, meaning of a sentence, Adapted from Oregon department of Education paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as or phrase. paragraph, or text; a paragraph, or text; a or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word’s position or function word’s position or function a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. o b. Use common, in a sentence) as a clue to in a sentence) as a clue to grade-appropriate Greek or Latin word or phrase. o b. Use the meaning of a word or the meaning of a word or affixes and roots as clues to the phrase. phrase. o b. Use common, grade-appropriate meaning of a word (e.g., precede, Greek or Latin affixes and common, grade-appropriate recede, secede). b. Identify and correctly o b. Identify roots as clues to the meaning Greek or Latin affixes and use patterns of word and correctly use patterns of a word (e.g., belligerent, roots as clues to the meaning o c. Consult general changes that indicate of word changes that bellicose, rebel). of a word (e.g., audience, and specialized reference different meanings or parts indicate different meanings auditory, audible). o c. Consult materials (e.g., dictionaries, of speech (e.g., analyze, or parts of speech (e.g., general and specialized glossaries, thesauruses), both analysis, analytical; conceive, conception, o c. Consult reference materials (e.g., print and digital, to find the advocate, advocacy). conceivable). reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, pronunciation of a word or dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and determine or clarify its precise c. Consult general and o c. Consult thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the meaning or its part of speech. specialized reference general and specialized digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or materials (e.g., reference materials (e.g., pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its o d. Verify the dictionaries, glossaries, dictionaries, glossaries, determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of preliminary determination of the thesauruses), both print thesauruses), both print precise meaning or its part of speech. meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., and digital, to find the and digital, to find the speech. by checking the inferred meaning pronunciation of a word or pronunciation of a word or o d. Verify the in context or in a dictionary). preliminary determination of determine or clarify its determine or clarify its o d. Verify the precise meaning, its part precise meaning, its part preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the of speech, or its of speech, its etymology, the meaning of a word or inferred meaning in context etymology. or its standard usage. phrase (e.g., by checking the or in a dictionary). inferred meaning in context o d. Verify o d. Verify or in a dictionary). the preliminary the preliminary determination of the determination of the meaning of a word or meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary). context or in a dictionary).

CCR Anchor Standard 5.” Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.”

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12  L.6.5. Demonstrate  L.7.5. Demonstrate  L.8.5. Demonstrate  L.9-10.5.  L.11-12.5. understanding of figurative understanding of figurative understanding of figurative Demonstrate Demonstrate Adapted from Oregon department of Education language, word relationships, language, word relationships, language, word relationships, and understanding of figurative understanding of figurative and nuances in word and nuances in word nuances in word meanings. language, word language, word meanings. meanings. relationships, and nuances relationships, and nuances o a. Interpret in word meanings. in word meanings.  a. Interpret figures of o a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal speech (e.g., personification) figures of speech (e.g., irony, puns) in context. o a. a. Interpret figures of in context. literary, biblical, and Interpret figures of speech speech (e.g., hyperbole, mythological allusions) in o b. Use the (e.g., euphemism, paradox) in context and b. Use the context. o relationship between particular oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the relationship between o b. Use the words to better understand each analyze their role in the text. particular words (e.g., relationship between of the words. text. cause/effect, part/whole, particular words (e.g., o b. Analyze o c. Distinguish item/category) to better synonym/antonym, analogy) o b .Analyze nuances in the meaning of among the connotations understand each of the to better understand each of nuances in the meaning of words with similar (associations) of words with words. the words. words with similar denotations. similar denotations (definitions) denotations. o c. o c. (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, Distinguish among the Distinguish among the persistent, resolute). connotations (associations) connotations (associations) of words with similar of words with similar denotations (definitions) denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, (e.g., refined, respectful, economical, unwasteful, polite, diplomatic, thrifty). condescending). o

CCR Anchor Standard 6.”Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.”

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12 L.8.6. Acquire and use accurately  L.6.6. Acquire and  L.7.6. Acquire and  L.9-10.6. Acquire  L.11-12.6. Acquire grade-appropriate general use accurately grade- use accurately grade- and use accurately and use accurately academic and domain-specific appropriate general general academic and general academic and appropriate general words and phrases; gather academic and domain- domain-specific words and domain-specific words and academic and domain- vocabulary knowledge when specific words and phrases; phrases, sufficient for phrases, sufficient for specific words and phrases; considering a word or phrase gather vocabulary knowledge reading, writing, speaking, reading, writing, speaking, gather vocabulary knowledge important to comprehension or when considering a word or and listening at the college and listening at the college when considering a word or expression phrase important to phrase important to and career readiness and career readiness comprehension or comprehension or level; demonstrate level; demonstrate expression. expression. independence in gathering independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge vocabulary knowledge Adapted from Oregon department of Education o when considering a word when considering a word or phrase important to or phrase important to comprehension or comprehension or expression. expression.

Adapted from Oregon department of Education