| 3.3.2 | Spells accurately in final draft. |
| · Uses spelling words and patterns from the previous grades. | |||
| · Uses multiple strategies to spell. |
| - | homophones (e.g., principle and principal) | ||
| - | affixes (e.g., re-, post-, -ous, -ology) | ||
| - | Greek and Latin roots (e.g., telephone, chronologic, distract, persist) | ||
| - | Frequently misspelled words (e.g., occasion, recommendation, sincerely) | ||
| · Uses resources to correct own spelling. |
| 3.3.3 | Applies capitalization rules. |
| · Uses capitalization rules from previous grades. | |||
| · Uses capitals correctly in an outline or list. | |||
| · Uses consistent capitalization when formatting technical documents. | |||
| · Uses resources to check capitalization. |
| 3.3.4 | Applies punctuation rules. |
| · Uses punctuation rules from previous grades. | |||
| · Uses commas to separate an interrupter (e.g., The teacher, however, was not impressed.). | |||
| · Uses semicolons to separate groups that contain commas (e.g., The Seahawks traveled to Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; and Oakland, CA.). | |||
| · Uses the hyphen to prevent confusion (e.g., re-elect). | |||
| · Uses bullets in technical writing when applicable. | |||
| · Uses resources to check punctuation. |
| 3.3.5 | Applies usage rules. |
| · Applies usage rules from previous grades. | |||
| · Uses adverbs vs. adjectives correctly. |
| - | correct: He ran well in the race. | ||
| - | incorrect: He ran good in the race. | ||
| · Uses comparative and superlative adjective correctly. |
| - | correct: The ruby is harder than the emerald. The diamond is the hardest gem, |
| - | incorrect: The diamond is more harder than that ruby. |
| · Uses parallel construction of elements in a list. |
| - | parallel: The lunchroom was immaculate: napkins in their holders, pop bottles in the recycle container, and trays in place for the next day. |
| - | not parallel: The lunchroom was immaculate: napkins were put away, pop bottles in the recycle bins, and neatly stacked trays. |
| · Uses resources to check usage. |
| 3.3.6 | Uses complete sentences in writing. |
| · May use fragments in dialogue as appropriate. |
| 3.3.7 | Applies paragraph conventions. |
| · Uses paragraph conventions (e.g., designate by indentation or block format, skipping lines between paragraphs). | |||
| · Uses stanzas and other textual markers (e.g., table of contents, title and subtitle, bullets). |
| 3.3.8 | Applies conventional forms for citations. |
| · Cites sources according to prescribed format. |