| 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., council and counsel, stationary and stationery) | ||
| - | affixes (e.g., -cian, -ness) | ||
| - | roots (e.g., anthropology, philosophy) | ||
| - | foreign spellings (e.g., alumna/alumnae/alumnus, medium/media, datum/data) | ||
| - | words from other languages (e.g., bourgeois, kindergarten, espresso, boutique, coyote) | ||
| - | frequently misspelled words (e.g., perceive, congratulations, success) | ||
| · Uses resources to correct own spelling. |
| 3.3.3 | Applies capitalization rules. |
| · Uses capitalization rules from previous grades. | |||
| · Uses resources to check capitalization. |
| 3.3.4 | Applies punctuation rules. |
| · Uses punctuation rules from previous grades. | |||
| · Uses commas to set off nonrestrictive clauses (e.g., The gym, which was built last year, is used every day.). | |||
| · Uses brackets around an editorial correction or to set of added words. |
| · Uses the em dash ( ) to indicate emphasis or sudden break, to set off an introductory series, or to show interrupted speech. | |||
| · Uses appropriate punctuation when writing in other languages (e.g., René). | |||
| · Uses resources to check punctuation. | |||
| 3.3.5 | Applies usage rules. |
| · Applies usage rules from previous grades. | |||
| · Avoids dangling modifiers (e.g., After I stood in line for hours, I discovered the tickets were sold out. Incorrect: After standing in line for hours, the tickets were sold out. The second sentence makes it appear that the tickets were in line.). | |||
| · Uses who vs. whom correctly. | |||
| · Uses that vs. which and that vs. who correctly. | |||
| · Uses either or and neither nor correctly. | |||
| · Uses many commonly confused words correctly (e.g., accept vs. except or can vs. may). | |||
| · Uses active voice except when passive voice is appropriate (e.g., active voice: They saw it. vs. passive voice: It was seen by them.). | |||
| · Uses parallel construction in clauses. |
| - | parallel: The coach told the players they should get plenty of sleep, they should eat well, and they should do some warm-up exercises. |
| - | not parallel: The coach told the players they should get plenty of sleep, that they should eat well and to do some warm-up exercises. |
| · Uses resources to check usage. |
| · 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 textual markers (e.g., page numbers, footnotes, space for pictures). |
| 3.3.8 | Applies conventional forms for citations. |
| · Cites sources according to prescribed format (e.g., MLA, APA, Turabian). |