Analyze how people, events, or ideas are presented in text |
Introduce and conclude the topic |
Sensory language conveyed |
Demonstrate command of Punctuation |
Use context clue to determine word meaning |
Use common roots and affixes |
Consult reference materials |
Determine the meaning of a word |
Development of ideas |
Analysis of key events and ideas |
Conclusions drawn from the text |
Summary of text |
Overall development of ideas |
Characters responses and changes |
Develop setting |
Figurative words and phrases |
Connotative words and phrases |
Meaning of words and phrases |
Author's purpose in a text |
Comparing author's writing to another |
Cite textual evidence to support analysis |
Central idea of the text |
Determine technical meanings |
Structure of text |
Determine author's point of view |
Evaluating arguments in text |
Compare/contrast one author's presentation with another |
Convey ideas and descriptive details |
Transitions to clarify |
Introduce headings and graphics |
Vary sentence style |
Style appropriate task, purpose, and Audience |
Develop and strengthen planning |
Develop and strengthen revising |
Develop and strengthen editing |
Gather information from multiple sources |
Credible sources |
Information that is quoted and paraphrased |
Correct use of Adjectives and Adverbs |
Correct subject-verb agreement |
Recognize pronouns |
Recognize and correct shifts in pronoun number and person |
Recognize and correct vague pronouns |
Recognize variations in English |
Demonstrate command of Capitalization |
Correct Spelling |
Vary sentence |
Maintain consistency in style and tone |
Use clues to determine multiple-meaning words |
Interpret figures of speech |
Use relationships to better understand words |
Distinguish between word associations and definitions |
Use grade appropriate words |