Ohio's Academic Content Standards in English Language Arts
Writing Conventions StandardStudents learn to master writing conventions through exposure to good models and opportunities for practice. Writing conventions include spelling, punctuation, grammar and other conventions associated with forms of written text. They learn the purpose of punctuation: to clarify sentence meaning and help readers know how writing might sound aloud. They develop and extend their understanding of the spelling system, using a range of strategies for spelling words correctly and using newly learned vocabulary in their writing. They grow more skillful at using the grammatical structures of English to effectively communicate ideas in writing and to express themselves.
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| Prekindergarten |
| 1. | Print letters of own name and other meaningful words with assistance using mock letters and/or conventional print. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Begin to demonstrate letter formation in "writing." (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Scribble write familiar words with mock letters and some actual letters. (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Indicate an awareness of letters that cluster as words, words in phrases or sentences by use of spacing, symbols or marks. (ORC Resources) |
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| Kindergarten |
| 1. | Print capital and lowercase letters, correctly spacing the letters. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Leave spaces between words when writing. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Show characteristics of early letter name-alphabetic spelling. (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Use some end consonant sounds when writing. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Place punctuation marks at the end of sentences. (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 1 |
| 1. | Print legibly, and space letters, words and sentences appropriately. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Spell words correctly with regular short vowel patterns and most common long vowel words (e.g., time, name). (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Spell high-frequency words correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Create phonetically-spelled written work that can usually be read by the writer and others. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Spell unfamiliar words using strategies such as segmenting, sounding out and matching familiar words and word parts. (ORC Resources) | | 6. | Use end punctuation correctly, including question marks, exclamation points and periods. (ORC Resources) | | 7. | Use correct capitalization (e.g., the first word in a sentence, names and the pronoun I). (ORC Resources) | | 8. | Use nouns, verbs and adjectives (descriptive words). (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 2 |
| 1. | Print legibly, and space letters, words and sentences appropriately. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Spell words with consonant blends and digraphs. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Spell regularly used and high-frequency words correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Spell words studied (e.g., word lists, text words) correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Spell plurals and verb tenses correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 6. | Begin to use spelling patterns and rules correctly (e.g., dropping silent e before adding -ing). (ORC Resources) | | 7. | Use spelling strategies (e.g., word wall, word lists, thinking about the base word and affixes). (ORC Resources) | | 8. | Use periods, question marks and exclamation points as endpoints correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 9. | Use quotation marks. (ORC Resources) | | 10. | Use correct punctuation for contractions and abbreviations. (ORC Resources) | | 11. | Use correct capitalization (e.g., proper nouns, the first word in a sentence, months and days). (ORC Resources) | | 12. | Use nouns, verbs and adjectives correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 13. | Use subjects and verbs that are in agreement. (ORC Resources) | | 14. | Use personal pronouns. (ORC Resources) | | 15. | Use past and present verb tenses (e.g., "we were" rather than "we was"). (ORC Resources) | | 16. | Use nouns and pronouns that are in agreement. (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 3 |
| 1. | Write legibly in cursive, spacing letters, words and sentences appropriately. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Spell multi-syllabic words correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Spell all familiar high-frequency words, words with short vowels and common endings correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Spell contractions, compounds and homonyms (e.g., hair and hare) correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Use correct spelling of words with common suffixes such as -ion, -ment and -ly. (ORC Resources) | | 6. | Follow common spelling generalizations (e.g., consonant doubling, dropping e and changing y to i). (ORC Resources) | | 7. | Use resources to check spelling (e.g., a dictionary, spell check). (ORC Resources) | | 8. | Use end punctuation marks correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 9. | Use quotation marks around dialogue, commas in a series and apostrophes in contractions and possessives. (ORC Resources) | | 10. | Use correct capitalization. (ORC Resources) | | 11. | Use nouns, verbs and adjectives correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 12. | Use subjects and verbs that are in agreement. (ORC Resources) | | 13. | Use irregular plural nouns. (ORC Resources) | | 14. | Use nouns and pronouns that are in agreement. (ORC Resources) | | 15. | Use past, present and future verb tenses. (ORC Resources) | | 16. | Use possessive nouns and pronouns. (ORC Resources) | | 17. | Use conjunctions. (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 6 |
| 1. | Spell frequently misspelled and high-frequency words correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Use commas, end marks, apostrophes and quotation marks correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Use semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes and brackets. (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Use correct capitalization. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Use all eight parts of speech (e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection). (ORC Resources) | | 6. | Use verbs, including perfect tenses, transitive and intransitive verbs and linking verbs. (ORC Resources) | | 7. | Use nominative, objective, possessive, indefinite and relative pronouns. (ORC Resources) | | 8. | Use subject-verb agreement with collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects and prepositional phrases. (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 7 |
| 1. | Spell high-frequency words correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Use commas, end marks, apostrophes and quotation marks correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Use semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes and brackets correctly. (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Use correct capitalization. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Use all eight parts of speech (e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection). (ORC Resources) | | 6. | Use dependent and independent clauses. (ORC Resources) | | 7. | Use subject-verb agreement with collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects and prepositional phrases. (ORC Resources) | | 8. | Conjugate regular and irregular verbs in all tenses correctly. (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 8 |
| 1. | Use correct spelling conventions. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Use correct punctuation and capitalization. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Use all eight parts of speech (e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection). (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Use clauses (e.g., main, subordinate) and phrases (e.g., gerund, infinitive, participial). (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Use parallel structure to present items in a series and items juxtaposed for emphasis. (ORC Resources) | | 6. | Use proper placement of modifiers. (ORC Resources) | | 7. | Maintain the use of appropriate verb tenses. (ORC Resources) | | 8. | Conjugate regular and irregular verbs in all tenses correctly. (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 9 |
| 1. | Use correct spelling conventions. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Use correct capitalization and punctuation. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Use clauses (e.g., main, subordinate) and phrases (e.g., gerund, infinitive, participial). (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Use parallel structure to present items in a series and items juxtaposed for emphasis. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Use proper placement of modifiers. (ORC Resources) | | 6. | Maintain the use of appropriate verb tenses. (ORC Resources) |
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| Grade 10 |
| 1. | Use correct spelling conventions. (ORC Resources) | | 2. | Use correct capitalization and punctuation. (ORC Resources) | | 3. | Use clauses (e.g., main, subordinate) and phrases (e.g., gerund, infinitive, participial). (ORC Resources) | | 4. | Use parallel structure to present items in a series and items juxtaposed for emphasis. (ORC Resources) | | 5. | Use proper placement of modifiers. (ORC Resources) |
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