Standards - English Language Arts

Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate the titles of different types of works.

Spell grade-level words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Write using grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases accurately, including those that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships.

Consult print and digital reference materials to find the pronunciation and to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.

Use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar spoken or written words.

Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically when researching and writing, both individually and collaboratively.

Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.

Assess the formality of occasions in order to speak or write using appropriate language and tone.

Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

Identify and explain an author’s rhetorical choices, including point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings, to develop central and supporting ideas.

Make inferences and draw logical conclusions from the content and structures of informational texts, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, claims and evidence, cause and effect, description, and sequencing.

Explain how authors use setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view to contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing.

Describe the use of literary devices in prose and poetry, including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, tone, imagery, irony, symbolism, and mood, and indicate how they support interpretations of the text.

Evaluate the development of central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations by examining the speaker’s rhetorical choices regarding point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.

Support interpretations of recorded or live presentations by examining the speaker’s use of hyperbole, tone, symbolism, imagery, mood, irony, and onomatopoeia.

Produce clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writing in which the development, organization, style, and tone are relevant to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language.

Write narratives incorporating key literary elements, including characters, plot, setting, point of view, resolution of a conflict, dialogue, and sensory details.

Write informative or explanatory texts with an organized structure and a formal style, incorporating a focused point of view, a clear purpose, credible evidence, and technical word meanings.

Write an argument to convince the reader to take an action or adopt a position, stating a claim and supporting the claim with relevant, well-organized evidence from credible sources.

Participate in collaborative discussions using information from a source.

Participate in collaborative discussions about literary devices and elements found in prose and poetry.

Determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of digital sources.

Utilize written, visual, digital, and interactive texts to generate and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions.

Interpret language to determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and credibility of digital sources, with guidance and support.

Create and edit digital products that are appropriate in subject and purpose for a particular audience or occasion.

Enhance oral presentations by introducing ideas in digital formats with specific attention to subject, occasion, audience, and purpose.

Identify the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in published texts.

Identify subject-verb agreement when interrupted by a prepositional phrase, with inverted word order, and with indefinite pronouns as subjects.

Evaluate pronoun usage for number and case.

Identify common errors in pronoun usage.

Identify the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in published texts.

Identify commas, parentheses, and dashes that are used to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements in texts from various genres.

Assess a speaker’s organizational choices to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.

Identify a speaker’s correct usage of language, including subject-verb agreement and pronouns.