By the end of English III or IV, students can use resources such as knowledge of spelling rules, spell-check functions, and dictionaries to improve spelling accuracy. By the end of English III or IV, students can speak and write using correct pronoun case and agreement, regular and irregular noun and verb forms, and subject-verb agreement. By the end of English I or II, students can write using the conventions of capitalization, such as to begin sentences, proper names, titles, and nationalities. By the end of English III or IV, students can produce written work that uses correct ending punctuation and shows few significant errors in the use of commas, quotation marks, semi-colons, and apostrophes. By the end of English III or IV, students can use complete simple, compound, and complex sentences in their writing.
Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.
By the end of English III or IV, students can compare and contrast a variety of texts based on literary elements such as theme, style, point of view, historical, cultural, and artistic context, and character and plot development. By the end of English III or IV, students can independently interpret spoken and written texts and justify that interpretation using textual and other support. By the end of English III or IV, students can critique the content and style of their own and others written work and oral presentations. By the end of English III or IV, students can articulate and evaluate the processes they used to develop an idea or create a product. Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources.