1.) Exhibit phonemic awareness, including identifying and categorizing phonemes, orally blending phonemes into one-syllable words, segmenting one-syllable words into phonemes, and rhyming.

2.) Demonstrate letter-sound association, including matching letters to corresponding spoken sounds and blending letter sounds into one-syllable words, using printed materials.

3.) Identify upper- and lower-case letters.

4.) Use words that describe and represent real-life objects and actions.

5.) Demonstrate listening comprehension of passages, including retelling stories and answering questions.

6.) Identify various forms of narrative texts, including nursery rhymes, poetry, and stories.

7.) Recognize basic features of informational text.

8.) Use brainstorming, drawing, and discussion as elements of prewriting in the writing process.

9.) Print upper- and lower-case letters using proper formation, spacing, and letter-line placement.

10.) Use print and nonprint classroom, library, and real-world resources to acquire information.

11.) Follow one- and two-part oral directions.

12.) Select appropriate voice level when interacting with others.

1.) Demonstrate phonemic awareness, including isolating, deleting, and adding phonemes; using onsets and rimes; and identifying initial, medial, and final sounds in one-syllable words.

2.) Utilize predictable letter-sound relationships to decode printed words, including words with consonant blends that require blending 3-4 phonemes into a whole word.

3.) Demonstrate vocabulary skills, including sorting words into categories and deriving word meaning from context within sentences and paragraphs.

4.) Read with comprehension a variety of first-grade narrative and informational texts, including recalling information and retelling a story with beginning, middle, and end.

5.) Read with fluency simple passages containing simple sentences.

6.) Recognize a variety of narrative text forms, including fairy tales, adventure stories, and poetry.

7.) Use the basic features of informational text to distinguish fact from fiction.

8.) Use complete sentences to address a topic or tell a story.

9.) Use periods at the end of sentences and capitalization at the beginning of sentences and with the pronoun I.

10.) Use a word that names a person, place, thing, or animal as the subject of a sentence.

11.) Exhibit proper letter formation, spacing, and letter-line placement in words and sentences.

12.) Collect information from print and nonprint resources to investigate a teacher- or student-selected topic.

13.) Listen for meaning in conversations and discussions, including looking at the speaker without interrupting.

14.) Use appropriate intonation when speaking and interacting with others.

1.) Demonstrate phonological skills, including manipulating sounds and words of the English language and identifying syllables in two- and three-syllable words.

2.) Apply phonetic strategies to decode unfamiliar and multisyllable words using graphophonemic clues and letter-sound correspondences, including diphthongs and digraphs.

3.) Exhibit vocabulary skills, including explaining simple common antonyms and synonyms and using descriptive words.

4.) Demonstrate comprehension of second-grade reading materials across the curriculum, including drawing simple conclusions, classifying ideas and things, identifying sequence, and retelling directions and information from informational and functional reading materials.

5.) Read with fluency passages containing complex sentences.

6.) Differentiate among folktales, tall tales, fables, realistic fiction, and other narrative texts.

7.) Explain how authors use text features to identify key and supporting ideas in informational texts.

8.) Organize sentences into a paragraph to address a topic or tell a story.

9.) Demonstrate correct use of question marks and capitalization of names, months, days of the week, and holidays in written expression.

10.) Use concrete nouns and action verbs in written communication.

11.) Write words and sentences legibly with proper spacing in manuscript.

12.) Utilize research skills to collect and record information on a specific topic.

13.) Locate information in reference material using alphabetical order.

14.) Respond to various types of literature read aloud.

15.) Select appropriate voice tone, gestures, and facial expression to enhance meaning.

1.) Apply advanced phonetic analysis to multiple-syllable words, including consonants, short vowels, blends, long vowel markers, and r-controlled vowels.

2.) Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge of compound words.

3.) Use a wide range of strategies, including using context clues and predicting outcomes, to comprehend third-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.

4.) Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including retelling information, using context clues, and making inferences to identify main idea, to comprehend third-grade informational and functional reading materials.

5.) Compare poetry, folktales, and fables in respect to their genre characteristics.

6.) Recognize linguistic and cultural similarities and differences in multicultural literature.

7.) Compare fictional characters and events to real-life experiences.

8.) Use text features to guide interpretation of expository texts, including italics, headings, maps, and charts.

9.) Compose narrative texts using an introductory paragraph, specific time frames, clear sequencing of events, and a conclusion.

10.) Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of proper nouns and titles of people and appropriate end marks, abbreviations, and commas with dates.

11.) Recognize nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and adjectives in written texts.

12.) Demonstrate retrieval skills needed to research a topic.

13.) Demonstrate the ability to follow multistep oral directions.

14.) Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with oral narrative presentations.

1.) Demonstrate word recognition skills, including structural analysis.

2.) Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including recognition of a variety of synonyms and antonyms.

3.) Use a wide range of strategies, including distinguishing fiction from nonfiction and making inferences, to comprehend fourth-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.

4.) Identify literary elements and devices, including characters, important details, and similes, in recreational reading materials and details in informational reading materials.

5.) Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including using sentence structure, locating information, and distinguishing fact from fiction, to comprehend fourth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

6.) Compare the genre characteristics of tall tales, fantasy, myths, and legends, including multicultural literature.

7.) Compare story elements and the experiences and feelings of literary characters to students' lives.

8.) Compose descriptive texts using an introductory paragraph, sensory details, vivid language, and a conclusion.

9.) Respond in writing to open-ended questions.

10.) Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of business and friendly letter parts and envelope addresses and use of punctuation, including apostrophe with contractions; underlining or italicizing of book titles; and commas to separate items in a series and in a physical address.

11.) Demonstrate knowledge of subject-verb agreement with simple subjects and correct usage of regular and irregular verb forms.

12.) Organize information on a specific topic obtained from grade-appropriate reference materials.

13.) Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with descriptive presentations.

14.) Identify strategies of a skillful listener, including attending to the listening task and assigning meaning to the message.

1.) Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including recognition of multiple-meaning words.

2.) Use a range of strategies, including drawing conclusions such as opinions about characters based on their actions and summarizing passages, to comprehend fifth-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.

3.) Recognize the use and effect of literary elements and devices, including setting, character traits, stated purpose, metaphors, and simple symbolism to gain information from various text formats, including tables and charts.

4.) Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including using text features to gain meaning, summarizing passages, and drawing conclusions, to comprehend fifth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

5.) Compare the genre characteristics of autobiographies, biographies, and historical fiction, including multicultural literature.

6.) Use text features, including indexes, tables, and appendixes, to guide interpretation of expository texts.

7.) Compose expository texts using an introductory paragraph that includes a main idea; supporting paragraphs with a minimum of three reasons, explanations, or steps in a process; and a conclusion.

8.) Express meaning through writing varied sentence structure, detailed paragraphs, and multi-paragraph compositions in an organized manner.

9.) Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of first word in a direct quotation and use of punctuation, including quotation marks and comma with direct quotations, colon to introduce a list, and commas after introductory words, with a noun of direct address, and in a compound sentence.

10.) Demonstrate knowledge of grammar and usage concepts, including subject-verb agreement with a compound subject; present, past, and future verb tenses; forms of adjectives; forms of nouns; and subject, object, and possessive pronouns.

11.) Use search strategies in the research process to identify reliable current resources and computer technology to locate information.

12.) Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with expository presentations.

13.) Apply strategies of a skillful listener, including maintaining eye contact, attending to the listening task, and assigning meaning to the message.

1.) Apply strategies, including making complex predictions, interpreting characters' behaviors, and comparing and contrasting, to comprehend sixth-grade recreational reading materials.

2.) Interpret literary elements and devices, including implied main idea, conflict, and personification.

3.) Apply strategies that include making complex predictions, identifying the likely source of a text, and comparing to comprehend sixth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

4.) Recognize the use of text elements, including implied main idea, explicit cause-effect relationships, and persuasive techniques, in sixth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

5.) Analyze short stories, novels, plays, myths, and nonfiction materials for distinguishing characteristics.

6.) Identify the author's purpose as entertainment, information, or persuasion in selected works.

7.) Identify examples of literary selections that illustrate linguistic and cultural diversity.

8.) Compose in persuasive mode for a specific purpose and audience, including clearly stated opinions with supporting details and reasons or examples to influence thought or action.

9.) Utilize vocabulary and spelling skills, including using homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms in writing.

10.) Use punctuation correctly in writing, including apostrophes to show possession and semicolons joining two independent clauses.

11.) Apply the rules governing capitalization of proper adjectives, map directions and regions of the country, seasons, titles, words showing family relationships, subjects and courses, and divided quotations.

12.) Apply grammar conventions in writing with consistent verb tense; nominative, objective, and possessive pronouns; and subject-verb agreement when interrupted by a prepositional phrase.

13.) Utilize resource materials for supporting evidence in compositions.

14.) Use organizing and paraphrasing in the research process.

15.) Recognize speech forms including dialects and idioms.

16.) Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with persuasive presentations.

17.) Use listening skills for remembering significant details, directions, and sequences.

1.) Apply strategies appropriate to the type of reading material, including setting purposes for reading and making generalizations, to comprehend seventh-grade recreational reading materials.

2.) Relate literary elements and devices to each other, including main idea and supporting details, climax, point of view, and imagery.

3.) Distinguish among the major genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, plays, biographies, and autobiographies, and subgenres, such as folktales, myths, parables, fables, and science fiction, based on their characteristics.

4.) Apply strategies that include setting purposes for reading, distinguishing fact from opinion, making generalizations, and reviewing to comprehend informational and functional reading materials.

5.) Recognize the use of textual elements, including main idea and supporting details, to gain information from various text formats, including graphs.

6.) Analyze nonfiction, science fiction, mystery or suspense, fantasy, and adventure for distinguishing characteristics.

7.) Interpret the author's message in various literary, informational, and functional texts.

8.) Compare selections of culturally diverse literature and their characteristics.

9.) Compose in descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes with a thesis sentence and introductory, supporting, and concluding paragraphs when appropriate.

10.) Apply mechanics in writing, including commas to set off nouns of address and following introductory phrases and clauses.

11.) Apply grammar conventions in writing to pronoun-antecedent agreement and to subject-verb agreement with inverted word order and with indefinite pronouns as subjects.

12.) Cite sources used in the research process.

13.) Apply steps in the research process to identify a problem or issue, locate resources and information, and present findings.

14.) Present findings from inquiry and research using a variety of resources.

15.) Demonstrate listening skills, including identifying the main idea, detail, purpose, and bias in group discussions, public speeches, and media messages.

1.) Apply strategies, including making inferences to determine theme, confirming or refuting predictions, and using specific context clues, to comprehend eighth-grade recreational reading materials.

2.) Evaluate the impact of setting, mood, and characterization on theme in specific literary selections.

3.) Distinguish among the subcategories of poetry, such as ballads, lyric poems, epics, haiku, and limericks, based on their characteristics.

4.) Apply strategies appropriate to type of reading material, including making inferences to determine bias or theme and using specific context clues, to comprehend eighth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

5.) Explain distinguishing characteristics of odes, ballads, epic poetry, historical documents, essays, letters to the editor, and editorials.

6.) Analyze works of literature for character motivation, mood, tone, theme, similarities across texts, and literary devices.

7.) Compose a business letter, including heading, inside address, salutation, body, closing, and signature.

8.) Write in narrative, expository, and persuasive modes with attention to descriptive elements.

9.) Apply mechanics in writing, including punctuating titles using quotation marks, underlining, or italics and using semicolons, conjunctive adverbs, and commas to join two independent clauses or to correct run-on sentences.

10.) Use prepositional phrases and compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to vary sentence structure.

11.) Write sentence patterns common to English construction.

12.) Identify the correct use of degrees of comparison, adjectives and adverb forms, subject-verb agreement with collective nouns when verb forms depend on the rest of the sentence and with compound subjects, including those joined by or with the second element as singular or plural.

13.) Combine all aspects of the research process to compose a report.

14.) Identify characteristics of spoken formal and informal language.

1.) Identify genre, tone, and plot in short stories, drama, and poetry and identify organizational structure in essays and other nonfiction text to comprehend recreational reading materials.

2.) Compare the use of language and literary elements and devices, including rhythm, rhyme scheme, tone, and plot, in various selections, cultures, and genres.

3.) Read with comprehension a variety of ninth-grade informational and functional reading materials, including recognizing tone and propaganda.

4.) Identify literary components that contribute to authors' styles.

5.) Identify persuasive strategies, including propaganda, in world literature selections.

6.) Determine word meaning in world literature selections using word analysis and context clues.

7.) Write in narrative, expository, and persuasive modes using figurative language and imagery, including simile and metaphor, when effective and appropriate.

8.) Critique paragraphs for logical progression of sentences.

9.) Identify factors that influence the development of language.

10.) Determine correct use of commas with appositives and within direct quotations, colons to introduce lists, semicolons with a series of elements separated by commas, and punctuation for a divided quotation.

11.) Identify correct use of parallel words; incorrect verb tense shifts within sentences; correct number and tense in verb forms, including regular and irregular verbs; and correct forms of compound nouns, including singular, plural, and possessive forms.

12.) Apply the correct use of subject-verb agreement with collective nouns when verb forms depend on the rest of the sentence; with compound subjects, including those joined by or with the second element as singular or plural; and with the subjunctive mood.

13.) Demonstrate paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing of primary and secondary sources and various methods of note taking.

14.) Use the research process to locate, select, retrieve, evaluate, and organize information to support a thesis on a nonliterary topic.

15.) Identify persuasive strategies in oral and visual presentations.

16.) Evaluate a speech for use of presentation skills, including use of visual aids.

17.) Use supporting details to present a position and to respond to an argument.

1.) Apply both literal and inferential comprehension strategies, including drawing conclusions and making inferences about characters, motives, intentions, and attitudes in short stories, drama, poetry, novels, and essays and other nonfiction texts.

2.) Identify and interpret literary elements and devices, including analogy, personification, and implied purpose.

3.) Read with literal and inferential comprehension a variety of informational and functional reading materials, including making inferences about effects when passage provides cause; inferring cause when passage provides effect; making inferences, decisions, and predictions from tables, charts, and other text features; and identifying the outcome or product of a set of directions.

4.) Recognize fallacious or illogical thought in essays, editorials, and other informational texts.

5.) Compare literary components of various pre-twentieth century American authors' styles.

6.) Determine word meaning in pre-twentieth century American literature using word structure and context clues.

7.) Write in persuasive, expository, and narrative modes using an abbreviated writing process in timed and untimed situations.

8.) Write in a variety of genres for various audiences and occasions, both formal and informal, using an attention-getting opening and an effective conclusion.

9.) Apply principles of Standard English by adjusting vocabulary and style for the occasion.

10.) Justify a thesis statement with supporting details from American literature prior to the twentieth century.

11.) Demonstrate correct use of commas with parenthetical expressions and after introductory adverbial clauses and correct use of semicolons before conjunctive adverbs and in compound sentences with no conjunction.

12.) Demonstrate correct use of singular and plural collective nouns and words with alternate accepted forms; pronoun-antecedent agreement in number and gender; and nominative, objective, and possessive pronoun cases.

13.) Apply the correct use of subject-verb agreement with singular and plural subjects, including subjects compound in form and singular in meaning and subjects plural in form and singular in meaning; intervening prepositional and appositive phrases; and correlative conjunctions.

14.) Edit for incorrect shifts in verb tense in paragraphs, use of verbals, use of dangling participles and misplaced modifiers, and parallelism in phrases.

15.) Use the research process to document and organize information to support a thesis on a literary or nonliterary topic.

16.) Explain the purpose and benefits of using predicting, summarizing, underlining, outlining, note taking, and reviewing as part of personal study skills.

17.) Critique oral and visual presentations for fallacies in logic.

1.) Analyze authors' use of literary elements including characterization, theme, tone, setting, mood, plot, and literary point of view, in American short stories, drama, poetry, or essays and other nonfiction literature, predominantly from 1900 to the present.

2.) Analyze use of figurative language and literary devices, including hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, and other imagery, to enhance specific literary passages.

3.) Read with comprehension a variety of informational and functional reading materials, including recognizing organizational patterns, evaluating strengths and weaknesses of argument, and identifying directions implied or embedded in a passage.

4.) Analyze twentieth and twenty-first century American literary selections for plot structure, cultural significance, and use of propaganda.

5.) Evaluate twentieth and twenty-first century American authors' use of language, including length and complexity of sentences, diction, and Standard English versus dialect.

6.) Determine word meaning in twentieth and twenty-first century American literature using word structure and context clues.

7.) Compare the writing styles of two or more American authors or public figures.

8.) Write the text for an oral presentation with attention to word choice, organizational patterns, transitional devices, and tone.

9.) Analyze writing for parallelism in literary selections and student writing.

10.) Edit writings, including student papers, for correct parallel form in clauses in a series and with correlative conjunctions and for correct use of subject-verb agreement with subjects with intervening phrases; subjects with collective nouns; subjects with indefinite pronouns when the verb form depends on the rest of the sentence; and subjects in sentences with correlative conjunctions or in inverted order.

11.) Differentiate between the use of active and passive voice.

12.) Use the research process to manage, document, organize, and present information to support a thesis on a literary topic.

13.) Compare the use of oral presentation skills of self and others.

14.) Identify propaganda in nonprint media.

1.) Compare organizational structure, figurative language, and literary devices, including use of paradox, among predominantly British short stories, drama, poetry, essays, and other nonfiction literature.

2.) Read with comprehension a variety of informational and functional reading materials, including comparing bias and persuasive techniques in passages.

3.) Analyze British literature for style, audience appeal, cultural significance, and plot structure.

4.) Identify literary elements in British literary selections from various genres.

5.) Determine word meaning in British literature using word structure and context clues.

6.) Compare the writing styles of two or more British authors.

7.) Write for a variety of purposes including critical essays on literary topics, college application essays, résumé cover letters, and résumés.

8.) Demonstrate appropriate use of ellipses, parentheses, hyphens and suspended hyphens, hyphenation of number-and-noun modifiers, slashes, and use of commas with subordinate clauses and nominative absolutes.

9.) Revise drafts to increase sentence complexity.

10.) Use the research process to manage, document, organize, and present information to support a thesis on a teacher-approved topic of student interest.

11.) Critique visual communication for effectiveness.

12.) Evaluate oral presentation skills of self and others for effectiveness.

13.) Analyze nonprint media for use of propaganda.