Back to Writing RIT Above 231:• Labels the parts of speech in simple sentences
• Uses complex sentences & adjective clauses, appositive phrases, adverb clauses, and adverb phrases, in written compositions• Uses compound nouns appropriately in written compositions & compound personal pronouns correctly in written compositions & irregular verbs
• Uses future perfect tense verbs in written compositions & past perfect and present perfect tense verbs in written compositions
• Uses passive voice in written compositions
• Uses correct agreement within sentences singular indefinite pronouns and delayed subjects in simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Uses participles, gerunds, participial phrases, gerund phrases, infinitives, and infinitive phrases, in written compositions
• Identifies compound-complex sentences & adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and adverb phrases in written compositions • Identifies nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & compound personal pronouns in written compositions & passive voice
• Identifies correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions & present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect, tense verbs
• Identifies participles, gerunds, participial phrases, gerund phrases, infinitives, infinitive phrases, in written compositions
• Locates possessive nouns in written compositions• Applies irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions • Recognizes objective case pronouns in written compositions
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice
VOCABULARY: • Appositive, • Objective pronoun
RIT 221-230:• Identifies the predicate of a sentence in writing & adjective clauses, appositive phrases, adverb clauses, and adverb phrases in written compositions
• Identifies complete sentences in writing & independent and dependent clauses & compound-complex sentences & active voice and passive voice
• Identifies nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & compound nouns in written compositions
• Identifies compound personal pronouns in written compositions & correct usage of third person pronouns in writing
• Identifies correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions & present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tense verbs
• Identifies correct subject-verb agreement with singular indefinite pronouns and delayed subjects in simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Identifies correct verb forms in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Identifies prepositions, participles, gerund phrases, infinitives, and infinitive phrases in written compositions
• Identifies comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions
• Selects the correct predicate to complete a sentence
• Labels the parts of speech in simple sentences
• Uses complex sentences & future perfect, past perfect, and present perfect tense verbs in written compositions & irregular verbs
• Uses adjective clauses, appositive phrases, adverb clauses, adverb phrases, compound nouns, and compound personal pronouns in written compositions
• Uses active and passive voice in written compositions & comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions
• Uses correct agreement within sentences singular indefinite pronouns and delayed subjects in simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Uses participles, gerunds,participial phrases, gerund phrases,infinitives, and infinitive phrases in written compositions
• Uses comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er) & prepositions in written phrases
• Uses the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst)
• Locates prepositional phrases in written text & possessive nouns in written compositions & adverbs in written compositions
• Forms the plural of nouns based on Latin and Greek roots
• Applies irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Applies the use of negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes correct usage of reflexive and intensive pronouns in written compositions (e.g., myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves)
• Evaluates sentences for correct usage of irregular verbs
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice
VOCABULARY: • Allegory, • Infinitive, • Predicate noun, • Reflexive pronoun RIT 211-220:• Identifies the subject of a sentence in writing & sentence fragments in writing & a complete sentence in writing & simple and compound sentences
• Identifies declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences in written compositions & verb phrases in written compositions & proper nouns
• Identifies adverb clauses in written text & prepositional phrases & the nominative and objective case of a noun in written compositions
• Identifies possessive and abstract nouns in written compositions & irregular nouns in written compositions & participles and participial phrases
• Identifies possessive pronouns in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
• Identifies objective case pronouns (e.g., me, you, him, her, it, us, them) & personal pronouns in written compositions & verbs in text
• Identifies correct usage of reflexive and intensive pronouns in written compositions (e.g., myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves)
• Identifies correct usage of third person pronouns in written compositions & pronouns that agree in person and gender with their antecedent • Identifies correct usage of irregular verbs in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Identifies correct agreement in sentences with singular indefinite pronouns and when the subject comes after the verb & prepositions in written phrases
• Identifies comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions & interjections and conjunctions in written compositions • Selects the correct subject and predicate to complete a sentence
• Uses simple sentences & conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., for, so, although) & complex sentences in written compositions
• Uses compound-complex sentences to expand ideas & verb and prepositional phrases in written compositions & verbs in text
• Uses the nominative, objective, and possessive case of a noun in written compositions & linking and irregular verbs in written compositions
• Uses proper nouns & irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns in written compositions
• Uses objective case pronouns correctly in written compositions & pronouns that agree in number, person and gender with their antecedent
• Uses the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions & adjectives in written compositions to describe a specific noun
• Uses comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er) & comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions
• Uses the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst) & negatives in written compositions
• Uses interjections appropriately in written compositions & conjunctions in written compositions & prepositions in written phrases • Labels the parts of speech found in simple sentences
• Applies adverb clauses in written compositions & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & possessive pronouns in written compositions• Applies the appropriate pronoun to replace a noun in written compositions & personal pronouns in written compositions
• Applies the use of negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & correct usage of verbs in past and future tense forms
• Recognizes correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom)
• Recognizes the incorrect usage of double negatives in written compositions
• Locates pronouns and adverbs in written compositions & pronouns that agree in number with their antecedent
• Determines the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice in writing
VOCABULARY: • Participial, • Participle, • Present participle
RIT 201-210:• Selects the correct subject and predicate to complete a sentence & a pronoun to correctly complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Converts clauses, phrases, and sentence fragments into complete sentences
• Identifies the subject of a sentence in writing & a complete sentence in writing & simple and compound sentences & prepositional phrases
• Identifies declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences in written compositions & verb phrases in written compositions
• Identifies adverb clauses in written text & the nominative and objective case of a noun in written compositions & proper nouns
• Identifies possessive, abstract, and irregular nouns in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
• Identifies possessive pronouns in written compositions & objective case pronouns (e.g., me, you, him, her, it, us, them) & third person pronouns
• Identifies correct usage of reflexive and intensive pronouns in written compositions (e.g., myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves)
• Identifies personal pronouns in written compositions & correct usage of third person pronouns in written compositions
• Identifies pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) and in person and gender with their antecedent
• Identifies correct usage of irregular verbs in written compositions & interjections, conjunctions,and prepositions in written compositions
• Identifies correct agreement in sentences with singular indefinite pronouns and when the subject comes after the verb
• Identifies comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er) & comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions • Uses simple sentences & conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., for, so, although) & complex sentences in written compositions
• Uses compound-complex sentences to expand ideas & verb phrases in written compositions & linking verbs in written compositions
• Uses the nominative, possessive, and objective case of a noun in written compositions & irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions
• Uses proper nouns & subjective (nominative) pronouns in written compositions & objective case pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Uses pronouns that agree in number with their antecedent & pronouns that agree in person and gender with their antecedent
• Uses verbs in text & the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions & irregular verbs in written compositions
• Uses correct agreement in sentences with singular indefinite pronouns and when the subject comes after the verb & conjunctions in written compositions
• Uses adjectives in written compositions to describe a specific noun & comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Uses the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst) & prepositions in written phrases
• Uses comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions & interjections appropriately in written compositions
• Labels the parts of speech found in simple sentences
• Applies adverb clauses in written compositions & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & possessive pronouns in written compositions
• Applies the appropriate pronoun to replace a noun in written compositions & personal pronouns in written compositions
• Applies most or least to create superlative adjectives in written compositions & the use of negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & the incorrect usage of double negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom)
• Recognizes correct usage of verbs in present tense forms, past tense forms, and future tense forms
• Locates pronouns in written compositions & pronouns that agree in number with their antecedent
• Locates the antecedent of a subjective pronoun & adverbs in written compositions
• Determines the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice in writing
VOCABULARY: • Abstract, • Active voice, • Adjective clause, • Adjective phrase, • Adverb clause, • Antecedent, • Common noun,
• Complex sentence, • Compound-complex sentence, • Conjunction, • Declarative sentence, • Dependent clause, • Direct object, • Gerund,
• Independent clause, • Infinitive phrase, • Interrogative sentence, • Irregular verb, • Linking verb, • Main verb, • Modifier, • Noun clause,
• Noun phrase, • Participial phrase, • Plural possessive, • Preposition, • Prepositional phrase, • Present tense, • Subordinate clause, • Transition
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: • ‘ Apostrophe, • , Comma
RIT 191-200:• Identifies the subject and the predicate in a sentence & predicate adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions in written compositions
• Identifies complete, declarative, interrogative, and simple sentences (one independent clause) sentences in a written composition
• Identifies compound sentences (two or more sentences joined by a conjunction) & first person and second person pronouns
• Identifies common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & proper nouns, irregular nouns, and pronouns in written compositions • Identifies action, regular, and irregular verbs in written compositions & present tense, past tense, and future tense verbs
• Selects a subject and a predicate to complete a sentence
• Distinguishes between the subject and the predicate of a sentence
• Converts clauses, phrases, and sentence fragments into complete sentences
• Uses exclamatory, imperative, declarative, interrogative, and simple sentences sentences in written compositions
• Uses conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., and, but, yet) & verb phrases correctly in written compositions
• Uses adverb clauses in written compositions & common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Uses proper nouns in written compositions & irregular nouns appropriately in writing & possessive pronouns in written compositions
• Uses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositions & first person pronouns in written compositions
• Uses the pronoun "I" correctly with compound subjects & relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom)
• Uses pronouns that agree in person (first person, second person, third person) and gender with their antecedent & verbs in written compositions • Uses auxiliary, regular, irregular, present tense, past tense, and adjectives, verbs in written compositions
• Uses correct subject-verb agreement in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Uses predicate adjectives in written compositions & most or least to create the superlative form of an adjective
• Uses adverbs to make comparisons in written compositions & negatives correctly in written compositions
• Recognizes sentences that show strong feeling (exclamatory sentences) & sentences that are commands or directions (imperative sentences)
• Recognizes prepositional phrases & possessive pronouns in written compositions & correct usage of linking verbs• Recognizes correct usage of second and third person pronouns in written compositions & the antecedent of a subjective (nominative) pronoun
• Recognizes words in a sentence that describe a noun (adjectives) & correct subject-verb agreement & adverbs in written compositions
• Chooses a pronoun to correctly complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Applies pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & the superlative form of an adjective in written compositions
• Applies the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst)
VOCABULARY: • Clause, • Future tense, • Interjection, • Main clause, • Part of speech, • Predicate, • Simple sentence
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: • ! Exclamation point, • . period
RIT 181-190:• Selects a subject and a predicate to complete a sentence
• Identifies complete sentences in a written composition & declarative and interrogative sentences & proper nouns in written compositions
• Identifies compound sentences (two or more sentences joined by a conjunction) & common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Identifies irregular nouns and pronouns in writing & first person and second person pronouns
• Identifies pronouns that agree in person (first person, second person, third person) and gender with their
• Identifies action, regular, present tense, and past tense verbs in written compositions
• Identifies predicate adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions in written compositions
• Uses exclamatory, imperative, declarative, interrogative, and simple sentences in written compositions
• Uses conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., and, but, yet) & verb phrases correctly in written compositions & • Uses proper nouns in written compositions & common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Uses irregular nouns appropriately in writing & possessive pronouns in writing and written compositions
• Uses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositions & first person pronouns in written compositions
• Uses reflexive pronouns correctly in written compositions & reflexive and intensive pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Uses relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom) & the pronoun "I" correctly with compound subjects
• Uses pronouns that agree in person (first person, second person, third person) and gender with their antecedent
• Uses linking, auxiliary, regular, irregular, present tense, past tense, and future tense verbs correctly in written compositions
• Uses correct subject-verb agreement and adjectives in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er) • Uses predicate adjectives in written compositions & negatives correctly in written compositions
• Recognizes sentences that show strong feeling (exclamatory sentences) & prepositional phrases & adverbs in written compositions
• Recognizes sentences that are commands or directions (imperative sentences) & possessive pronouns in written compositions• Recognizes correct usage of second person and third person pronouns in written compositions
• Recognizes the antecedent of a subjective (nominative) pronoun & correct subject-verb agreement
• Chooses a pronoun to correctly complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Applies pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & the superlative form of an adjective in written compositions
VOCABULARY: • Adverb, • Compound sentence, • Description, • Exclamatory sentence, • Explanation, • Grammar, • Plural, • Proper noun,
• Quotation, • Run-on sentence, • Singular, • Subject-verb agreement, • Tense, • Verb phrase, • When
RIT 171-180:• Selects an appropriate subject and predicate to complete a sentence & an adjective to modify a noun in a sentence
• Selects the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Identifies complete sentences in written compositions & sentences that make statements (declarative sentences)
• Identifies sentences that ask questions (interrogative sentences) & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Identifies the antecedent of a subjective (nominative)pronoun & action verbs in writing & regular verbs • Identifies words in a sentence that describe a noun (adjectives)
• Identifies words that answer when, where, why, how, how often and how much questions in written compositions (adverbs)
• Recognizes interrogative sentences as the correct form
• Uses verb phrases correctly in writing & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & possessive pronouns in writing
• Uses irregular nouns in written compositions (e.g., fish, deer, sheep) & the pronoun "I" correctly in compound subjects
• Uses pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & linking verbs correctly in writing
• Uses auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) correctly in writing & regular verbs & irregular verbs in writing & correct subject-verb agreement
• Uses verbs to indicate action in the present , in the past, and in the future
• Uses the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions
• Applies objective case pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Chooses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositionsVOCABULARY: • Action verb, • Past tense
RIT 161-170:• Selects an appropriate subject and predicate to complete a sentence & an adjective to modify a noun in a sentence
• Selects the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Identifies complete sentences in written compositions & sentences that ask questions (interrogative sentences)• Identifies nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & words that answer when, where, why, how, how often and how much questions in written
• Uses verb phrases correctly in writing & pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & linking verbs correctly in writing • Uses auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) correctly in writing & action verbs in written compositions & regular verbs & irregular verbs in writing
• Uses correct subject-verb agreement & the comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions
• Chooses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositions
VOCABULARY: • Command, • Comparative, • Exclamation, • Noun, • Question, • Sentence fragment, • Superlative, • Where, • Word order
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: • ? Question mark RIT Below 161:• Uses linking verbs correctly in writing & regular verbs
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RIT Above 231:• Labels the parts of speech in simple sentences
• Uses complex sentences & adjective clauses, appositive phrases, adverb clauses, and adverb phrases, in written compositions• Uses compound nouns appropriately in written compositions & compound personal pronouns correctly in written compositions & irregular verbs
• Uses future perfect tense verbs in written compositions & past perfect and present perfect tense verbs in written compositions
• Uses passive voice in written compositions
• Uses correct agreement within sentences singular indefinite pronouns and delayed subjects in simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Uses participles, gerunds, participial phrases, gerund phrases, infinitives, and infinitive phrases, in written compositions
• Identifies compound-complex sentences & adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and adverb phrases in written compositions
• Identifies nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & compound personal pronouns in written compositions & passive voice
• Identifies correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions & present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect, tense verbs
• Identifies participles, gerunds, participial phrases, gerund phrases, infinitives, infinitive phrases, in written compositions
• Locates possessive nouns in written compositions• Applies irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions
• Recognizes objective case pronouns in written compositions
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice
VOCABULARY: • Appositive, • Objective pronoun
RIT 221-230:• Identifies the predicate of a sentence in writing & adjective clauses, appositive phrases, adverb clauses, and adverb phrases in written compositions
• Identifies complete sentences in writing & independent and dependent clauses & compound-complex sentences & active voice and passive voice
• Identifies nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & compound nouns in written compositions
• Identifies compound personal pronouns in written compositions & correct usage of third person pronouns in writing
• Identifies correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions & present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tense verbs
• Identifies correct subject-verb agreement with singular indefinite pronouns and delayed subjects in simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Identifies correct verb forms in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Identifies prepositions, participles, gerund phrases, infinitives, and infinitive phrases in written compositions
• Identifies comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions
• Selects the correct predicate to complete a sentence
• Labels the parts of speech in simple sentences
• Uses complex sentences & future perfect, past perfect, and present perfect tense verbs in written compositions & irregular verbs
• Uses adjective clauses, appositive phrases, adverb clauses, adverb phrases, compound nouns, and compound personal pronouns in written compositions
• Uses active and passive voice in written compositions & comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions
• Uses correct agreement within sentences singular indefinite pronouns and delayed subjects in simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Uses participles, gerunds,participial phrases, gerund phrases,infinitives, and infinitive phrases in written compositions
• Uses comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er) & prepositions in written phrases
• Uses the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst)
• Locates prepositional phrases in written text & possessive nouns in written compositions & adverbs in written compositions
• Forms the plural of nouns based on Latin and Greek roots
• Applies irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Applies the use of negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes correct usage of reflexive and intensive pronouns in written compositions (e.g., myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves)
• Evaluates sentences for correct usage of irregular verbs
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice
VOCABULARY: • Allegory, • Infinitive, • Predicate noun, • Reflexive pronoun
RIT 211-220:• Identifies the subject of a sentence in writing & sentence fragments in writing & a complete sentence in writing & simple and compound sentences
• Identifies declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences in written compositions & verb phrases in written compositions & proper nouns
• Identifies adverb clauses in written text & prepositional phrases & the nominative and objective case of a noun in written compositions
• Identifies possessive and abstract nouns in written compositions & irregular nouns in written compositions & participles and participial phrases
• Identifies possessive pronouns in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
• Identifies objective case pronouns (e.g., me, you, him, her, it, us, them) & personal pronouns in written compositions & verbs in text
• Identifies correct usage of reflexive and intensive pronouns in written compositions (e.g., myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves)
• Identifies correct usage of third person pronouns in written compositions & pronouns that agree in person and gender with their antecedent
• Identifies correct usage of irregular verbs in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Identifies correct agreement in sentences with singular indefinite pronouns and when the subject comes after the verb & prepositions in written phrases
• Identifies comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions & interjections and conjunctions in written compositions
• Selects the correct subject and predicate to complete a sentence
• Uses simple sentences & conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., for, so, although) & complex sentences in written compositions
• Uses compound-complex sentences to expand ideas & verb and prepositional phrases in written compositions & verbs in text
• Uses the nominative, objective, and possessive case of a noun in written compositions & linking and irregular verbs in written compositions
• Uses proper nouns & irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns in written compositions
• Uses objective case pronouns correctly in written compositions & pronouns that agree in number, person and gender with their antecedent
• Uses the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions & adjectives in written compositions to describe a specific noun
• Uses comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er) & comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions
• Uses the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst) & negatives in written compositions
• Uses interjections appropriately in written compositions & conjunctions in written compositions & prepositions in written phrases
• Labels the parts of speech found in simple sentences
• Applies adverb clauses in written compositions & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & possessive pronouns in written compositions• Applies the appropriate pronoun to replace a noun in written compositions & personal pronouns in written compositions
• Applies the use of negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & correct usage of verbs in past and future tense forms
• Recognizes correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom)
• Recognizes the incorrect usage of double negatives in written compositions
• Locates pronouns and adverbs in written compositions & pronouns that agree in number with their antecedent
• Determines the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice in writing
VOCABULARY: • Participial, • Participle, • Present participle
RIT 201-210:• Selects the correct subject and predicate to complete a sentence & a pronoun to correctly complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Converts clauses, phrases, and sentence fragments into complete sentences
• Identifies the subject of a sentence in writing & a complete sentence in writing & simple and compound sentences & prepositional phrases
• Identifies declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences in written compositions & verb phrases in written compositions
• Identifies adverb clauses in written text & the nominative and objective case of a noun in written compositions & proper nouns
• Identifies possessive, abstract, and irregular nouns in written compositions & subjective (nominative) pronouns (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
• Identifies possessive pronouns in written compositions & objective case pronouns (e.g., me, you, him, her, it, us, them) & third person pronouns
• Identifies correct usage of reflexive and intensive pronouns in written compositions (e.g., myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves)
• Identifies personal pronouns in written compositions & correct usage of third person pronouns in written compositions
• Identifies pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) and in person and gender with their antecedent
• Identifies correct usage of irregular verbs in written compositions & interjections, conjunctions,and prepositions in written compositions
• Identifies correct agreement in sentences with singular indefinite pronouns and when the subject comes after the verb
• Identifies comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er) & comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions
• Uses simple sentences & conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., for, so, although) & complex sentences in written compositions
• Uses compound-complex sentences to expand ideas & verb phrases in written compositions & linking verbs in written compositions
• Uses the nominative, possessive, and objective case of a noun in written compositions & irregular nouns appropriately in written compositions
• Uses proper nouns & subjective (nominative) pronouns in written compositions & objective case pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Uses pronouns that agree in number with their antecedent & pronouns that agree in person and gender with their antecedent
• Uses verbs in text & the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions & irregular verbs in written compositions
• Uses correct agreement in sentences with singular indefinite pronouns and when the subject comes after the verb & conjunctions in written compositions
• Uses adjectives in written compositions to describe a specific noun & comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Uses the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst) & prepositions in written phrases
• Uses comparative and superlative adverbs in written compositions & interjections appropriately in written compositions
• Labels the parts of speech found in simple sentences
• Applies adverb clauses in written compositions & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & possessive pronouns in written compositions
• Applies the appropriate pronoun to replace a noun in written compositions & personal pronouns in written compositions
• Applies most or least to create superlative adjectives in written compositions & the use of negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & the incorrect usage of double negatives in written compositions
• Recognizes correct usage of relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom)
• Recognizes correct usage of verbs in present tense forms, past tense forms, and future tense forms
• Locates pronouns in written compositions & pronouns that agree in number with their antecedent
• Locates the antecedent of a subjective pronoun & adverbs in written compositions
• Determines the correct form of regular verbs in written compositions
• Distinguishes between active and passive voice in writing
VOCABULARY: • Abstract, • Active voice, • Adjective clause, • Adjective phrase, • Adverb clause, • Antecedent, • Common noun,
• Complex sentence, • Compound-complex sentence, • Conjunction, • Declarative sentence, • Dependent clause, • Direct object, • Gerund,
• Independent clause, • Infinitive phrase, • Interrogative sentence, • Irregular verb, • Linking verb, • Main verb, • Modifier, • Noun clause,
• Noun phrase, • Participial phrase, • Plural possessive, • Preposition, • Prepositional phrase, • Present tense, • Subordinate clause, • Transition
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: • ‘ Apostrophe, • , Comma
RIT 191-200:• Identifies the subject and the predicate in a sentence & predicate adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions in written compositions
• Identifies complete, declarative, interrogative, and simple sentences (one independent clause) sentences in a written composition
• Identifies compound sentences (two or more sentences joined by a conjunction) & first person and second person pronouns
• Identifies common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & proper nouns, irregular nouns, and pronouns in written compositions
• Identifies action, regular, and irregular verbs in written compositions & present tense, past tense, and future tense verbs
• Selects a subject and a predicate to complete a sentence
• Distinguishes between the subject and the predicate of a sentence
• Converts clauses, phrases, and sentence fragments into complete sentences
• Uses exclamatory, imperative, declarative, interrogative, and simple sentences sentences in written compositions
• Uses conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., and, but, yet) & verb phrases correctly in written compositions
• Uses adverb clauses in written compositions & common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Uses proper nouns in written compositions & irregular nouns appropriately in writing & possessive pronouns in written compositions
• Uses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositions & first person pronouns in written compositions
• Uses the pronoun "I" correctly with compound subjects & relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom)
• Uses pronouns that agree in person (first person, second person, third person) and gender with their antecedent & verbs in written compositions
• Uses auxiliary, regular, irregular, present tense, past tense, and adjectives, verbs in written compositions
• Uses correct subject-verb agreement in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Uses predicate adjectives in written compositions & most or least to create the superlative form of an adjective
• Uses adverbs to make comparisons in written compositions & negatives correctly in written compositions
• Recognizes sentences that show strong feeling (exclamatory sentences) & sentences that are commands or directions (imperative sentences)
• Recognizes prepositional phrases & possessive pronouns in written compositions & correct usage of linking verbs• Recognizes correct usage of second and third person pronouns in written compositions & the antecedent of a subjective (nominative) pronoun
• Recognizes words in a sentence that describe a noun (adjectives) & correct subject-verb agreement & adverbs in written compositions
• Chooses a pronoun to correctly complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Applies pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & the superlative form of an adjective in written compositions
• Applies the irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions (e.g., bad, worse, worst)
VOCABULARY: • Clause, • Future tense, • Interjection, • Main clause, • Part of speech, • Predicate, • Simple sentence
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: • ! Exclamation point, • . period
RIT 181-190:• Selects a subject and a predicate to complete a sentence
• Identifies complete sentences in a written composition & declarative and interrogative sentences & proper nouns in written compositions
• Identifies compound sentences (two or more sentences joined by a conjunction) & common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Identifies irregular nouns and pronouns in writing & first person and second person pronouns
• Identifies pronouns that agree in person (first person, second person, third person) and gender with their
• Identifies action, regular, present tense, and past tense verbs in written compositions
• Identifies predicate adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions in written compositions
• Uses exclamatory, imperative, declarative, interrogative, and simple sentences in written compositions
• Uses conjunctions to create compound sentences (e.g., and, but, yet) & verb phrases correctly in written compositions &
• Uses proper nouns in written compositions & common nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Uses irregular nouns appropriately in writing & possessive pronouns in writing and written compositions
• Uses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositions & first person pronouns in written compositions
• Uses reflexive pronouns correctly in written compositions & reflexive and intensive pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Uses relative pronouns in written compositions (e.g., who, whoever, which, that, whom) & the pronoun "I" correctly with compound subjects
• Uses pronouns that agree in person (first person, second person, third person) and gender with their antecedent
• Uses linking, auxiliary, regular, irregular, present tense, past tense, and future tense verbs correctly in written compositions
• Uses correct subject-verb agreement and adjectives in written compositions & comparative adjectives in written compositions (e.g., more, less, -er)
• Uses predicate adjectives in written compositions & negatives correctly in written compositions
• Recognizes sentences that show strong feeling (exclamatory sentences) & prepositional phrases & adverbs in written compositions
• Recognizes sentences that are commands or directions (imperative sentences) & possessive pronouns in written compositions• Recognizes correct usage of second person and third person pronouns in written compositions
• Recognizes the antecedent of a subjective (nominative) pronoun & correct subject-verb agreement
• Chooses a pronoun to correctly complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Applies pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & the superlative form of an adjective in written compositions
VOCABULARY: • Adverb, • Compound sentence, • Description, • Exclamatory sentence, • Explanation, • Grammar, • Plural, • Proper noun,
• Quotation, • Run-on sentence, • Singular, • Subject-verb agreement, • Tense, • Verb phrase, • When
RIT 171-180:• Selects an appropriate subject and predicate to complete a sentence & an adjective to modify a noun in a sentence
• Selects the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Identifies complete sentences in written compositions & sentences that make statements (declarative sentences)
• Identifies sentences that ask questions (interrogative sentences) & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural)
• Identifies the antecedent of a subjective (nominative)pronoun & action verbs in writing & regular verbs
• Identifies words in a sentence that describe a noun (adjectives)
• Identifies words that answer when, where, why, how, how often and how much questions in written compositions (adverbs)
• Recognizes interrogative sentences as the correct form
• Uses verb phrases correctly in writing & nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & possessive pronouns in writing
• Uses irregular nouns in written compositions (e.g., fish, deer, sheep) & the pronoun "I" correctly in compound subjects
• Uses pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & linking verbs correctly in writing
• Uses auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) correctly in writing & regular verbs & irregular verbs in writing & correct subject-verb agreement
• Uses verbs to indicate action in the present , in the past, and in the future
• Uses the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in written compositions
• Applies objective case pronouns correctly in written compositions
• Chooses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositionsVOCABULARY: • Action verb, • Past tense
RIT 161-170:• Selects an appropriate subject and predicate to complete a sentence & an adjective to modify a noun in a sentence
• Selects the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to complete a sentence that does not contain an antecedent
• Identifies complete sentences in written compositions & sentences that ask questions (interrogative sentences)• Identifies nouns in written compositions (singular and plural) & words that answer when, where, why, how, how often and how much questions in written
• Uses verb phrases correctly in writing & pronouns that agree in number (singular or plural) with their antecedent & linking verbs correctly in writing
• Uses auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) correctly in writing & action verbs in written compositions & regular verbs & irregular verbs in writing
• Uses correct subject-verb agreement & the comparative forms of adjectives in written compositions
• Chooses the appropriate pronoun (case, gender, number) to replace a noun in written compositions
VOCABULARY: • Command, • Comparative, • Exclamation, • Noun, • Question, • Sentence fragment, • Superlative, • Where, • Word order
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: • ? Question mark
RIT Below 161:• Uses linking verbs correctly in writing & regular verbs