Dearborn Educational Curriculum

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Conventions of Standard English: Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.

Conventions of Standard English: Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.

Conventions of Standard English: Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.

Conventions of Standard English: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*

Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Conventions of Standard English: Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.

Conventions of Standard English: Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.

Conventions of Standard English: Spell correctly.