Dearborn Educational Curriculum

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering 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: Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Conventions of Standard English: Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).

Conventions of Standard English: Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).

Conventions of Standard English: Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).

Conventions of Standard English: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.