SECTION 210:15-3-30. Standard Five: Language

(a)   Statement of the standard. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to reading and writing.

(b)   Standard Five objectives for Pre-Kindergarten. The following objectives apply for students in Pre-Kindergarten:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will begin to understand the function of grammar through exposure to conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e. nouns) with guidance and support.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize words as actions (i.e. verbs) with guidance and support.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will group pictures and movement, and determine spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after with guidance and support.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication. Students will begin Writing Standards in Kindergarten.

(c)   Standard Five objectives for Kindergarten. The following objectives apply for students in Kindergarten:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will begin to understand the function of grammar through exposure to conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e. nouns) with guidance and support.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize words as actions (i.e. verbs) with guidance and support.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will group pictures and movement, and determine spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after with guidance and support.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will capitalize, with guidance and support:

(i)   their first name.

(ii)   the pronoun "I."

(B)   Objective 2. Students will being to compose simple sentences that begin to compose simple sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with a period or question mark.

(d)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 1. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 1:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize nouns as concrete objects (i.e. people persons, places, and things) and use the pronoun "I."

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize verbs as actions.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize color and number adjectives.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize the prepositions ( e.g. The dog is on top of the doghouse) through pictures and movement.

(E)   Objective 5. Students will recognize singular and plural nouns with correct verbs in simple sentences (e.g. He sits; we sit).

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will capitalize, with guidance and support:

(i)   the first letter of a sentence.

(ii)   proper names.

(iii)   months and days of the week.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose grammatically correct simple and compound sentences and questions (interrogatives) with appropriate end marks.

(e)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 2. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 2:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize nouns, pronouns, and irregular plural nouns.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize different types of tenses of verbs.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize adjectives.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize prepositions.

(E)   Objective 5. Students will recognize the subject and predicate of a sentence.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will capitalize and appropriately punctuate:

(i)   the first letter of a quotation.

(ii)   holidays.

(iii)   proper names.

(iv)   initials.

(v)   months and days of the week.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will use simple contractions (e.g. isn't, aren't, can't).

(C)   Objective 3. Students will compose grammatically correct simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences with appropriate end marks.

(f)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 3. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 3:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize pronouns and possessive nouns.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize irregular and past participle verbs and verb tense to identify settings, times, and sequences in text.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize adjectives, articles as adjectives, and adverbs.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize prepositions and conjunctions.

(E)   Objective 5. Students will recognize the subject and verb agreement.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will capitalize and appropriately punctuate:

(i)   titles of respect.

(ii)   appropriate words in titles.

(iii)   geographical names.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will use complex contractions (e.g. should've, won't).

(C)   Objective 3. Students will compose and expand grammatically correct sentences and questions with appropriate commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, and end marks as needed for dialogue.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will compose simple, compound and complex declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

(g)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 4. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 4:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize pronouns and irregular possessive nouns.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize present perfect verbs and verb tense to identify settings, times, sequences, and conditions in text.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize prepositional phrases and conjunctions.

(E)   Objective 5. Students will recognize the subject and verb agreement.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will capitalize:

(i)   familial relations.

(ii)   proper adjectives.

(iii)   conventions of letter writing.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose and expand grammatically correct sentences and questions with appropriate commas, end marks, apostrophes, and quotation marks as needed for dialogue.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will compose simple, compound and complex sentences and questions, create sentences with an understood subject, and correct fragments and run-on sentences.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will compose declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

(h)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 5. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 5:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections and explain their effect in particular sentences.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize verb tense to signify various times, sequences, states, and conditions in text.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize the subject and verb agreement.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks as needed for dialogue and quoted material.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound and complex sentences and questions, create sentences with an understood subject, and correct fragments and run-on sentences.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will form and use the present and past verb tenses.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will form and use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

(E)   Objective 5. Students will recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

(i)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 6. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 6:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize simple and compound sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize verb tense to signify various times, sequences, states, and conditions in text.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize the subject and verb agreement.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semi-colons.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound and complex sentences and questions to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will use intensive and reflexive pronouns.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.

(E)   Objective 5. Students will recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e. ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).

(j)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 7. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 7:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize the correct use of prepositional phrases and dependent clauses.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize the subject and verb agreement.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semi-colons.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences and questions to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will use prepositional phrases and clauses (e.g. dependent and independent) in writing.

(k)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 8. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 8:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will recognize the use of verbals (e.g. gerunds, participles, infinitives) and clauses.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize the use of active and passive voice.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize the subject and verb agreement, and correct as necessary.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semi-colons.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences and questions to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will use verbals (e.g. gerunds, participles, infinitives) in writing.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.

(E)   Objective 5. Students will form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.

(l)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 9 - English I. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 9 - English I:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will examine the function of parallel structures, various types of phrases, and clauses to convey specific meanings.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will recognize the use of active and passive voice.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will recognize the subject and verb agreement, and correct as necessary.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics with a focus on punctuation marks as needed.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences and questions to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will use parallel structure.

(D)   Objective 4. Students will use various types of phrases (e.g. appositive, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional) and clauses (e.g. independent, dependent, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations.

(m)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 10 - English II. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 10 - English II:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will examine the function of parallel structures, various types of phrases, clauses, and active and passive voice to convey specific meanings and/or reflect specific rhetorical styles.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences and questions to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will practice their use of Standard American English, grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing, presentations, and/or other modes of communication to convey specific meanings and interests.

(n)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 11 - English III. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 11 - English III:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will apply their knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts, understanding that usage and convention change over time and using that understanding to manipulate style when appropriate.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences and questions, including the use of phrases and clauses, to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will demonstrate command of Standard American English, grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing, presentations, and/or other modes of communication to convey specific meanings and interests.

(o)   Standard Five objectives for Grade 12 - English IV. The following objectives apply for students in Grade 12 - English IV:

(1)   Reading. Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will apply their knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a variety of texts, understanding that usage and convention change over time and using that understanding to manipulate style when appropriate.

(2)   Writing. Students will demonstrate command of Standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing and other modes of communication.

(A)   Objective 1. Students will write using correct mechanics.

(B)   Objective 2. Students will compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences and questions, including the use of phrases and clauses, to signal differing relationships among ideas.

(C)   Objective 3. Students will demonstrate command of Standard American English, grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing, presentations, and/or other modes of communication to convey specific meanings and interests.

[Source: Added at 33 Ok Reg 1285, eff 9-11-16]