11-13-2012 Passively Active Language Learners

Teching the CCCS

English Language Arts Standards

Grades 6-8

Language: Knowledge of Language

Knowledge of Language
L.6-8.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.		RESOURCES
GRADE 6	Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.* Maintain consistency in style and tone.*	Sentence Types Quiz: Sentence Types Sentence Structure Quiz Sentence Structure Review Sentence Structure Challenge Sentence Structure Practice Game Strategies for Variation Keables Guide to Sentence Structure Sentence Patterns Sentence Variety and Structure handout Writing with Clarity Transformations Varied Sentence Length and Style
GRADE 7	Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*	Less is More Lesson Conciseness Concise Sentence Practice Guide to Grammar: Concise Sentences How to Study: Writing Concisely Using Twitter Cut the Clutter Clarity Handout The Writer's Handbook The Writing Center
GRADE 8	Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).	Active/Passive Voice Active and Passive Voice Active Voice Versus Passive Voice Active Voice, Passive Voice The Passive Voice Active and Passive Tenses Active and Passive Verbs Active or Passive Practice Active and Passive Voice Video Lesson Get it Write Conditional Verb Forms Grammatical Mood The Subjunctive Mood Subjunctive Mood Types of Verbs

11-9-2012 SHRocking Grammar and Usage CCCS for ELA

Teching the CCCS

English Language Arts Standards

Grades 6-8

Language: Conventions of Standard English

Conventions of Standard English
L.6-8.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.		RESOURCES
GRADE 6	Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive). Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.* Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).* Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.*	Grammar Bytes: Pronouns BBC Skillwise Pronouns on Sophia They're, Their & There - Video This, That, These & Those - Video Marlon's Pronouns Quiz Guide to Grammar: Pronouns Grammar Blast: Pronouns Pronoun Case
GRADE 7	Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence,   recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*	Adverb Phrases Adverb Phrases Practice1 Practice2 Grammar Page: Clauses and Phrases Dependent Clauses The Garden of Phrases Function of Phrases Phrase Type Excercise Phrase Practice Exercise Verbal Phrases Clauses Introductory Phrases and Clauses The Clause What is a Clause? Essential Building Blocks Functions of Clauses Identifying Clauses Independent ClausesI Independent Clauses II Independent/Dependent Practice Quiz Printable Practice Worksheets
GRADE 8	Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences. Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*	Linking Verbs Linking Verbs and Action Verbs Linking Verbs Quiz Forming the Simple Past: Regular Verbs Irregular English Verbs Irregular Verbs Irregular Verbs: Simple Past Regular Verbs: Simple Past Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs - Complete Verb Phrases Identifying Verbs Phrasal Verbs Alter the Verb Tense BE Verb: Present and Past Expressing the Future Future Verb Forms Identifying Tenses Identifying Verbs Quiz Practicing the Be Verb Present Perfect: Forms 1 Present Perfect: Forms 2 Present Perfect Tense Recognizing Verb Tenses Simple Present "To Be" Verb Tense Challenge Verb Tenses 8th Grade Verbs Vocabulary verb quizzes Grammar Blast: Verbs Power Proofreading