Conventions of Standard English

What are language conventions?

• Help make writing sound better

• Help make writing clear and understandable

• Help us write shorter sentences

Grammar is made up of 4 parts

• True

• False

There are ____ types of phrases

• 1

• 8

• 4

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

Every clause has to have at least a subject and a verb.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Capitalization helps us:

• Know when a sentence starts.

• If a noun is proper

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

A proper noun is used when

• you write a person's name

• you write an adjective

• you write an action

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Punctuation helps us:

• It helps the writer identify places.

• identify when to end or pause when reading.

• Helps the reader know an action happened.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Spelling shows us a word is

Capitalization is used when writing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

How many sentences those a paragraph have?

• 3

• 5

• 8

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B