Northwest Evaluation Association Learning Continuum Release 1.0

Punctuation - Students understand end punctuation, comma usage, apostrophes, enclosing punctuation, and underlining for titles.

Skills and Concepts

RIT Scores between 161 and 170

Use Appropriate End Punctuation
· Use question marks on 3-4 word interrogative sentences
· Use periods on imperative sentences
· Use periods on declarative sentences
· Use exclamation marks on exclamatory sentences
Use Commas Appropriately
· Correctly place commas in the date
Use apostrophes
· Use apostrophes in contractions with verb and "not"
New Vocabulary: comma, contraction, punctuate, right mark, sentence

RIT Scores between 171 and 180

Use Appropriate End Punctuation
· Identify punctuation never used at the end of the sentence
· Use question, period, or exclamation mark at the end of 5-8 word sentences
Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas in a series
Use apostrophes
· Use apostrophes in singular possessives
New Vocabulary: punctuation mark, exclamation point, question mark, apostrophe, period

RIT Scores between 181 and 190

Use Appropriate End Punctuation
· Use correct end punctuation on a collection of sentences
· Use question marks correctly when writing a friendly letter
Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas in personal greetings
· Use commas in introductory words, (i.e. well, no, sorry)
· Use commas between two main clauses
· Use commas after an introductory clauses
· Use commas after introductory adverbial clauses
· Use commas in a letter closing
· Use commas after direct address
· Use commas between city and state
Use Apostrophes
· Use apostrophes in irregular contractions
Use Enclosing Punctuation
· Use quotation marks for direct conversation
New Vocabulary: letter, ownership

RIT Scores between 191 and 200

Use Appropriate End Punctuation
· Use correct end punctuation in 8-10 word sentences
· Mark each end punctuation correctly when writing a multi-paragraph friendly letter
Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas in dependant clauses
· Use commas after participial phrases
· Use commas between two main clauses
· Use commas in a compound sentence
· Use commas after an introductory adjective phrase
· Use commas around parenthetical phrases
· Use commas around appositives
Use Apostrophes
· Use apostrophes in pronoun contractions
Use Enclosing Punctuation
· Use quotation on both sides of split direct conversation
Use Underlining for Titles
· Underline book titles
New Vocabulary: quotation marks, possession, address, phrase, salutation, colon, semicolon

RIT Scores between 201 and 210

Use Appropriate End Punctuation
· Identify different meanings of the same sentence when end punctuation is changed
· Identify incorrect end punctuation
· Identify periods when given a paragraph
Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas after a direct address in an imperative sentence
· Use commas after participial phrases in a lengthy paragraph
· Use commas between two main clauses in a complex sentence
· Use commas in non-essential parenthetical phrases
· Use commas around interrupting phrases contained within the sentence
Use Apostrophes
· Use apostrophes in possessive plurals
· Use apostrophes with helping verb and "not"
Use Enclosing Punctuation
· Use quotations in titles
· Use parentheses around non-essential phrases
New Vocabulary: parentheses, hyphen, rough draft

RIT Scores between 211 and 220

Use Appropriate End Punctuation
· Identify correct punctuation in a 16-20 word compound sentence
· Use correct punctuation when sentence ends with an abbreviation
· Identify correct punctuation in a 5-7 sentence paragraph
Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas in a direct quotation
· Use commas between two main clauses in a compound complex sentence
· Use commas around non-essential phrases
Use Apostrophes
· Use apostrophes for subject and helping verb contractions
Use Enclosing Punctuation
· Use quotations in quoted material
· Use single quotation inside quotation marks
Use Underlining for Titles
· Underline movie titles
· Underline magazine titles
New Vocabulary: possessive noun

RIT Scores between 221 and 230

Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas to separate adverbial introductory clauses in a complex sentence
Use Apostrophes
· Use apostrophes for plural possessives in a compound sentence
Use Underlining for Titles
· Underline play titles
New Vocabulary: plural possessive

RIT Scores between 231 and 240

Use Commas Appropriately
· Use commas around dependant clauses in compound, complex sentences
New Vocabulary: none