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 * English Language Arts Standards » __Language__ » Grade 5 **
 * Conventions of Standard English **
 * L.5.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. **

**b.** Form and use the perfect (e.g., //I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked //) verb tenses. **c.** Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions. **d.** Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.* **e.** Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., //either/or, neither/nor //).
 * a. **Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.


 * L.5.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. **

<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**b.** Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**c.** <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use a comma to set off the words //yes// and //no// (e.g., //<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Yes, thank you //<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., //<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">It’s true, isn’t it? //<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">), and to indicate direct address (e.g., //<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Is that you, Steve? //<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">). <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**d.** Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">a. **<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">e. **<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.


 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Knowledge of Language **
 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">L.5.3. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. **


 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">a. **<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">b. **<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., //<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">dialects, registers //<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">) used in stories, dramas, or poems.

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