Seventh Grade Benchmarks/Indicators (Elements of Language)

Performance Indicators State

As documented through state assessment -

At Level 1, the student is able to

7.3.spi.1. identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, and interrupters) within context.

7.3.spi.2. recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words: to, too, two; their, there, they're; lie, lay; sit, set).

7.3.spi.3. identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items) within context.

7.3.spi.4. choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks).

At Level 2, the student is able to

7.3.spi.5. identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate) , pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive, interrogative, and demonstrative), verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases), adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative and superlative forms, adjective clauses), adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative forms), interjection and conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative, and subordinating) within context.

7.3.spi.6. identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases and/or clauses).

7.3.spi.7. identify the correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases within context.

7.3.spi.8. select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements) within context.

7.3.spi.9. identify correctly or incorrectly spelled words in context.

At Level 3, the student is able to

7.3.spi.10. identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases and infinitives and infinitive phrases within context.

7.3.spi.11. select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words, numbers, and letters.