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Sentence Structure

7th Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 7.10.D

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
  1. complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
  2. consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;
  3. conjunctive adverbs;
  4. prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
  5. pronoun-antecedent agreement;
  6. subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
  7. correct capitalization;
  8. punctuation, including commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses, and semicolons; and
  9. correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too;

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.7.F

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar,usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
  • E07.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.

  • E07.D.1.1.2 - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

  • E07.D.1.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*

  • E07.D.1.1.4 -Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*

  • E07.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*

  • E07.D.1.1.6 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*

  • E07.D.1.1.7 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*

  • E07.D.1.1.8 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*

  • E07.D.1.1.9 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*

  • E07.D.1.2.1 - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt). E07.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly. E07.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*

  • E07.D.1.2.4 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.7.L

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar,usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
  • E07.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.

  • E07.D.1.1.2 - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

  • E07.D.1.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*

  • E07.D.1.1.4 -Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*

  • E07.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*

  • E07.D.1.1.6 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*

  • E07.D.1.1.7 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*

  • E07.D.1.1.8 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*

  • E07.D.1.1.9 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*

  • E07.D.1.2.1 - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt). E07.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly. E07.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*

  • E07.D.1.2.4 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.7.R

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar,usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
  • E07.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.

  • E07.D.1.1.2 - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

  • E07.D.1.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*

  • E07.D.1.1.4 -Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*

  • E07.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*

  • E07.D.1.1.6 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*

  • E07.D.1.1.7 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*

  • E07.D.1.1.8 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*

  • E07.D.1.1.9 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*

  • E07.D.1.2.1 - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt). E07.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly. E07.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*

  • E07.D.1.2.4 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.7.C.3.1

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.



7th Grade Writing - Sentence Structure Lesson
 


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