- identify the verb phrase in a sentence
- define what different verbs are (linking, helping, action)
- identify linking, helping, main/action verbs in a sentence
- use the Internet to research a topic
- identify run-on sentences and sentence fragments
- use specific quotes from informational text when drawing inferences and explaining exactly what the text says
- use capital letters correctly when writing
- use apostrophes correctly when writing
- use quotation marks correctly when writing
- write legibly
- use precise words and figurative language to make my writing more effective
- write sentences that include relative/reflexive pronouns
- use a comma to separate items in a series