Hi,Gretchen! Are you quoting the curriculum commmitee draft of the language arts standards? It seems to me that the "standards" or "outcomes" are not listed in logical order and that the description of the "standards" lacks clarity. For instance, does "use active voice" mean that the students should use *only* the active voice, or they should *give priority* to the use of the active voice? Eduard On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Gretchen Lee wrote... >Hi, > >Our curriculum committee just presented us with a draft of the language arts >standards for our private school. Here are my seventh grade grammar >standards: > >1. Place modifiers properly and use the active voice. >2. Identify and use infinitives and participles and make clear references >between pronouns and antecedents. >3. Identify all parts of speech and types and structure of sentences. >4. Demonstrate the mechanics of writing (e.g., quotation marks, commas at >the end of dependent clauses) and appropriate English usage (e.g. pronoun >reference). > >Anyone have any comments on these? > >Thanks, >Gretchen > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/