English Language Arts and Reading.5.11.D.ix

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The student is expected to

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

 

capitalization of abbreviation, initials, acronym, and organizations;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

The following is one example of how to assess proficiency of this student expectation (SE) or a portion of the SE. More examples coming soon.
 

Provide students with a teacher-created paragraph with numerous sentences containing capitalization errors in abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organization names (e.g., miss Ortiz, Nasa, Nfl). Task students with reviewing the paragraph and editing as needed. Review student work for accuracy. 
 

Further Information

This assessment requires students to apply their knowledge of capitalization of abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organization names. Students apply correct capitalization by editing a teacher-created list of words.

a shortened form of a word or phrase used in writing in place of the whole word or phrase (e.g., Mr. for Mister or Dr. for doctor)
a type of abbreviation formed from the first letter of multiple words that does not require periods after each letter and pronounced either phonetically or by its individual letters (called initialisms)
Students are expected to accurately apply the rules for capitalizing abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations. Students should know the differences between types of abbreviations to accurately judge when and which letters in an abbreviation should be capitalized. Students are expected to determine when to capitalize the formal name of an organization because it is acting as a proper noun. Students are expected to review their drafts to evaluate the need for or use of capitalization and make necessary edits to correct errors.
During the editing stage of the writing process, students further improve their drafts and often prepare them for publishing by correcting errors, adding clarity, and using more precise and effective word choice. Students add, delete, or rearrange words or sentences and remove unnecessary information.
standard rules of the English language, including written mechanics such as punctuation, capitalization, spelling, paragraphing, etc. and written/oral grammar such as parts of speech, word order, subject-verb agreement, and sentence structure

Research

Composition Writing Studio. Writing Process. University of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Summary: This online resource offers a comprehensive overview of the writing processes and the components involved in each. The overview includes definition of terms, examples, graphs and charts, and additional resources.