| California Content Standards |
| English and Language Arts |
| Grade Four |
| Writing |
| ELA.4.1.0 Writing Strategies |
| Organization and Focus |
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ELA.4.1.1. Select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements.
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ELA.4.1.2. Create multiple-paragraph compositions:
a. Provide an introductory paragraph.
b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph.
c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations.
d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points.
e. Use correct indention.
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ELA.4.1.3. Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).
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| Penmanship |
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ELA.4.1.4. Write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italic.
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| Evaluation and Revision |
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ELA.4.1.10. Edit and revise selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text.
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| Written and Oral English Language Conventions |
| ELA.4.1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions |
| Sentence Structure |
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ELA.4.1.1. Use simple and compound sentences in writing and speaking.
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| Grammar |
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ELA.4.1.3. Identify and use regular and irregular verbs, adverbs, prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions in writing and speaking.
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| Punctuation |
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ELA.4.1.4. Use parentheses, commas in direct quotations, and apostrophes in the possessive case of nouns and in contractions.
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ELA.4.1.5. Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to identify titles.
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| Capitalization |
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ELA.4.1.6. Capitalize names of magazines, newspapers, works of art, musical compositions, organizations, and the first word in quotations when appropriate.
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| Spelling |
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ELA.4.1.7. Spell correctly roots, inflections, suffixes and prefixes, and syllable constructions.
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| Listening and Speaking |
| ELA.4.1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies |
| Comprehension |
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ELA.4.1.1. Ask thoughtful questions and respond to relevant questions with appropriate elaboration in oral settings.
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| Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication |
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ELA.4.1.6. Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).
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ELA.4.1.7. Emphasize points in ways that help the listener or viewer to follow important ideas and concepts.
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ELA.4.1.8. Use details, examples, anecdotes, or experiences to explain or clarify information.
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ELA.4.1.9. Use volume, pitch, phrasing, pace, modulation, and gestures appropriately to enhance meaning.
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| Written and Oral English Language Conventions |
| ELA.4.1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions |
| Sentence Structure |
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ELA.4.1.2. Combine short, related sentences with appositives, participial phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.
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