Language Usage
Virginia SOL 8.LU.1
Apply grammar rules in speaking and writing.
What students need to be able to do
- Constructing simple sentences
- Constructing compound sentences
- Constructing complex sentences
- Constructing compound-complex sentences
- Communicating ideas clearly
- Adding variety to writing
- Recognizing and using pronoun-antecedent agreement
- Using indefinite pronouns
- Using reflexive pronouns
- Using relative pronouns
- Using specific adjectives to enhance speech and writing
- Using specific adverbs to enhance speech and writing
- Arranging phrases and clauses within sentences
- Improving meaning, reader/listener interest, and style
- Maintaining consistent verb tense across paragraphs