Specific Expectation

use appropriate strategies to edit written work (e.g., read aloud to detect errors; correct errors using personal checklists of "look-fors", a shared word/grammar wall, a personal grammar guide, and/or computer spelling and grammar programs) to achieve accuracy in the use of the conventions of standard Canadian English, including the requirements of grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation listed below:<ul><li>Grammar and Usage<ul><li>write complete and correct sentences</li><li>use consistent and appropriate verb tense and voice</li><li>make verbs agree with subjects</li><li>make pronouns agree with their antecedents in number and gender</li></ul></li><li>Spelling<ul><li>use knowledge of spelling patterns and rules, and a variety of appropriate resources, to spell correctly (e.g., personal dictionaries, class word walls, sound-based and visual spelling strategies)</li></ul></li><li>Punctuation<ul><li>use punctuation correctly, including period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, dash, apostrophe, colon, quotation marks, parentheses, and ellipses</li></ul></li></ul>