CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1.a - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1.b - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1.c - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School OfficersTitle: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1 Demonstrate Command Of The Conventions Of Standard English Grammar... Language - 7th Grade English Language Arts Common Core State Standards
Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C.
Copyright Date: 2010
(Page last edited 10/08/2017)
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