4.11.D

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

• (i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;


• (ii) past tense of irregular verbs;


• (iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;


• (iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;


• (v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;


• (vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;


• (vii) pronouns, including reflexive;


• (viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;


• (ix) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;


• (x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and


• (xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and