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Grade 4 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 4, TN SPI 0401.1 - *Language TN SPI 0401.1.1 - Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common and proper, plurals, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., subject, object, and agreement) within context. TN SPI 0401.1.2 - Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., agreement, tenses, action and linking) within context. TN SPI 0401.1.3 - Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., comparison forms and articles) and adverbs (i.e., comparison forms and negatives) within context. TN SPI 0401.1.4 - *Identify declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences by recognizing appropriate end marks. TN SPI 0401.1.5 - *Select the best way to correct incomplete sentences within context. TN SPI 0401.1.6 - *Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., series, dates, addresses, friendly letters, introductory words, compound sentences) within context. TN SPI 0401.1.7 - *Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words: to/too/two; their/there/they're; sit/set; lie/lay). TN SPI 0401.1.8 - *Identify correctly or incorrectly spelled words in context. TN SPI 0401.1.9 - Choose the correct formation of plurals, contractions, and possessives within context. TN SPI 0401.1.10 - *Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas in direct quotations. TN SPI 0401.1.11 - *Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person and number). TN SPI 0401.1.12 - Select appropriate antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms within context. Skill 13 - VA13 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning Page 1 of 38
Grade 4 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 4, TN SPI 0401.1.13 - Recognize and use grade appropriate vocabulary within context. TN SPI 0401.1.14 - Use prefixes, suffixes, and root words as aids in determining meaning within context. Skill 4 - OP04 Building vocabulary knowledge Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word meaning Skill 4 - VA04 Recognizing and reading words Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context TN SPI 0401.1.15 - Identify grade level compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations within context. TN SPI 0401.1.16 - Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues, dictionaries, and glossaries. TN SPI 0401.2 - *Communication TN SPI 0401.2.1 - *Identify the main idea and supporting points of a speech. TN SPI 0401.2.2 - Given a list of interactive behaviors (i.e., taking turns, behaving courteously, not interrupting, listening, remaining on task), identify those that are appropriate (or inappropriate) for group activities. TN SPI 0401.2.3 - Select the best summary of a speech. TN SPI 0401.3 - *Writing TN SPI 0401.3.1 - Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to entertain, to inform, to share experiences). TN SPI 0401.3.2 - Identify the audience for which a text is written. Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 7 - VA07 Recognizing compound words through context Skill 4 - OP04 Building vocabulary knowledge Skill 1 - VA01 Acquiring vocabulary by encountering words in context Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to determine the meanings, syllabication, and pronunciation of unknown words TN SPI 0401.3.3 - *Choose a topic sentence for a paragraph. Page 2 of 38 Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 8 - WR08 Writing a topic sentence
Grade 4 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 4, TN SPI 0401.3.4 - *Select details that support a topic sentence. TN SPI 0401.3.5 - *Rearrange sentences to form a sequential, coherent paragraph. TN SPI 0401.3.6 - *Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a paragraph. TN SPI 0401.3.7 - Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph's theme or flow. TN SPI 0401.3.8 - Select appropriate time-order or transitional words to enhance the flow of a writing sample. TN SPI 0401.3.9 - *Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection. TN SPI 0401.3.10 - *Complete a graphic organizer (i.e., clustering, listing, mapping, webbing) to group ideas for writing. TN SPI 0401.4 - *Research TN SPI 0401.4.1 - *Select appropriate sources from which to gather information on a given topic. TN SPI 0401.4.2 - *Rank the reliability of sources on a given topic. TN SPI 0401.4.3 - *Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., chart, web) organizing material collected from text or technological sources. TN SPI 0401.4.4 - Differentiate among the kinds of information available in a variety of reference materials (i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedia). TN SPI 0401.5 - *Logic TN SPI 0401.5.1 - *Locate information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions. TN SPI 0401.5.2 - Recognize causeeffect relationships within context. TN SPI 0401.5.3 - *Distinguish between fact/opinion and reality/fantasy. Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing Skill 31 - CS31 Using research skills and strategies Skill 31 - CS31 Using research skills and strategies Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing Skill 31 - CS31 Using research skills and strategies Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and effect Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact and opinion Page 3 of 38
Grade 4 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 4, TN SPI 0401.5.4 - *Choose a logical word to complete an analogy using synonyms and antonyms. TN SPI 0401.5.5 - *Make inferences and draw appropriate conclusions from text. TN SPI 0401.5.6 - Indicate the sequence of events in text. TN SPI 0401.6 - *Informational Text TN SPI 0401.6.1 - Select questions used to focus and clarify thinking before, during, and after reading text. TN SPI 0401.6.2 - *Identify the stated main idea and supporting details in text. TN SPI 0401.6.3 - *Use table of contents, title page, and glossary to locate information. TN SPI 0401.6.4 - *Use headings, graphics, and captions to make meaning from text. TN SPI 0401.6.5 - *Interpret information using a chart, map, or timeline. TN SPI 0401.6.6 - *Use available text features (e.g., graphics and illustrations) to make meaning from text. TN SPI 0401.6.7 - Arrange instructions in sequential order. TN SPI 0401.7 - *Media Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions from passages read aloud Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences Skill 14 - OS14 Sequencing events within passages read aloud Skill 12 - CS12 Understanding sequence Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering questions about the text Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading strategies Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea and details Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to determine the meanings, syllabication, and pronunciation of unknown words Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features Page 4 of 38
Grade 4 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 4, TN SPI 0401.7.1 - *Select the most appropriate and reliable media for accessing information, writing a report, or making a presentation. TN SPI 0401.7.2 - *Identify the main idea in a visual image. TN SPI 0401.7.3 - Choose the most effective medium to enhance a short oral presentation (e.g., still pictures, model, diorama, PowerPoint, recording). TN SPI 0401.7.4 - From a list of media, identify the medium that is available to you that was probably not available to previous generations. TN SPI 0401.8 - *Literature TN SPI 0401.8.1 - *Recognize plot features of fairy tales, folk tales, fables, and myths. TN SPI 0401.8.2 - *Identify characters, setting, and plot in a passage. Skill Area 3 - Literacy Experience and Appreciation (LE) Skill 5 - LE05 Understanding literary types Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting TN SPI 0401.8.3 - *Determine the problem in a story and recognize its solution. TN SPI 0401.8.4 - *Make appropriate predictions about text. TN SPI 0401.8.5 - *Identify the forms of text (e.g., poems, drama, fiction, nonfiction). TN SPI 0401.8.6 - *Identify and interpret similes and metaphors. TN SPI 0401.8.7 - *Identify the author's purpose (e.g., to entertain, to inform, to persuade, to share feelings). Page 5 of 38 Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding characterization Skill 11 - OP11 Applying comprehension strategies to reading literature Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions about text Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type and genre Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding figurative language Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding text/author's purpose
Grade 4 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 4, TN SPI 0401.8.8 - *Recognize the sounds of language (i.e., alliteration, rhyme, and repetition). Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 10 - WR10 Summarizing the author's purpose Page 6 of 38
Grade 5 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 5, TN SPI 0501.1 - *Language TN SPI 0501.1.1 - Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., singular/plural, possessives, predicate nouns, nouns as objects) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context. TN SPI 0501.1.2 - Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, tenses) within context. TN SPI 0501.1.3 - Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms, predicate adjectives) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms, negatives) within context. TN SPI 0501.1.4 - *Recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words: {to/too/two, their/there/they're, lie/lay, sit/set, leave/let, learn/teach}). TN SPI 0501.1.5 - *Identify sentences with correct use of commas (i.e., series, dates, addresses, friendly letters, compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, and introductory words) and of colons within context. TN SPI 0501.1.6 - *Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas in direct quotations. TN SPI 0501.1.7 - *Identify correctly or incorrectly spelled words in context, including the correct spelling of plurals and possessives. TN SPI 0501.1.8 - *Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma+ coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases and/or clauses). TN SPI 0501.1.9 - *Select the most appropriate method to correct a runon sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) within context. Page 7 of 38
Grade 5 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 5, TN SPI 0501.1.10 - *Select the best way to correct incomplete sentences within context. TN SPI 0501.1.11 - Determine word meanings within context. Skill 4 - OP04 Building vocabulary knowledge Skill 1 - VA01 Acquiring vocabulary by encountering words in context TN SPI 0501.1.12 - Recognize root words, prefixes, and syllabication as aids in determining meaning within context. TN SPI 0501.1.13 - Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context. TN SPI 0501.1.14 - Identify compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations within context. TN SPI 0501.1.15 - Recognize and use grade appropriate vocabulary within context. TN SPI 0501.1.16 - Determine the correct meaning/usage of multiple meaning words within context. TN SPI 0501.2 - *Communication TN SPI 0501.2.1 - *Identify the audience for a given speech. TN SPI 0501.2.2 - Identify the criteria necessary for a good group leader appropriate to a particular task (i.e., understands the group task, works well with others, keeps the group on task). TN SPI 0501.2.3 - Choose the best summary of a speech. TN SPI 0501.2.4 - *Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation. TN SPI 0501.3 - *Writing Page 8 of 38 Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to determine the meaning of unknown words Skill 13 - VA13 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning Skill 7 - VA07 Recognizing compound words through context Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word meaning Skill 4 - VA04 Recognizing and reading words Skill 21 - VA21 Using targeted vocabulary Skill 19 - VA19 Using context to determine the correct definition of a word that has multiple meanings
Grade 5 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 5, TN SPI 0501.3.1 - *Identify the audience for which a text is written. TN SPI 0501.3.2 - *Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to entertain, to inform, to share experiences, to persuade, to report). TN SPI 0501.3.3 - *Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a paragraph. TN SPI 0501.3.4 - Identify the sentence irrelevant to a paragraph's theme or flow. TN SPI 0501.3.5 - Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph. TN SPI 0501.3.6 - *Rearrange sentences to form a sequential, coherent paragraph. TN SPI 0501.3.7 - *Select details that support a topic sentence. TN SPI 0501.3.8 - *Select vivid and Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 6 - WR06 Demonstrating a active words for a writing sample. command of language including precision in word choice TN SPI 0501.3.9 - Choose the sentence that best supports the topic sentence and fits the flow of ideas in a paragraph. TN SPI 0501.3.10 - *Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample. TN SPI 0501.3.11 - *Rearrange paragraphs in a narrative writing selection in sequential and chronological order. TN SPI 0501.3.12 - *Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection. TN SPI 0501.3.13 - *Complete a graphic organizer (i.e., clustering, listing, mapping, webbing) to group ideas for writing. TN SPI 0501.4 - *Research TN SPI 0501.4.1 - *Identify the most reliable information sources available for preparing a research report. Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing Page 9 of 38
Grade 5 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 5, TN SPI 0501.4.2 - Identify information that should or should not be included in a citation. TN SPI 0501.4.3 - *Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., chart, web) organizing material collected from text or technological sources. TN SPI 0501.4.4 - Select appropriate sources from which to gather information on a given topic. TN SPI 0501.5 - *Logic TN SPI 0501.5.1 - *Locate information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions. TN SPI 0501.5.2 - *Identify stated or implied cause and effect relationships in text. TN SPI 0501.5.3 - *Distinguish between fact/opinion and reality/fantasy. TN SPI 0501.5.4 - *Determine the conflict in a text and recognize its solution. TN SPI 0501.5.5 - *Select a logical word to complete an analogy using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, categories, and subcategories. TN SPI 0501.5.6 - *Make inferences and draw appropriate conclusions from text. TN SPI 0501.5.7 - *Indicate the correct sequence of events in text. TN SPI 0501.6 - *Informational Text Skill 31 - CS31 Using research skills and strategies Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing Skill 31 - CS31 Using research skills and strategies Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill 33 - CS33 Locating information for specific purposes Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and effect relationships within passages read aloud Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and effect Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact and opinion Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions from passages read aloud Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences Skill 14 - OS14 Sequencing events within passages read aloud Skill 12 - CS12 Understanding sequence TN SPI 0501.6.1 - Select questions used to focus and clarify thinking before, during, and after reading text. Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering questions about the text Page 10 of 38
Grade 5 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 5, Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading TN SPI 0501.6.2 - *Select and use common text features to make meaning from text (e.g., headings, key words, graphics, captions, sidebars). TN SPI 0501.6.3 - Locate information using available text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphics). strategies Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features TN SPI 0501.6.4 - *Identify the stated main idea and supporting details in text. TN SPI 0501.6.5 - Select the best summary of a text. TN SPI 0501.6.6 - Arrange a set of instructions in sequential order. TN SPI 0501.7 - *Media TN SPI 0501.7.1 - *Select the most appropriate medium or media for accessing information, writing a report, or enhancing an oral presentation. TN SPI 0501.7.2 - *Determine the main idea in a visual image. TN SPI 0501.7.3 - Identify the mood created by a visual image. TN SPI 0501.7.4 - Identify the various functions of media in daily life (i.e., communication, entertainment, information, persuasion). Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea and details TN SPI 0501.8 - *Literature TN SPI 0501.8.1 - *Identify setting, characters, plot, and theme. Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting TN SPI 0501.8.2 - *Recognize reasonable predictions of future events within a given context. TN SPI 0501.8.3 - *Distinguish among various literary genres (e.g., poetry, drama, letters, ads, historical fiction, biographies, autobiographies). Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding characterization Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions about text Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type and genre Page 11 of 38
Grade 5 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 5, TN SPI 0501.8.4 - *Identify and interpret the main incidents of a plot, their causes, how they influence future actions, and how they are resolved. TN SPI 0501.8.5 - Recognize that a story is told from first person point of view. TN SPI 0501.8.6 - *Determine whether the theme is stated or implied within a passage. TN SPI 0501.8.7 - *Identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in context. Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 23 - CS23 Identifying significant events Skill 26 - CS26 Identifying point of view Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding figurative language TN SPI 0501.8.8 - *Identify the effect of sound within context (i.e., onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhythm, rhyme, repetition). TN SPI 0501.8.9 - Identify the author's purpose (i.e., to inform, to entertain, to share feelings, to describe, to persuade). Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding figurative language Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding text/author's purpose Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 10 - WR10 Summarizing the author's purpose Page 12 of 38
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, TN SPI 0601.1 - *Language TN SPI 0601.1.1 - Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context. TN SPI 0601.1.2 - Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context. TN SPI 0601.1.3 - Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context. TN SPI 0601.1.4 - Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place prepositional phrases correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context. TN SPI 0601.1.5 - Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating and subordinating) and interjections within context. TN SPI 0601.1.6 - *Choose the correct use of quotation marks, commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks) and colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items). TN SPI 0601.1.7 - Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters). TN SPI 0601.1.8 - Select the most appropriate method to correct a runon sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements). Page 13 of 38
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, TN SPI 0601.1.9 - *Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words {to/to/two, their/there/they're, its/it's, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, sit/set, lie/lay, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal, between/among}). TN SPI 0601.1.10 - *Identify the correct spelling of plurals and possessives. TN SPI 0601.1.11 - *Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context. TN SPI 0601.1.12 - *Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context. TN SPI 0601.1.13 - *Choose the appropriate interjection to complete a sentence. TN SPI 0601.1.14 - *Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context. TN SPI 0601.1.15 - *Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words. TN SPI 0601.1.16 - Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Page 14 of 38 Skill 13 - VA13 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 19 - VA19 Using context to determine the correct definition of a word that has multiple meanings Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to determine the meaning of unknown words Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words Skill 15 - VA15 Using background knowledge to develop vocabulary
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to determine the meaning of unknown TN SPI 0601.1.17 - *Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words. words Skill 20 - VA20 Using a glossary to determine the meanings, syllabication, and pronunciation of unknown words TN SPI 0601.1.18 - *Identify correctly ands incorrectly spelled words in context. TN SPI 0601.1.19 - *Recognize and use grade-appropriate and contentspecific vocabulary within context. Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word meaning TN SPI 0601.1.20 - Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context. TN SPI 0601.2 - *Communication TN SPI 0601.2.1 - *Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain). TN SPI 0601.2.2 - *Identify the targeted audience of a speech. TN SPI 0601.2.3 - *Identify the thesis and main points of a speech. TN SPI 0601.2.4 - *Select the most appropriate behaviors for participating productively in a team (e.g., contribute appropriate and useful information and ideas, understand the purpose for working as a team, understand the responsibilities of various roles within the team). Skill 4 - VA04 Recognizing and reading words Skill 21 - VA21 Using targeted vocabulary Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to determine the meaning of unknown words Page 15 of 38
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, TN SPI 0601.2.5 - Identify the functions and responsibilities of individual roles within an organized group (i.e., reporter, recorder, information gatherer, leader, timekeeper). TN SPI 0601.2.6 - *Determine the most effective methods for engaging an audience during an oral presentation (e.g., making eye contact, adjusting speaking rate). TN SPI 0601.2.7 - *Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation. TN SPI 0601.2.8 - Select the best summary of a speech. TN SPI 0601.3 - *Writing TN SPI 0601.3.1 - *Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade). TN SPI 0601.3.2 - *Identify the audience for which a text is written. TN SPI 0601.3.3 - *Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample. TN SPI 0601.3.4 - *Rearrange multiparagraphed work in a logical and coherent order. TN SPI 0601.3.5 - *Select Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 3 - WR03 Supporting ideas in illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts writing using examples and evidence to support key ideas. Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing TN SPI 0601.3.6 - *Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context flow of ideas in a paragraph. TN SPI 0601.3.7 - *Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph's theme or flow. TN SPI 0601.3.8 - *Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample. TN SPI 0601.3.9 - *Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph. Page 16 of 38
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, TN SPI 0601.3.10 - *Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection. TN SPI 0601.3.11 - *Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., clustering, listing, mapping, webbing) with information from notes for a writing selection. TN SPI 0601.3.12 - Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports). TN SPI 0601.4 - *Research TN SPI 0601.4.1 - *Select the most focused research topic. TN SPI 0601.4.2 - *Rank research resources according to reliability. TN SPI 0601.4.3 - *Determine the most appropriate research source for a given research topic. TN SPI 0601.4.4 - *Distinguish between primary (i.e., letters, interviews, diaries, newspapers) and secondary (i.e., reference books, periodicals, Internet, biographies) sources. TN SPI 0601.4.5 - *Discern irrelevant research material from written text. Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing Skill 31 - CS31 Using research skills and strategies TN SPI 0601.5 - *Logic TN SPI 0601.5.1 - *Predict future events of a given text. TN SPI 0601.5.2 - *Determine whether a given statement in text is fact or opinion. TN SPI 0601.5.3 - *Identify stated or implied cause-effect relationships. TN SPI 0601.5.4 - *Identify examples of persuasive devices (i.e., bandwagon, loaded terms, testimonial, name-calling). Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions about text Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact and opinion Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and effect relationships within passages read aloud Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and effect Skill 32 - CS32 Identifying persuasive language Page 17 of 38
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, TN SPI 0601.5.5 - *Specify a logical word choice to complete an analogy, using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, and functions. TN SPI 0601.5.6 - *Indicate the sequence of events in text. TN SPI 0601.5.7 - *Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text. TN SPI 0601.6 - *Informational Text Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill 14 - OS14 Sequencing events within passages read aloud Skill 12 - CS12 Understanding sequence Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions from passages read aloud Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences TN SPI 0601.6.1 - Formulate clarifying questions for use before, during, and after reading. TN SPI 0601.6.2 - *Identify the main idea and supporting details in a text. TN SPI 0601.6.3 - *Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g., headings, key words, captions, footnotes). Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering questions about the text Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading strategies Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea and details Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features TN SPI 0601.6.4 - Interpret factual, quantitative, technical, or mathematical information presented in text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams). TN SPI 0601.6.5 - *Locate and verify information in text to support inferences, opinions, predictions, and conclusions. TN SPI 0601.6.6 - *Select the best summary of a text. TN SPI 0601.6.7 - *Recognize that purpose determines text format. TN SPI 0601.6.8 - Choose the correct order of a set of instructions. Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features Skill 33 - CS33 Locating information for specific purposes TN SPI 0601.7 - *Media Page 18 of 38
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, TN SPI 0601.7.1 - *Select the medium that best reinforces a viewpoint or enhances a presentation. TN SPI 0601.7.2 - *Select the visual image that best reinforces a viewpoint or enhances a presentation. TN SPI 0601.7.3 - *Identify the purpose of a medium (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to describe). TN SPI 0601.7.4 - *Draw an inference from a non-print medium. TN SPI 0601.7.5 - *Choose the statement that best summarizes/communicates the message presented by a medium. TN 0601.7.6 - Identify the type of conflict (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology) represented in a non-print medium. TN SPI 0601.8 - *Literature TN SPI 0601.8.1 - *Distinguish among various literary genres (e.g., fiction, drama, nonfiction, poetry). TN SPI 0601.8.2 - *Identify the setting and conflict of a passage. Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type and genre Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 15 - CS15 Recognizing setting TN SPI 0601.8.3 - *Determine the main ideas of plots, their causes, how they influence future actions, and how they are resolved. TN SPI 0601.8.4 - Distinguish between first and third person points of view. TN SPI 0601.8.5 - Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology). Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea and details Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Skill 26 - CS26 Identifying point of view Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Page 19 of 38 Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot
Grade 6 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 6, TN SPI 0601.8.6 - Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text. Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features TN SPI 0601.8.7 - *Analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, similes, metaphors, personification,) within context. TN SPI 0601.8.8 - *Identify examples of sound devices (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and repetition). TN SPI 0601.8.9 - *Identify patterns of rhyme and rhythm. TN SPI 0601.8.10 - *Determine the author's purpose for writing. Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding figurative language Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding figurative language Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding text/author's purpose Page 20 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.1 - *Language TN SPI 0701.1.1 - Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative) within context. TN SPI 0701.1.2 - Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context. TN SPI 0701.1.3 - Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (comparative and superlative forms) within context. TN SPI 0701.1.4 - Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative, subordinating) and interjections within context. TN SPI 0701.1.5 - Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context. TN SPI 0701.1.6 - *Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context. TN SPI 0701.1.7 - Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases or clauses). TN SPI 0701.1.8 - Select the most appropriate method to correct a runon sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) within context. Page 21 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.1.9 - *Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome word pairs: {to/to/two, their/there/they're, its/it's, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, sit/set, lie/lay, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal, between/among, rise/raise, stationary/stationery}). TN SPI 0701.1.10 - *Identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding list of items) within context. TN SPI 0701.1.11 - *Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context. TN SPI 0701.1.12 - Identify the correct use of infinitives and infinitive phrases within context. TN SPI 0701.1.13 - *Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words, numbers, and letters. TN SPI 0701.1.14 - *Form singular and plural possessives using apostrophes correctly. TN SPI 0701.1.15 - *Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks). TN SPI 0701.1.16 - *Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context. TN SPI 0701.1.17 - *Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words. Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 19 - VA19 Using context to determine the correct definition of a word that has multiple meanings Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to determine the meaning of unknown words Page 22 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.1.18 - Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. TN SPI 0701.1.19 - *Replace unknown words in context with appropriate synonyms or antonyms. Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words Skill 15 - VA15 Using background knowledge to develop vocabulary Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to determine the meaning of unknown words Skill 13 - VA13 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning TN SPI 0701.1.20 - Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary within context. TN SPI 0701.1.21 - Decode unknown grade level words in context, using previously learned strategies as aids in determining meaning. Skill 3 - VA03 Recalling word meaning Skill 4 - VA04 Recognizing and reading words Skill 21 - VA21 Using targeted vocabulary TN SPI 0701.1.22 - Identify commonly used foreign words and phrases (i.e., RSVP, déjà vu, faux pas, du jour, bon voyage). TN SPI 0701.2 - *Communication TN SPI 0701.2.1 - *Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain). TN SPI 0701.2.2 - *Identify the targeted audience of a speech. TN SPI 0701.2.3 - *Identify the thesis and main points of a speech. TN SPI 0701.2.4 - *Determine the most effective methods for engaging an audience during an oral presentation (e.g., making eye contact, adjusting speaking rate). Page 23 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.2.5 - *Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation. TN SPI 0701.2.6 - *Discern the organizational pattern of a speech (e.g., sequential, chronological, problem-solution, comparisoncontrast, cause-effect). TN SPI 0701.2.7 - *Select the most appropriate behaviors for participating productively in a team (e.g., ask primarily relevant questions that move the team toward its goal and contribute to the topic of discussion, articulate the goals that have been provided for the team work and ask clarifying questions, come to agreement by seeking consensus or following the majority). TN SPI 0701.2.8 - Identify the functions and responsibilities of individual roles within an organized group (i.e., reporter, recorder, information gatherer, leader, timekeeper). TN SPI 0701.2.9 - Distinguish between a summary and a critique. TN SPI 0701.3 - *Writing TN SPI 0701.3.1 - *Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain). TN SPI 0701.3.2 - *Identify the audience for which a text is written. TN SPI 0701.3.3 - *Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample. TN SPI 0701.3.4 - *Rearrange a multiparagraphed work in a logical and coherent order, TN SPI 0701.3.5 - *Select the appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample. TN SPI 0701.3.6 - *Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a paragraph. Page 24 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.3.7 - *Identify the sentence(s) irrelevant to a paragraph's theme or flow. TN SPI 0701.3.8 - *Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph. TN SPI 0701.3.9 - *Select Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 3 - WR03 Supporting ideas in illustrations, explanations, anecdotes, writing using examples and evidence descriptions and/or facts to support key ideas. Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing TN SPI 0701.3.10 - Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection. TN SPI 0701.3.11 - *Identify individual writing selections as technical, narrative, persuasive and/or descriptive in mode. TN SPI 0701.3.12 - *Complete a graphic organizer (i.e., clustering, listing, mapping, webbing) with information from notes for a writing selection. TN SPI 0701.3.13 - Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports). TN SPI 0701.4 - *Research TN SPI 0701.4.1 - *Select the most focused research topic. TN SPI 0701.4.2 - *Identify levels of reliability among resources (e.g., eyewitness account, newspaper account, supermarket tabloid account, Internet source). TN SPI 0701.4.3 - *Determine the most appropriate research source for a given research topic. TN SPI 0701.4.4 - *Distinguish between primary (i.e., interviews, letters, diaries, newspapers, personal narratives) and secondary (i.e., reference books, periodicals, Internet, biographies) sources. TN SPI 0701.4.5 - *Discern irrelevant research material from written text. TN SPI 0701.5 - *Logic Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 4 - WR04 Using graphic organizers to aid writing Skill 31 - CS31 Using research skills and strategies Page 25 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.5.1 - *Make predictions about the outcome of a given text. TN SPI 0701.5.2 - Evaluate text for fact and opinion. TN SPI 0701.5.3 - Identify stated or implied cause-effect relationships. Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) TN SPI 0701.5.4 - *Identify examples of persuasive devices (i.e., bandwagon, loaded terms, testimonial, name-calling, plain folks). Skill 2 - CS02 Making predictions about text Skill 10 - CS10 Differentiating fact and opinion Skill 12 - OS12 Identifying cause and effect relationships within passages read aloud Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and effect Skill 32 - CS32 Identifying persuasive language TN SPI 0701.5.5 - *Select the correct word or phrase to complete an analogy, using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, functions, verb forms). TN SPI 0701.5.6 - Identify an example of deductive or inductive reasoning in text. TN SPI 0701.5.7 - Identify a false premise in text. TN SPI 0701.5.8 - Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text. TN SPI 0701.6 - *Informational Text TN SPI 0701.6.1 - *Formulate clarifying questions before, during, or after reading. TN SPI 0701.6.2 - *Identify the main idea and supporting details in text. TN SPI 0701.6.3 - *Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g., headings, key words, captions, footnotes). Skill Area 6 - Oral Comprehension and Speaking Skills (OS) Skill 9 - OS09 Drawing conclusions from passages read aloud Skill 19 - CS19 Drawing conclusions Skill 20 - CS20 Making inferences Skill 7 - CS07 Asking and answering questions about the text Skill 25 - CS25 Identifying reading strategies Skill 8 - CS08 Identifying main idea and details Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features Page 26 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.6.4 - Interpret factual, quantitative, technical, or mathematical information presented in text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams). TN SPI 0701.6.5 - *Choose the correct order of a set of instructions. Skill 30 - CS30 Using informational text features TN SPI 0701.6.6 - *Identify the organizational structure of an informational text (i.e., chronological, cause-effect, comparison-contrast, sequential, problem-solution). TN SPI 0701.7 - *Media TN SPI 0701.7.1 - *Choose the most appropriate medium for a prescribed purpose and audience. TN SPI 0701.7.2 - *Select the visual image that best reinforces a viewpoint or enhances a presentation. TN SPI 0701.7.3 - *Identify the purpose of a medium (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to describe). TN SPI 0701.7.4 - *Draw an inference from a non-print medium. TN SPI 0701.7.5 - *Choose the statement that best summarizes/communicates the message presented by a medium. TN SPI 0701.7.6 - Identify the type of conflict (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology) represented in a non-print medium. Skill 5 - CS05 Comparing and contrasting Skill 9 - CS09 Identifying cause and effect Skill 12 - CS12 Understanding sequence Skill 29 - CS29 Understanding text organization TN SPI 0701.8 - *Literature TN SPI 0701.8.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement. Page 27 of 38 Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot TN SPI 0701.8.2 - Identify the author's point of view (i.e., first person, third person, third-person limited, third-person omniscient). TN SPI 0701.8.3 - *Distinguish among different genres (e.g., poetry, drama, biography, novel) using their distinguishing characteristics. Skill 26 - CS26 Identifying point of view Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type and genre TN SPI 0701.8.4 - *Determine the common characteristics of literary drama, nonfiction, novels, poetry, and short stories. TN SPI 0701.8.5 - Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text. TN SPI 0701.8.6 - Identify how the author reveals character (i.e., what the author tells us, what the characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what the character thinks). TN SPI 0701.8.7 - *Identify flashback, foreshadowing, and symbolism within context. TN SPI 0701.8.8 - *Analyze the effects of sound (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, internal rhyme) in context. Skill 34 - CS34 Recognizing text type and genre Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Skill 27 - CS27 Identifying theme Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Skill 16 - CS16 Understanding characterization Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding figurative language TN SPI 0701.8.9 - Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology). Skill 7 - OP07 Acquiring an understanding of literary features Skill 14 - CS14 Recognizing plot Page 28 of 38
Grade 7 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 7, TN SPI 0701.8.10 - *Identify and analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, pun) within context. Skill 17 - VA17 Understanding figurative language TN SPI 0701.8.11 - *Recognize and identify words within context that reveal particular time periods and cultures. TN SPI 0701.8.12 - *Identify the author's purpose for writing. Skill 4 - OP04 Building vocabulary knowledge Skill 17 - CS17 Understanding historical/cultural factors Skill 12 - CS12 Understanding sequence Skill 24 - CS24 Understanding text/author's purpose Skill Area 8 - Writing Skills (WR) Skill 10 - WR10 Summarizing the author's purpose Page 29 of 38
Grade 8 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 8, TN SPI 0801.1 - *Language TN SPI 0801.1.1 - Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate nouns) and pronouns (i.e., reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative) within context. TN SPI 0801.1.2 - Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context. TN SPI 0801.1.3 - Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (i.e., comparative/superlative) within context. TN SPI 0801.1.4 - Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative, subordinating) and interjections within context. TN SPI 0801.1.5 - *Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context. TN SPI 0801.1.6 - *Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context. TN SPI 0801.1.7 - Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases or clauses). TN SPI 0801.1.8 - *Select the most appropriate method to correct a runon sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements). TN SPI 0801.1.9 - Identify the appropriate use of gerund and participial phrases. Page 30 of 38
Grade 8 Tennessee, ELA, 2008, Grade 8, TN SPI 0801.1.10 - *Identify the correct use of appositives/appositive phrases and infinitive/ infinitive phrases within context. TN SPI 0801.1.11 - *Select the correct pronoun-antecedent agreement for personal pronouns within context. TN SPI 0801.1.12 - *Identify correctly or incorrectly spelled words in context. TN SPI 0801.1.13 - *Form singular and plural possessive using apostrophes correctly. TN SPI 0801.1.14 - *Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., subject-verb agreement, pronoun case, double negatives, comparative/superlative forms, troublesome word pairs: {to/too/two, their/there/they're, its/it's, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal, between/among, rise/raise, stationary/stationery, where/were, which/that/who})within context. TN SPI 0801.1.15 - *Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words, numbers, letters, and figures. TN SPI 0801.1.16 - *Use context clues and/or knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing prefixes through context Skill 6 - VA06 Recognizing suffixes through context Skill 10 - VA10 Using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words Skill 15 - VA15 Using background knowledge to develop vocabulary Skill 22 - VA22 Using root words to determine the meaning of unknown words Page 31 of 38