Kentucky Reading and Writing L.6.2
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When writing: Demonstrate appropriate use of punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. Demonstrate appropriate use of strategies to identify and correct spelling errors.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English
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What Students Need to Do
- Students set off extra details with commas, parentheses, or dashes when those details are not needed to identify a person or thing. They find spelling errors and check corrections with a dictionary or spell checker.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can remove an extra detail and show that the sentence still identifies the same person or thing. They put matching punctuation on both sides of the detail. They correct misspellings and reread for words a spell checker might miss.
Common Misconceptions
- Students put commas around every phrase starting with who, even when the phrase tells which person they mean. They mark only one side of an extra detail or mix commas with parentheses. They may trust spell check to catch a correctly spelled wrong word, such as their for there.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to add matching punctuation around the extra detail and fix the spelling in: 'My only aunt who lives in Ohio shared her favorit recipe.' Have them explain why the detail can be removed.
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Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips with removable details and punctuation cards; have them frame each detail with commas, parentheses, or dashes.
Ask students to write how the meaning changes between 'My sister, who plays drums, joined us' and 'My sister who plays drums joined us.'
Run a two-minute edit race with three sentences missing punctuation and containing misspellings; require students to check each spelling in a dictionary.
Give students a school lunch announcement with an extra detail and a misspelled word; have them edit it for the bulletin board.
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