South Dakota ELA 7.L.1

7.L.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 7.L.1.c

  Place phrases and clauses within a sentence.

• 7.L.1.d

  Recognize and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students tell phrases from clauses and explain whether each adds detail, gives a reason, or states a main idea. They arrange sentence parts to show how ideas relate and fix modifiers that seem to describe the wrong thing.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students write simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, choosing a form that makes the link between ideas clear. They explain what a phrase or clause does in a sentence and place modifiers beside the words they describe.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a phrase as a full clause or use a dependent clause beginning with 'because' as a complete sentence. They may miss that 'Running down the hall, the backpack fell' makes the backpack seem to be running.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Combine 'I forgot my umbrella. I got wet.' into one complex sentence and underline the clause that gives the reason. Fix 'Walking to school, the rain soaked Ava,' then name who was walking.

1. 01

   Give pairs strips reading 'Maya missed the bus,' 'she woke up late,' and 'because'; have them build a sentence showing cause.

2. 02

   Ask students to write why 'Because I studied, I passed' shows a different link than 'I studied, and I passed.'

3. 03

   Sort four cards: 'I ran,' 'I ran, and she walked,' 'When I ran, she walked,' and 'When I ran, she walked, but he stayed.'

4. 04

   Revise a school announcement that says, 'Walking into the gym, the lights went out,' so readers know who entered the gym.

• 8.L.1

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• 6.L.1

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.