PLATO©

Strand

Concept

Grade Level

Performance Objective

Section

Standard 2: Writing - Students effectively use written language for a variety of purposes and with a variety of audiences.

1. FUNCTIONAL (AGES 3-21) Within the functional context of home, school, work, and community environments using assistive technology, Braille, and print, students know and are able to do the following:

W-FS1. Develop increased control of fine motor skills.

PO 01. Reach for objects.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 02. Grasp/hold objects and use purposefully.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 03. Indicate specific item purposefully through pointing (e.g., finger, eye, elbow, head stick).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 04. Put objects in correct places accurately and purposefully.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 05. Perform increasingly complex fine motor tasks using a variety of objects (e.g., fasteners, clothespins, door knobs).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 06. Stabilize objects with one body part (e.g., hand, elbow, foot) or any adaptive means while manipulating the object with other body parts or any adaptive means (e.g., hold paper and write, stabilize and wind up kitchen timer).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

W-FS2. Write the 26 letters of the alphabet.

PO 01. Mark on paper within boundaries (e.g., drawing, illustrating, imitating modeled strokes, tracing).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 02. Copy letters (e.g., using computer keyboard, Brailler, or print).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 03. Produce letters spontaneously (e.g., using computer keyboard, Brailler, or print).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

W-FS3. Write simple words and numbers.

PO 01. Print first and last name from model.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 02. Print simple words and sentences from model.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 03. Write numerals 0-9.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 04. Print address/phone number from model.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 05. Print first and last name, address, and phone number when needed.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 06. Write signature in a designated area (e.g., mark an X, use a name stamp, print name utilizing preferred method).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

W-FS4. Relate a narrative, creative story or other communication by drawing, telling, or writing.

PO 01. Make lists (e.g., pictorial/word shopping list).

Writing Series
   ·Applications- Essay Writing
      ·Working with the Topic

Beginning Reading for the Real World: Level D, Third Grade: Help Out!
   ·Four-Legged Friends
      ·The Last Dinosaur

Intermediate Writing Process and Practice
   ·Writing Strategies Level HH
      ·Using Your Own Words to Develop Ideas

   ·Writing Strategies Level II
      ·Understanding the Goals of the Assignment

      ·Balancing Research with Original Ideas

      ·Addressing Different Perspectives

      ·Using Compare/Contrast Problem/Solution Models

   ·Writing Strategies Level JJ
      ·Planning a Sequence of Ideas

      ·Devising a Research Plan

      ·Using Examples to Clarify Your Thoughts

      ·Determining What Your Audience Knows

PO 02. Document events around a specific topic (e.g., retell story, experiences, movie, or write in journal with words, pictures, or drawings).

Intermediate Writing Process and Practice
   ·Writing Strategies Level II
      ·Moving Beyond the Goals of the Assignment

4. ESSENTIALS (Grades 4-8) Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following:
Note: In developing the Essentials Level concepts, students should use the writing process, including generating topics, drafting, revising ideas and editing, to complete effectively a variety of writing tasks. See W-F1 for the performance objectives.

W-E1. Use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage, along with varied sentence structure and paragraph organization, to complete effectively a variety of writing tasks

(Grades 4-5)

PO 01. Spell correctly

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 02. Punctuate correctly (e.g., sentence endings, commas in a friendly letter's greeting and closing, commas in a series, abbreviations, quotations in dialog, apostrophes)

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 03. Apply rules of capitalization (e.g., sentence beginnings, titles, abbreviations, proper nouns)

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 04. Apply standard grammar and usage (e.g., subject-verb agreement, simple and compound sentences, appropriate verb tense, plurals)

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

PO 05. Organize paragraphs with a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound)

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

(Grades 6-8)

PO 01. Spell correctly

Writing Series
   ·Mechanics Series- Mechanics
      ·Spelling Rules

      ·More Spelling Rules

      ·Commonly Misspelled Words

   ·Diction and Style
      ·Effective Writing

   ·Logic and Organization
      ·Improving Structure in Paragraphs

   ·Applications- Essay Writing
      ·The Writing Process

      ·Revising and Editing

      ·Writing and Evaluating Essays

Intermediate Writing Process and Practice
   ·Writing Strategies Level HH
      ·Using a Checklist to Proofread Your Work - Intermediate

PO 02. Punctuate correctly (e.g., sentence endings, commas in a friendly letter's greeting and closing, commas in a series, abbreviations, quotations in dialog, apostrophes)

Essential Reading Skills 1 & 2
   ·Essential Reading Skills 1
      ·Abbreviations

Writing Series
   ·Mechanics Series- Capital Letters and Punctuation
      ·The Basics of Punctuation

      ·Commas 1

      ·Quotation Marks

      ·Punctuation Review

   ·Mechanics Series- Mechanics
      ·Forming Plurals and Possessives

      ·Punctuation - End Marks

      ·Commas 2

      ·Using :,

   ·Diction and Style
      ·Effective Writing

   ·Logic and Organization
      ·Improving Structure in Paragraphs

   ·Applications- Essay Writing
      ·The Writing Process

      ·Revising and Editing

      ·Writing and Evaluating Essays

Intermediate Writing Process and Practice
   ·Writing Strategies Level HH
      ·Using a Checklist to Proofread Your Work - Intermediate

   ·Grammar and Mechanics Level HH
      ·Choosing It's/Its, Except/Accept, Than/Then

PO 03. Apply rules of capitalization (e.g., sentence beginnings, titles, abbreviations, proper nouns)

Essential Reading Skills 1 & 2
   ·Essential Reading Skills 1
      ·Abbreviations

Writing Series
   ·Grammar Series- Parts of Speech, Part I
      ·Two Kinds of Nouns

   ·Grammar Series- Grammar
      ·Types of Nouns

   ·Mechanics Series- Capital Letters and Punctuation
      ·Capital Letters

      ·Proper Nouns and Capitals

      ·Titles and Capital Letters

      ·Capital Letters Review

      ·The Basics of Punctuation

   ·Mechanics Series- Mechanics
      ·Capitalization

   ·Diction and Style
      ·Effective Writing

   ·Logic and Organization
      ·Improving Structure in Paragraphs

   ·Applications- Essay Writing
      ·The Writing Process

      ·Revising and Editing

      ·Writing and Evaluating Essays

Intermediate Writing Process and Practice
   ·Writing Strategies Level HH
      ·Using a Checklist to Proofread Your Work - Intermediate

   ·Grammar and Mechanics Level HH
      ·Using Capitals with Names

PO 04. Apply standard grammar and usage (e.g., subject-verb agreement, simple and compound sentences, appropriate verb tense, plurals)

Essential Reading Skills 1 & 2
   ·Essential Reading Skills 1
      ·Tenses of Regular Verbs

      ·Tenses of Irregular Verbs

Writing Series
   ·Grammar Series- Parts of Speech, Part I
      ·Parts of Verbs

      ·Verbs and Tenses

      ·Verbs Review

      ·Nouns and Verbs and Number

      ·Nouns Review

   ·Grammar Series- Grammar
      ·Regular Verbs

      ·Confusing Verbs 2

      ·Subject and Verb Agreement

   ·Structure and Tone- Building and Using Sentences
      ·Different Kinds of Clauses

      ·One Way To Link Ideas

      ·A Subject and Its Verb Must Agree

      ·Subjects and Irregular Verbs

      ·Making Verbs and Unusual Nouns Agree

      ·Starting a Sentence with THERE or HERE

      ·Subject and Verb Agreement Review