Level 4 – Grade Level 6.0 – 8.9

ABE Writing Verification Checklist with Materials Alignment

Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

Student / Instructor / Date Enrolled
W.2.4 Composition / Materials Alignment / Benchmark
Assessment / Mastery Level % / Date & Initials
W.2.4.1 Using the writing process, draft, and revise an essay. / Foundations Writing, pgs. 15 +
S-VPre-GED Lang., pg.70
W.2.4.2 Using the writing process, write an expository essay. / S-VPre-GED Lang, pg.40
W.2.4.3 Using the writing process, write a persuasive essay. / S-V Pre-GED Lang, pg.56
S-V Bldg. Strategies for GED Success, LA, pgs. 130-131
W.2.4.4 Edit writing to produce a final document that is correct in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and clarity and has logical organization. / S-V Language Exercises 6, pgs.106-107
S-V Language Exercises 7, pgs.104-105
S-VPre-GED Lang., pg.70
W.2.4.5 Understand the difference between plagiarism and student-generated text. /
W.2.4.6 Use the writing process to generate text about topics in content areas. / News for You papers. Read and summarizearticles.
W.2.4.7 Use computer skills to create an essay or report using a word-processing program. / MS Word
W.3.4 Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling / Materials Alignment / Benchmark
Assessment / Mastery Level % / Date & Initials
W.3.4.1 Appropriately use all forms of capitalization. / Ach. TABE Success Lang.-D, Ch. 4
S-V Language Exercises 6, pg.86
Cont. GED Lang., pg.133
W.3.4.2 Appropriately use all forms of punctuation. / Ach. TABE Success Lang.-D, Ch. 5
Cont. GED Lang., pg.139
S-V Pre-GED Lang., pg. 184
S-V Language Exercises 6, pgs. 89-94
Punctuation Bingo Game in bookroom
W.3.4.3 Correctly spell all words in a written text. / S-V Bldg. Strategies for GED Success, LA, pgs.104-107
Wordly Wise
Target Spelling
Cont.Pre-GED Lang., pg.149-152
W.4.4 Grammatical Concepts/ Sentence Structure / Materials Alignment / Benchmark
Assessment / Mastery Level % / Date & Initials
W.4.4.1 Identify parts of the sentence, including complete and simple subject and complete and simple predicate. / S-V Language Exercises 5, Unit 2
S-V Pre-GED Lang., pgs.18-19
W.4.4.2 Explore how the parts of a sentence create meaning in a sentence (for example: phrases used as adverbs, subordination of independent clauses). /
W.4.4.3 Recognize how parts of a sentence are used to manipulate meaning in sentences (independent clauses, introductory clauses, and phrases, etc.). /
Language Ex.7, pgs.30-31
W.4.4.4 Sustain a consistent point of view throughout a multiple paragraph text. /
W.4.4.5 Develop appropriate tense use throughout a multiple paragraph text. / S-V Language Exercises 6, Unit 3
Ach. TABE Success Lang.-D, pgs. 161-163
W.4.4.6 Use a computer to create paragraph divisions in an extended text and mark them through indentation. / MS Word 2007
S-V Pre-GED Lang., pgs.204-207
W.4.4.7 Write paragraphs with stated or implied topic sentences. / S-V Pre-GED Lang., pgs.198-199
S-V Language Exercises Review, pg.96
Ach. TABE Success Lang.-D, pgs. 111-118
W.4.4.8 Write paragraphs with clear connections and transitions between sentences. / Ach. TABE Success Lang., D, pgs. 131-134

W.5.4 Parts of Speech, Verb Tense, and Usage / Materials Alignment / Benchmark
Assessment / Mastery Level % / Date & Initials
W.5.4.1 Identify all parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, and verbals (verbs used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs such as infinitives, participles, and gerunds). /
S-V Language Exercises Review, Unit 3
W.5.4.2 Identify how parts of speech work in a particular sentence, i.e., noun used as an object instead of a subject. / S-V Language Exercises 7, pg.24
W.5.4.3 Correctly use the nominative and objective cases of pronouns, i.e., she/her. / S-V Language Exercises 6, pg.58

W.5.4.4 Identify passive voice (for example: Passive=The man was bitten by the dog. Active =The dog bit the man). / S-V Language Exercises Review, pg.58

W.5.4.5 Demonstrate mastery of past and present tense. / Ach. TABE Success Lang.-D, pgs. 39-46
Watch Your Language: Book 1, Unit 4
W.5.4.6 Establish and maintain tense in a writing piece. / S-V Pre-GED Lang., pgs. 161-166

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Revised July 28, 2011