Tennessee Standards
TN.0301. English Language Arts (0301)
0301.1. Language
Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment)
0301.1.1. Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns (including nouns as subjects and objects, singular, plural, and possessives), pronouns (including subject and object pronouns, substitution for nouns, agreement with antecedents), verbs (including past, present, and future tenses; irregular verb; agreement with simple and compound subjects), adjectives (including vivid descriptive words, comparative/superlative, articles), and adverbs (including common formation and placement in a sentence).
0301.1.3. Know and apply the rules for capitalization (e.g., names, dates, cities and states, addresses, holidays, titles of books, first word in a sentence, proper nouns, titles, abbreviations, parts of a friendly letter, first word in a direct quotation).
0301.1.8. Form and spell contractions, plurals, and possessives.
State Performance Indicators
SPI 0301.1.1. Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., as subjects, singular and plural) within context.