Conventions of Standard English

1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when

writing or speaking.

a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.

b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

c. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
http://cavemanenglish.blogspot.com/search?q=misplaced+modifiers

2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and

spelling when writing.

a. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
http://learningediting.pbworks.com/w/page/68026337/Adjectives%3A%20%20Coordinate%20and%20Cummulative


http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-adjectives-placement.php

lp.classzone.com/materials/2041951/LL7T26D06.PDF?ticket=5631657588180992028725640090
This uses Amigo Brothers.

Song of the Trees --  p. 30 column 1  Even the rich brown Mississippi earth was gray.
p. 30, column 1   small kerosene lamp
p. 30, column 2  huge iron-bellied stove
p. 36 column 1 at the bottom  [speaking of the Indians who had lived in the forest long ago:  "In the cold of winter, when the ground lay frozen, they had sung their frosty ballads of years gone by.  Or on a muggy, sweat-drenched day, their leaves had rippled softly, lazily, like restless green fingers strumming at a guitar, echoing their epic tales."


cummulative vs. coordinate adjective  --

co-
— prefix
1.	together; joint or jointly; mutual or mutually: coproduction
2.	indicating partnership or equality: cofounder ; copilot
3.	to the same or a similar degree: coextend
4.	(in mathematics and astronomy) of the complement of an angle:cosecant ; codeclination
[from Latin, reduced form of com- ] cumulative  c.1600, from L. cumulatus, pp. of cumulare "to heap," from cumulus"heap" (see cumulus) + -ive. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Cite This Source Cloud  cumulus -- to show "royal order"   punctuation http://learni.st/users/dawncasey/boards/31526-good-grammar-the-em-dash-and-the-en-dash?utm_source=digest_trending_board&utm_medium=member_email&utm_campaign=trending_boards&utm_content=board_text&tb=07cc7c5cc3b003d4df629300a8753c29

Sentences for coordinate adjectives:
I don't remember the name of that tall, thin actor with the sparkling blue eyes.

Cool, deep, dark blue water flowed through the rough limestone rocks in the gorge.

b. Spell correctly.  Spell what? 

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