Standards
Pennsylvania State Academic Standards for Science and Technology
3.8.4 Science, Technology and Human Endeavors
A. Know that people select, create and use science and technology and that they are limited by social and physical restraints.
B. Know how human ingenuity and technological resources satisfy specific human needs and improve the quality of life.
Pennsylvania State Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
1.5.3 Quality of Writing
E. Revise writing to improve organization and word choice; check the logic, order of ideas and precision of vocabulary.
F. Edit writing using the conventions of language.
· Spell common, frequently used words correctly.
· Use capital letters correctly.
· Punctuate correctly (periods, exclamation points, question marks, commas, quotation marks, apostrophes).
· Use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections properly.
· Use complete sentences (simple, compound, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative).