Scope and Sequence

GEMS Scope and Sequence	GEMS Volume	Oklahoma ELA Standards
Prepositional Phrases
Identify a preposition within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	6.5.R.2
Identify a prepositional phrase within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech	6.5.R.2
Distinguish between prepositional phrases and infinitive phrases	Volume I: Parts of Speech	6.5.R.2
Pronouns
Identify a pronoun within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2
Identify the type of pronoun within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2
Conjunctions
Identify a conjunction within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2
Distinguish between coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions	Volume I: Parts of Speech	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2
Nouns
Identify a noun within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2 9-12.5.R.2
Classify nouns	Volume I: Parts of Speech	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2 9-12.5.R.2
Adjectives
Identify adjectives within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	6.5.R.2
Tell the three things adjectives answer	Volume I: Parts of Speech	6.5.R.2
Verbs
Identify verbs and verb phrases within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	9-12.5.R.2
Distinguish between the three types of verbs	Volume I: Parts of Speech	9-12.5.R.2
Adverbs
Identify an adverb within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2
Interjections
Identify an interjection within a given sentence	Volume I: Parts of Speech GEMS Supplement	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2
Subject and Predicate
Identify the subject and predicate within a given sentence	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	6.5.R.2
Complements
Identify the direct object within a given sentence.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure
Identify the indirect object within a given sentence.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure
Identify the objective complement within a given sentence.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure
Identify the predicate nominative within a given sentence.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure
Identify the predicate adjective within a given sentence.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure
Pronoun Case
Classify personal pronouns as possessive, nominative or objective case	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure
Choose the correct case of pronouns within a given sentence	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure
Agreement
Make pronouns and antecedents agree in number and gender.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	6.5.W.3 7.5.W.3
Make subjects and verbs agree in number.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	6.5.R.2 7.5.R.2
Clauses
Identify an independent clause.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	10.5.R.1 11-12.5.R.1
Identify an subordinate clause.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	10.5.R.1 11-12.5.R.1
Sentence Structure
Identify a simple, compound, complex, and compound complex sentence.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.R.1 7.5.R.1
Identify a sentence fragment.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure Volume III: The Expository Essay
Identify a run-on sentence.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.W.3 7.5.W.3
Punctuate all sentences correctly.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure Volume III: The Expository Essay	7-8.5.W.1
Verbal Phrases
Identify gerunds and gerund phrases.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	7.5.R.2 8.5.R.2 10.5.R.1 11-12.5.R.1 9-12.5.R.2
Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	10.5.R.1 8.5.R.2 11-12.5.R.1 9-12.5.R.2
Identify split infinitives	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	8.5.R.2 10.5.R.1 11-12.5.R.1 9-12.5.R.2
Identify participles and participial phrases.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	8.5.R.1 8.5.R.2 10.5.R.1 11-12.5.R.1 9-12.5.R.2
Verb Tense and Voice
Identify verb tense.	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure	6.5.R.2 6.5.W.3 7.5.W.3
Identify active voice	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure Volume III: The Expository Essay	8.5.R.1 9.5.R.1 10.5.R.1 11-12.5.R.1
Identify passive voice	Volume II: Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure Volume III: The Expository Essay	8.5.R.1 9.5.R.1 10.5.R.1 11-12.5.R.1
The Expository Essay
The writing process, idea generation, organization	Volume III: The Expository Essay	9-12.6.W.4
Outline an essay	Volume III: The Expository Essay
Write an introduction for an essay.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.W.1 7-8.5.W.1 6-7.5.W.2
Write a thesis statement.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6-7.5.W.2
Write the body of an essay.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.W.1 6-7.5.W.2 7-8.5.W.1
Write the conclusion of an essay.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.W.1 6-7.5.W.2 7-8.5.W.1
Write in third person.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.W.3 8.5.W.3
Vary the sentence structure.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.W.1 7-8.5.W.1
Use action verbs.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6-8.4.W.2 9-12.4.W.2
Write in a consistent verb tense.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6.5.W.3 7.5.W.3
Write in active voice.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	8.5.R.1 9.5.R.1 10.5.R.1 9.5.W.1 10.5.W.1
Write formally.	Volume III: The Expository Essay	8.5.W.3
Edit essay to add variety to writing	Volume III: The Expository Essay	6-7.5.W.2 8.5.W.2 9-10.5.W.2 11-12.5.W.1
Edit essay for mechanical errors.	Volume III: The Expository Essay
Edit essay for structural errors.	Volume III: The Expository Essay
Edit essay for grammatical errors.	Volume III: The Expository Essay
Editing Exercises -	Grades 6-12
Capitalization
Capitalize.... the first word in a sentence.	*Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the first letter of an introduced quote or direct quotation.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the interjection O and the pronoun I.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
proper nouns and adjectives.	Editing Exercises	6.5.R.2 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
names.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
titles when used in place of a person's name.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
groups of humanity.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
places	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
names of buildings.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
Scientific terms	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the names of nationalities, races, and religions.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
names of things	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
time names.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the brand names of business products.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
seasons	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the names of historical events and periods, special events, and calendar items	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
words referring to the Deity.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
titles of works	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the first word and all-important words in titles of books, periodicals, poems, stories, articles, documents, movies, paintings, and other works of art.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the words of a, an, and the at the beginning of a title.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
acronyms	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
geographical names	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
a title used alone or following a person's name only if it refers to a high government official or someone else to whom you wish to show special respect.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
directions when they refer to recognized sections of the country.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the title of a person when it comes before a name.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the names of ships, plans, monuments, awards, and any other particular places, things, or events.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
names of places.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
a title used alone or following a person’s name only if it refers to a high government official or someone else to whom you wish to show special respect.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the word president when referring to the head of a nation.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
a word showing family relationship when used with a person's name but not when preceded by a possessive.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
Do not capitalize the names of school subjects, except the languages and course names followed by a number.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
school classes - freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
the word god when referring to ancient mythology.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
directions (north, south, east, and west) when they indicate directions.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-10.5.W.4 / 11-12.5.W.3
Punctuation
End Punctuation Use proper end punctuation.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-12.5.W.5 / 11-12.5.W.4
End an abbreviation with a period.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-12.5.W.5 / 11-12.5.W.4
End a question with a question mark.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-12.5.W.5 / 11-12.5.W.4
End an exclamation with an exclamation mark.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-12.5.W.5 / 11-12.5.W.4
Introductory Punctuation Set off introductory interjections with a comma.	Editing Exercises	6.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Set off introductory words such as well, yes, no, why with a comma.	Editing Exercises	6.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Set off an introductory participial phrase.	Editing Exercises	6.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma after an introductory subordinate clause	Editing Exercises	6.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma after a series of introductory prepositional phrases	Editing Exercises	6.5.W.7 7.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Commas
Use a comma to separate items in a series.	Editing Exercises	7.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma to separate two or more adjectives preceding a noun.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Do not use a comma before the final adjective in a series if the adjective is thought of as part of the noun.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
If one of the words in a series modifies another word in the series, do not separate them by a comma.	Editing Exercises	7.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma to separate items in dates and addresses.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma after the salutation of a friendly letter and after the closing of any letter.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma after a name followed by Jr., Sr., Ph.D.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Essential subordinate clauses at the end of the sentence do not need to be set off with commas.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6.5.W.7 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction to join two independent clauses.	Editing Exercises Volume II	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use commas to set off expressions that interrupt the sentence	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use commas to set off words used in direct address.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6.5.W.7 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma to set off a nonessential clause or nonessential participial phrase	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Use a comma to set off parenthetical expressions	Editing Exercises	9.5.W.7 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 10.5.W.7 / 11-12.5.W.6
Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks to enclose a direct quotation	Editing Exercises	6-7.5.W.9 8.5.W.9 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use single quotation marks to enclose a quotation within a quotation.	Editing Exercises	6-7.5.W.9 8.5.W.9 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Place question marks and exclamation points inside the closing quotation marks if the quotation is a question or an exclamation; otherwise, they are placed outside.	Editing Exercises	6-7.5.W.9 8.5.W.9 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use quotation marks to enclose titles of chapters, articles, short stories, poems. songs, and other parts of books and periodicals.	Editing Exercises	6-7.5.W.9 8.5.W.9 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use quotation marks to enclose slang words, technical terms, and other expressions that are unusual in standard English.	Editing Exercises	8.5.W.9 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Place semicolons and colons outside the closing quotation marks.	Editing Exercises	8.5.W.9 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Hyphens and Dashes
Hyphenate spelled out two-word numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a dash to set off explanations, qualifications, examples, definitions, and appositives.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a dash to indicate an abrupt break in thought.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a dash to mean namely, in other words, that is, etc. before an explanation.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a dash to mark a hesitation or an unfinished thought.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Colons
Use a colon between the hour and the minute when you write the time.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a colon between chapter and verse in referring to passages from the Bible.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a colon after the Salutation in a business letter.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a colon to mean "note what follows."	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use a colon to separate a title from a subtitle.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Do not use colons between verbs and complements or between prepositions and objects of prepositions.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Semicolon
Use a semicolon to join two independent clauses.	Editing Exercises Volume II	6.5.W.11 7-8.5.W.11 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 9-10.5.W.11 / 11-12.5.W.10
Use a semicolon, comma, and conjunctive adverb to join two independent clauses.	Editing Exercises Volume II	6.5.W.11 7-8.5.W.11 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 9-10.5.W.11 / 11-12.5.W.10
Use a semicolon between items in a series if the items contain commas	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 9-10.5.W.11 / 11-12.5.W.10
Italics
Italicize titles of works	Editing Exercises	6.5.W.10 7-8.5.W.10 S 10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 9-10.5.W.10 / 11-12.5.W.9
Parentheses
Use parentheses to enclose incidental explanatory matter which is added to a sentence but is not considered of major importance.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
When one set of parentheses fall inside another, use brackets in place of the inner set.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Numerals
Avoid using numbers to begin sentences	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Apostrophes
Form a possessive of a singular noun by adding an apostrophe and and s.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-12.5.W.6 / 11-12.5.W.5
Add an apostrophe to a plural word ending in s to form the possessive case.	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-12.5.W.6 / 11-12.5.W.5
Use an apostrophe to show where letters or numbers have been omitted.		10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2 6-12.5.W.6 / 11-12.5.W.5
Use Correct Words
Use correct words (are/our).	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Use the correct word (affect/effect).	Editing Exercises	10.5.W.3 11-12.5.W.2
Sentences Identify and correct run-on sentences	Editing Exercises Volume II	6.5.W.3 7.5.W.3
Identify and correct sentence fragments.	Editing Exercises Volume II Volume III
Ensure the subject and verbs agree in number.	Editing Exercises Volume II Volume III	6.5.R.2
Rewrite wordy sentences.	Editing Exercises Volume III
Coordinate and subordinate a clause.	Editing Exercises Volume II Volume III
Avoid redundancy in writing.	Editing Exercises
Keep words, phrases, and clauses parallel in writing.	Editing Exercises	9.5.R.1 9.5.W.1 10.5.R.1 10.5.W.1 11-12.5.R.1
Vocabulary Grades 5-12
define words	Vocabulary for All Ages	6-8.4.R.4 9-12.4.R.4
parts of speech	Vocabulary for All Ages	6-8.4.R.4 9-12.4.R.4
find synonyms and antonyms	Vocabulary for All Ages	6-12.4.R.1
translation	Vocabulary for All Ages
Sentence from context	Vocabulary for All Ages	6-12.4.R.2
use word in a sentence	Vocabulary for All Ages	6-8.4.W.1 9-12.4.W.1
define negatively	Vocabulary for All Ages
Define root word and	Vocabulary for All Ages	6.4.R.3, 7-8.4.R.3 9-12.4.R.3
Define prefix	Vocabulary for All Ages	6.4.R.3, 7-8.4.R.3 9-12.4.R.3
Define suffix	Vocabulary for All Ages	6.4.R.3, 7-8.4.R.3 9-12.4.R.3
write words from word family	Vocabulary for All Ages	6.4.R.3, 7-8.4.R.3 9-12.4.R.3
draw/paste a picture	Vocabulary for All Ages
identify commonly confused words	Vocabulary for All Ages
List collocation	Vocabulary for All Ages
Independent Reading Grades 7-12	GEMS Supplement	6-8.8.R 9-12.8.R
Independent Writing	Gems Supplement	6.8.W 7-8.8.W 9-12.8.W