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56 Assessment Guide for Educators: RLA Appendix B Reporting Category 3- Applying knowledge of English language conventions and usage 20% W.3 Write clearly and demonstrate sufficient command of standard English conventions L.1 .1 Edit to correct errors involving frequently confused words and homonyms, including contractions (passed, past; two, too, to; there, their, they're; knew, new; it's its) L.1 .2 Edit to correct errors in straightforward subject-verb agreement L.1 .3 Edit to correct errors in pronoun usage, including pronoun antecedent agreement, unclear pronoun references, and pronoun case L.1 .4 Edit to eliminate non-standard or informal usage (e.g., correctly use try to win the game instead of try and win the game) L.1 .5 Edit to eliminate dangling or misplaced modifiers or illogical word order (e.g., correctly use to meet almost all requirements instead of to almost meet all requirements) L.1 .6 Edit to ensure parallelism and proper subordination and coordination L.1 .7 Edit to correct errors in subject-verb or pronoun antecedent agreement in more complicated situations (e.g., with compound subjects, interceding phrases, or collective nouns) L.1 .8 Edit to eliminate wordiness or awkward sentence construction L.1 .9 Edit to ensure effective use of transitional words, conjunctive adverbs, and other words and phrases that support logic and clarity L.2.1 Edit to ensure correct use of capitalization (e.g., proper nouns, titles, and beginnings of sentences) L.2.2 Edit to eliminate run-on sentences, fused sentences, or sentence fragments L.2.3 Edit to ensure correct use of apostrophes with possessive nouns L.2.4 Edit to ensure correct use of punctuation (e.g., commas in a series or in appositives and other non-essential elements, end marks, and appropriate punctuation for clause separation)