Task Analysis: Howard Elementary School

Goal Statement
Students in grade six at Howard Elementary School will demonstrate mastery of the parts of speech by editing and revising both their own written pieces as well as reading passages provided by the teacher.
Task Analysis
Task 1.0 Parts of Speech
1.1 Nouns
1.1.1 Definition
Performance Objective 1: Given a set of words, students will distinguish between common, proper, and possessive nouns, 90% of the time.
1.1.2 Common noun identification
Performance Objective 2: Given a sentence, students will identify common nouns, 90% of the time.
1.1.3 Proper Noun identification
Performance Objective 3: Given a sentence, students will identify proper nouns, 90% of the time.
1.1.4 Possessive noun identification
Performance Objective
1.2.2 Personal pronoun identification
Performance Objective 6: Given a sentence, students will identify personal pronouns, 90% of the time.
1.2.3 Interrogative pronoun identification
Performance Objective 7: Given a sentence, students will identify interrogative pronouns, 90% of the time.
1.2.4 Demonstrative pronoun identification
Performance Objective 8: Given a sentence, students will identify demonstrative pronouns, 90% of the time.
1.2.5 Indefinite pronoun identification
Performance Objective 9: Given a sentence, students will identify indefinite pronouns, 90% of the time.
1.3 Verbs
1.3.1 Definition
Performance Objective 10: Given a set of words, students will distinguish between action, linking, helping verbs, as well as tenses, 90% of the time.
1.3.2 Action verb identification
Performance Objective 11: Given a sentence, students will identify action verbs, 90% of the time.
1.3.3 Linking verb identification
Performance Objective 12: Given a sentence, students will identify linking verbs, 90% of the time.
1.3.4 Helping verb
1.3.5.3 Future tense
Performance Objective 16: Given a sentence, students will identify future tense verbs, 90% of the time.
1.4 Adverbs
1.4.1 Definition
Performance Objective 17: Given the definition of an adverb, the student will add appropriate adverbs to a sentence, 90% of the time.
1.4.2 Adverb identification
Performance Objective 18: Given a sentence, students will identify adverbs, 90% of the time.
1.5 Adjective
1.5.1 Definition
Performance Objective 19: Given the definition of an adjective, students will add appropriate adjectives to a sentence, 90% of the time.
1.5.2 Article identification
Performance Objective 20: Given a sentence, students will identify articles, 90% of the time.
1.5.3 Proper adjective identification
Performance Objective 21: Given a sentence, students will identify proper adjectives, 90% of the time.
1.6 Preposition
1.6.1 Definition
Performance Objective 22: Given a set of words, students will distinguish between prepositions and non-prepositions, 90% of the time.
1.6.2 Preposition identification
Performance Objective 23: Given a sentence, students will identify prepositions, 90% of the