ELA Worksheets

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• Identify common persuasive techniques used in media (such as repetition, slogans, testimonials, camera angles, and music).
• Explain how persuasive techniques can shape attention and emotions in an audience.
• Evaluate whether a technique is likely to meet audience needs and support the message’s purpose.

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• Select academic vocabulary that matches precise meaning and strengthens clarity in writing
• Revise sentences to reduce vague language by choosing specific verbs and descriptors
• Control connotation to align wording with evidence-based claims instead of emotional exaggeration+ Show more

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• Understand different purposes of speech such as informing, persuading, and engaging
• Identify cues in messages that reveal the speaker's intention
• Analyze how tone, level of formality, and supporting evidence vary with purpose+ Show more

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• Identify how purpose shapes a media message
• Explain how audience influences media choices
• Evaluate perspective within a media message+ Show more

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• Understand the purpose and importance of academic conversations in a collaborative setting.
• Identify key components of purposeful discussions, including building on ideas and respectful listening.
• Develop skills to participate effectively in group discussions by recognizing roles and responding appropriately.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Compare how two texts communicate different perspectives through word choice, tone, and framing.
• Identify what each text emphasizes or omits and explain how that shapes the reader’s understanding of a message.
• Connect perspective differences to interpretive outcomes such as fairness, responsibility, and human impact.

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• Understand the importance of respectful turn-taking and listening during discussions.
• Identify key norms that promote sharing and respect in group conversations.
• Practice applying discussion norms through questions and reflections.

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• Synthesize information from two or more texts to form a single, coherent understanding
• Compare texts by identifying similarities and differences in claims, evidence, and emphasis
• Distinguish what each text contributes and integrate cross-text details to support an overall claim+ Show more

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• Understand the importance of active listening in conversations.
• Learn how to contribute relevant ideas and references to previous points.
• Identify respectful disagreement and constructive rephrasing during discussions.+ Show more

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• Evaluate the credibility of various sources
• Identify connections and conflicts between multiple sources
• Integrate information from texts and media into a coherent understanding+ Show more

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• Identify the purpose of a media text (inform, persuade, entertain, or motivate action).
• Infer the intended audience by analyzing tone, vocabulary, design choices, and information emphasized.
• Explain how perspective affects what is included or left out and how claims are framed.

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• Define ethical attribution and its importance in academic and literary contexts.
• Identify proper attribution practices within texts.
• Distinguish between correctly and incorrectly credited sources.+ Show more

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• Identify correct subject–predicate structures and repair common sentence fragments and run-ons
• Apply consistent verb forms and correct pronoun references in formal writing and speaking
• Revise sentences for clarity by ensuring grammatical accuracy and logical connections

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• Identify an author’s purpose (inform, explain, persuade, or entertain) based on evidence from a text.
• Explain how an author’s purpose shapes content, including emphasis, details, and tone.
• Use textual evidence to justify claims about why information appears in a specific order.

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• Use conversation strategies to respond to others’ ideas while advancing the discussion
• Clarify meanings by referencing, restating, and asking targeted follow-up questions
• Respond to disagreement by acknowledging the other perspective and then adjusting your message+ Show more

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• Identify how purpose, structure, and tone shift across persuasive, explanatory, narrative, and analytical forms
• Select genre-appropriate formatting choices (headings, quotations, concluding statements) to improve coherence
• Revise writing by aligning voice and formality with the expectations of the chosen form

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• Write a clear argumentative claim and organize reasons that logically support the claim.
• Use topic-appropriate evidence and explain how the evidence connects to each reasoning step.
• Address a counterclaim fairly and strengthen a position by clarifying why the original claim still holds.+ Show more

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• Identify the difference between a claim and the evidence that supports it.
• Evaluate whether evidence directly supports a claim or is loosely related.
• Explain how reasoning connects evidence to meaning in an argument.+ Show more

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• Explain how cause and effect and influence connect actions, events, and ideas in an informational text.
• Identify how contrast and refinement help concepts change over time within a text.
• Use evidence from a passage to describe dynamic links that drive a text’s message forward.

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• Identify how structural text features (headings, transitions, and visuals) help organize informational ideas.
• Analyze how text structure signals relationships among claims, explanations, and evidence.
• Use text features to predict where information shifts from background, to analysis, to conclusion.

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• Learn how surrounding words influence the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.
• Identify signal words such as definitions, examples, contrasts, and cause-and-effect in a passage.
• Use prefixes, suffixes, and word parts to deduce meanings.+ Show more

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• Synthesize multiple strands of understanding (main ideas, inferences, and evidence) into one coherent interpretation.
• Use character/idea change across the text to explain the author’s message.
• Explain how structure and text features (e.g., comparisons, turning points) guide interpretation of key moments.

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• Identify independent and dependent clauses within sentences.
• Understand how clauses function to build complete, clear sentences.
• Apply knowledge of clause control to improve sentence structure and avoid fragments or misplaced modifiers.

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• Explain how different text features (titles, captions, diagrams, charts, maps, footnotes, and highlighted terms) help readers understand main ideas and details.
• Interpret what a text feature adds or clarifies that a paragraph alone might not.
• Use labels and layout to make accurate meaning when reading informational and narrative texts.

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• Distinguish a strong claim from a thesis statement by focusing on purpose, scope, and direction
• Write a debatable, specific thesis that narrows a broad topic into a focused controlling idea
• Revise an introduction so each body paragraph aligns with the controlling idea

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• Understand how relative clauses add detail and improve sentence coherence.
• Identify and select appropriate relative pronouns to form clauses.
• Combine ideas effectively using relative clauses without creating fragments or run-ons.+ Show more

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Define what makes a thesis specific, arguable, and connected to the topic
• Write a thesis that can guide paragraph focus and topic sentences
• Revise thesis wording to improve clarity and coherence across a draft+ Show more

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• Identify the main claim and supporting reasons in a paragraph.
• Differentiate between claims and reasons in argument writing.
• Develop skills to analyze argument components for clarity and coherence.

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• Understand how to maintain a single point of view in writing.
• Learn the importance of consistent perspective for clarity.
• Practice identifying and analyzing perspective shifts in texts.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify common themes and differences across multiple sources on climate change.
• Develop skills to synthesize information to form a coherent understanding.
• Practice paraphrasing and selectively quoting from sources to support an argument.+ Show more

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• Identify the main claim in an argumentative passage
• Understand how reasons support a claim through cause-and-effect, comparison, and explanation
• Recognize the importance of logical reasoning and evidence in supporting arguments

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify errors in capitalization within sentences.
• Understand the importance of consistent capitalization in writing.
• Practice proofreading skills focused on surface accuracy.

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• Identify features of credible sources, including trustworthy authorship, a clear purpose, and verifiable information.
• Evaluate evidence by checking the publication details and date and matching evidence to the topic.
• Choose relevant information to support ideas and limit the use of unreliable claims or vague opinions.

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• Identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in a passage.
• Explain how figurative language affects mood and meaning in context.
• Infer intended meaning by connecting figurative wording to nearby events and descriptions.

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• Identify how diction (word choice) and modifiers influence a writer’s tone and attitude.
• Analyze how sentence rhythm and grammar choices contribute to style and purpose.
• Revise sentences to maintain consistent voice across genres such as reviews, opinion pieces, and explanatory articles.

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• Identify explicit meanings in a text by citing specific words, phrases, and details.
• Use textual evidence to support a claim, distinguishing strong evidence from vague or repetitive evidence.
• Explain how inferences are grounded in the language of the passage.

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify how narration and word choice reveal a speaker’s point of view
• Evaluate how selecting facts and claims changes meaning
• Analyze how perspective (first-person vs. third-person) affects tone, power, and sympathy+ Show more

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• Understand the importance of developing specific and answerable research questions.
• Analyze a passage to identify key elements related to inquiry planning.
• Differentiate between types of evidence and source categories suitable for different claims.+ Show more

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• Identify main ideas and supporting details in a text.
• Use active reading strategies to enhance comprehension.
• Connect new information to prior knowledge while reading.+ Show more

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• Identify a story’s theme by using relationships among key details, not just one event or phrase.
• Explain how repeated actions, character decisions, and recurring images support a central idea.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to describe how a character’s responses to adversity develop the theme.

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• Identify metaphors, similes, personification, symbolism, and imagery in texts
• Interpret the layered meanings created by figurative language
• Connect figurative language to mood, theme, and character perspective

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• Analyze how theme emerges across multiple texts and how integration builds a single, sustained interpretation.
• Evaluate how diction, syntax, imagery, genre, and structure influence an author’s argument and guide reader attention.
• Compare perspectives across texts to determine how viewpoints reshape conclusions and reveal limits of evidence.

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• Understand how to identify the main idea of a speaker's message.
• Recognize key details that support the main idea.
• Practice active listening skills through answering questions about a passage.