ELA Worksheets

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• Use consistent verb tenses to show when events happen in a narrative, explanation, or set of instructions.
• Choose correct verb forms for common irregular verbs (especially in past and future contexts).
• Revise sentences so tense shifts match the writer’s purpose and create clear logical timelines.

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• Analyze how transitions and logical progression guide an audience’s focus in an oral presentation.
• Identify how repetition of central phrases and strategic emphasis highlight key ideas.
• Evaluate whether examples and explanations strengthen the main purpose of a presentation.+ Show more

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• Contribute ideas in a collaborative discussion that connect to the group’s topic and purpose
• Use discussion moves such as sharing an informed viewpoint, asking targeted questions, and responding respectfully
• Make meaning clear by using academic language and brief explanations with relevant references

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• Identify how diction, modifiers, and sentence rhythm contribute to an author’s tone.
• Evaluate whether a draft maintains consistent voice and explain the effect of inconsistencies.
• Select the best stylistic revision for a given genre and purpose.

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• Select relevant textual evidence that directly supports a specific claim.
• Explain what evidence shows and how it connects to the writer’s reasoning.
• Use evidence to clarify logical relationships such as cause-effect, author intent, or claims supported by details.

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• Explain how a labeled section in a narrative contributes to ideas beyond simple time order
• Connect what happens in one section to what becomes possible in later sections (new understanding or revised stakes)
• Identify evidence that shows how pacing, background information, or character relationships change across sections

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• Monitor understanding by tracking key ideas and relationships while reading literary and informational texts.
• Distinguish narrative elements (character, conflict, development) from informational elements (topic, definitions, explanatory structure).
• Use context clues, references, and cohesion markers to interpret complex sentences and unfamiliar vocabulary.

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• Revise writing to strengthen clarity by aligning claims with evidence and explanations.
• Use precise wording and add missing supporting details to improve development.
• Edit for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and citation placement to ensure consistent meaning.

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• Plan a research task by choosing a focused topic, purpose, and audience before drafting.
• Evaluate sources by checking credibility, relevance, and accuracy of evidence.
• Organize research notes so evidence supports claims, definitions, and narrative meaning.

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• Use nouns and verbs accurately to improve precision and clarity in sentences.
• Select effective adjectives and adverbs to modify meaning precisely.
• Apply pronouns with clear antecedents and choose correct prepositions and conjunctions.+ Show more

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• Identify the main claim and supporting sub-claims in an argument.
• Explain how reasons and evidence work together to justify claims.
• Recognize common argument relationships such as cause, comparison, and problem-solution.+ Show more

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• Use capital letters at the start of sentences and in proper nouns (names of people, places, and organizations).
• Choose the correct end punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point) based on sentence purpose.
• Revise sentences to improve readability by fixing capitalization and end punctuation.

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• Use end punctuation marks (periods, question marks, exclamation marks) to show the purpose of a sentence.
• Use commas to support clarity in common sentence structures such as lists.
• Use apostrophes for common contractions and possessive forms at grade level.

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• I can identify a writer’s task and purpose from a prompt.
• I can choose details and organization that fit whether I am informing, persuading, or telling a story.
• I can explain how genre features (claim-and-reason, facts, or ordered events) help my writing meet the goal.+ Show more

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• Identify the purpose of a text (to persuade, to inform, or to tell a story) and match it to what the writer includes.
• Explain how a writer’s task influences organization, details, and structure.
• Revise writing by adding genre-appropriate features for the intended audience and purpose.

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• Explain how headings, captions, visuals, and main text work together to support inferences and theme development.
• Determine the main idea and supporting points by using evidence from both body text and text features.
• Describe how information choices (like a heading or graph) shape meaning in a text.+ Show more

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• Identify synonyms and antonyms and explain how they change word meaning.
• Use word relationships (categories and connotations) to choose the most accurate word.
• Sort words into categories and interpret how connotation affects tone in writing.+ Show more

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• Identify the purpose and structure of procedural writing.
• Use sequence words (first, next, then) to follow and organize steps.
• Recognize how safety notes and helpful warnings fit into procedures.

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• Use correct parts of speech to improve sentence clarity and meaning.
• Maintain consistent verb tense to avoid confusing shifts in time.
• Apply accurate capitalization and conventional spelling in formal writing.+ Show more

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• Explain how an oral presentation uses an introduction, body, and conclusion to guide the audience.
• Identify and apply smooth transitions and signposted relationships between ideas in a talk.
• Select relevant details for a purpose (informing/explaining) and remove unrelated information.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and key supporting points in a source text when preparing a summary.
• Write a summary that condenses information without adding new claims beyond the source.
• Revise a draft summary to ensure it reflects the source’s emphasis and avoids isolated details.+ Show more

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• Use clarifying questions to ask about confusing details from what a speaker shared.
• Use follow-up comments and follow-up questions to extend understanding by adding information and reasoning.
• Respond respectfully by connecting answers to the speaker’s purpose and using an appropriate speaking volume.

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• Revise sentences by combining related ideas when it improves clarity and coherence.
• Revise sentences by separating ideas into distinct sentences when clarity requires it.
• Replace vague words with more precise wording while keeping the original meaning.

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• Identify how media (visuals, graphics, audio) can reinforce and clarify spoken messages in an oral presentation.
• Evaluate whether media is useful or redundant by comparing what the audience would gain from it.
• Use presentation flow strategies so visuals are timed and labeled to match what the speaker says.+ Show more

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• Write or evaluate a clear presentation claim and supporting reasoning using relevant details.
• Organize presentation content so the audience moves logically from introduction to explanation.
• Select visuals and multimedia that match the information they represent and reinforce key ideas.+ Show more

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• Analyze how an author’s organization develops a theme across scenes or paragraphs.
• Distinguish between theme (a central idea) and message (what the author ultimately argues or reveals).
• Use evidence from motifs, conflicts, and strategic emphasis to support claims about theme and message.+ Show more

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• Evaluate how a draft’s structure and formatting support readability for a specific audience and genre.
• Use a final-review checklist to confirm conventions, citations, and visual elements are consistent and accurate.
• Revise and prepare writing for publication by addressing organization, clarity, and presentation details.

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• Identify how register changes language formality, sentence structure, and word choice for different audiences and purposes.
• Revise sentences to shift register while keeping the same meaning.
• Use consistent signals of respectful and appropriate tone in everyday, community, and school contexts.

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• Select evidence that is relevant to a specific claim and purpose.
• Evaluate whether sources are credible by checking author, publication, and accuracy signals.
• Use evidence efficiently by avoiding redundancy and ensuring sources fit the scope and length of a text.+ Show more

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• Identify direct evidence by selecting exact wording from a text that best supports a claim.
• Distinguish between direct quotes and paraphrased details while keeping the author’s meaning faithful.
• Evaluate whether evidence is relevant and includes enough context to make its purpose clear.

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• Identify correct subject–verb agreement in sentences with intervening phrases
• Choose the correct verb form for compound subjects (and/or/both...and)
• Maintain consistent tense and correct forms of verbs that show action or state of being

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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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• Revise sentences to fix subject–verb agreement and ensure consistent verb tense
• Improve pronoun reference so pronouns clearly point to the correct noun
• Correct punctuation and clause-related punctuation to improve clarity and correctness+ Show more

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• Identify how explanatory writing uses logical progression from introduction to conclusion to guide reader understanding
• Use topic sentences and transitions/linking phrases to clarify relationships between ideas in an explanation
• Revise sentences for clearer organization by strengthening sequence and connections among claims and evidence

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• Identify how topic sentences and paragraph organization help readers follow the main idea in writing.
• Use appropriate transitions to show cause, contrast, sequence, or emphasis within and between paragraphs.
• Maintain consistent tense, perspective, and terminology to improve clarity and readability.

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• Differentiate between a claim and the evidence that supports it in academic writing.
• Select evidence that is relevant to a specific claim and avoid evidence that addresses a different idea.
• Integrate evidence smoothly by using paraphrases, quotations, or summaries and explaining the connection to the claim.+ Show more

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• Identify explicit information in a text using stated facts, definitions, and examples
• Use evidence from the text to support an inference about an animal’s survival
• Explain how quoted or paraphrased details help connect claims to textual support

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• Determine the meaning of domain-specific words and phrases by analyzing how they function in a particular text.
• Identify clues such as definitions, comparisons, examples, and surrounding argument that narrow a word’s meaning.
• Distinguish everyday meanings from technical meanings in academic writing.

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• Define relevant evidence and explain why it strengthens credibility in an argument.
• Identify how context and explanation help evidence stay connected to a claim.
• Revise argument writing to improve relevance, clarity, and accuracy of supporting evidence.

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• Identify how organizational structures (chronological order, problem-solution, compare-contrast, and cause-effect) match a writer’s purpose.
• Analyze how structural markers such as headings, topic sentences, and summary statements support comprehension.
• Determine which organizational pattern best fits a given writing scenario and justify the choice.

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• Identify relevant evidence within a text.
• Explain how evidence supports an interpretation or claim.
• Develop analytical writing that incorporates textual evidence.+ Show more

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• Identify examples of contrast and repetition in essays
• Understand how contrast emphasizes key points
• Analyze the effect of repetition in persuasive writing

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• Identify the main idea of an informational text and explain why it matters.
• Distinguish supporting details from details that only add extra information.
• Write a clear response that uses a main idea and relevant supporting details.

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• Explain how context helps refine the meaning of a word across different texts
• Compare how the same term is used in two texts to decide whether the meaning stays the same or changes
• Use evidence from definitions, examples, and descriptions to support word-meaning choices

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• Identify the main idea or central point in a passage.
• Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details.
• Analyze how paragraphs and sections develop a central idea.+ Show more

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• Identify common organizational structures in notes and explain how labels help connect related ideas.
• Use transitions and consistent headings to show cause and effect, compare and contrast, or chronological order.
• Apply organizational strategies to improve clarity and relevance in short writing.

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• Identify types of evidence (statistics, observations, expert statements, and quoted passages) that support a specific claim.
• Explain how evidence becomes effective when it is relevant and followed by reasoning rather than simply inserted.
• Select, paraphrase, and cite evidence so it fits smoothly within sentence-level writing.

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• Determine an oral presentation’s purpose and central claim based on an introduction and overall message
• Evaluate whether supporting points and examples are appropriate for a specific audience
• Choose an organizational order that supports clarity, coherence, and the presenter’s intended takeaway+ Show more