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• Use a step-by-step proofreading routine to find and fix spelling errors that change or distract from meaning.
• Apply common spelling patterns and rules when checking key words in writing.
• Distinguish frequently confused words (homophones and near-homophones) and select the correct spelling.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and key details in media by using evidence from spoken words, on-screen text, and visuals.
• Distinguish key details from background information in a news clip, announcement, or slideshow.
• Explain how transitions and repeated information can show where a media message shifts.

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• Explain how modifier placement affects meaning in sentences with multiple noun phrases.
• Identify misplaced and dangling modifiers and revise sentences to attach modifiers to the correct referent.
• Use adverbial phrases and descriptive clauses to clarify manner, condition, or circumstance without creating confusion.+ Show more

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• Draft opening, body, and closing paragraphs that consistently develop a central idea.
• Maintain topic focus within each section by using topic sentences and relevant supporting details.
• Improve flow and coherence by using transitions and keeping a consistent line of reasoning.+ Show more

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• Analyze how event sequence, timing, and emphasis create meaning in a narrative or informational text.
• Identify cause-and-effect relationships and explain how they shape conflicts and resolutions.
• Determine how turning points and changes in stakes, perspectives, or conflicts influence reader interpretation.

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• Deliver an oral response with clear logical progression (claim → reasoning → evidence → insight).
• Use precise language that accurately reflects the text’s meaning, including implied ideas explained explicitly.
• Support claims with relevant textual evidence and explain how that evidence connects to personal insight or cultural context.+ Show more

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• Use multiple pieces of text evidence to justify a claim with clear, logical reasoning.
• Explain how a text’s structure and features (headings, visuals, organization) guide interpretation of significance.
• Analyze how perspective and values can shape interpretations across different texts, including agreements and disagreements.

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• Identify whether a sentence’s subject is singular or plural and choose the verb that matches.
• Fix subject-verb agreement errors in sentences with prepositional phrases and intervening details.
• Apply subject-verb agreement rules with indefinite pronouns and common tricky sentence patterns.

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• Identify what active listening involves, including tone, emphasis, and key points.
• Paraphrase what a speaker means to show comprehension during discussions or retellings.
• Respond appropriately by acknowledging the message and adjusting follow-up thoughts or questions.

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• Identify and use linking signals (e.g., therefore, however, because) to show how ideas relate in discussion.
• Use brief summaries and references to earlier points to confirm understanding and avoid unnecessary repetition.
• Synthesize new information into existing claims and respond to disagreement with reasoning and relevant details.+ Show more

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• Identify when a conversation or text needs clarification and ask targeted questions to address uncertainty.
• Restate a speaker’s idea accurately using confirmation language and paraphrasing.
• Verify key details in instructions, claims, and sequences to prevent misunderstandings.+ Show more

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• Identify a theme and explain how it recurs across different parts of a text or across multiple texts.
• Justify theme statements using evidence from narrative conflict, author’s framing, and informational details.
• Connect evidence to reasoning by explaining why it matters (values, attitudes, and cause-effect patterns).

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• Select evidence from a text that directly supports a claim or interpretation.
• Distinguish evidence from opinion by checking for specific wording, concrete examples, and accurate paraphrase.
• Explain how each piece of evidence clarifies the central idea rather than using unrelated details.

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• Identify common text features (headings, subheadings, captions, bold terms, and pull quotes) and explain what each one helps the reader do.
• Distinguish between information found in text features and information found in the main body text.
• Use text features to make accurate conclusions supported by evidence from the page.

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• Explain how motifs and symbols repeat across a text and help develop theme.
• Identify how each recurrence of a motif or symbol adds a new layer of meaning.
• Differentiate motifs (recurring patterns) from symbols (objects/places/actions that gain meaning).

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• Revise sentences to reduce confusion by making relationships between ideas explicit
• Check pronoun references to ensure they point to the correct nouns
• Use transitions to improve the logical flow between sentences and paragraphs+ Show more

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• Explain how complex sentences combine an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses.
• Identify subordinators and determine the relationship they signal (time, cause, contrast, condition, purpose).
• Use appropriate punctuation to avoid run-ons and fragments when writing complex sentences.+ Show more

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• Analyze how text features (headings, captions, charts/graphs, diagrams, and pull quotes) help readers understand a passage.
• Use evidence from both the main text and the features to explain what an author emphasizes.
• Determine how interpretations of a claim can be strengthened or contrasted by information in a text feature.

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• Identify respectful response moves during partner and group discussions.
• Choose polite agreement and concern statements that respond directly to the point made.
• Use sentence stems for asking follow-up questions and adding a new perspective collaboratively.

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• Use quotation marks to punctuate quoted text and reported speech accurately
• Place commas and end punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation points) inside or outside quotation marks using convention
• Punctuate short and extended quotations so writing stays readable and faithful to the source

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• Use transitional phrases and sentence-level links to create logical coherence between ideas
• Identify how transitions signal shifts in time, emphasis, contrast, and cause-effect relationships
• Apply strategies for repeating key terms and using pronouns to maintain clarity+ Show more

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• Identify and explain how labels, legends, and scales help interpret charts, diagrams, maps, and timelines.
• Use visual evidence to support claims by describing what a graphic suggests about sequence, change over time, or category comparisons.
• Explain misunderstandings that happen when readers ignore units, legend meanings, or comparison directions.

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• Identify and explain common idea-organization patterns (cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, sequence, and thesis-support).
• Distinguish topic sentences from supporting sentences and evaluate how each clarifies purpose in a paragraph.
• Use signposting and structural cues (subheadings, transitions, and evidence-to-claim links) to strengthen clarity and comprehension.+ Show more

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• Identify independent and dependent clauses and explain how subordination signals relationships between ideas.
• Choose appropriate subordinating words to show time, reason, condition, and contrast.
• Revise complex sentences to keep the main claim prominent and avoid over-nesting.

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• Identify the controlling idea in a text by distinguishing it from a topic or general theme.
• Write a focused thesis that states a central claim and narrows it to a specific angle that can be supported with evidence.
• Use evidence strategically by aligning each body paragraph with an aspect of the controlling idea.+ Show more

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• Explain how sentence order and paragraph order help a reader follow a message.
• Use drafting strategies to add vivid, relevant details while cutting unnecessary information early.
• Revise a draft by checking whether each paragraph advances the overall point.

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• Select evidence (quotation or paraphrase) that is relevant to a specific inference or claim.
• Distinguish between summary and direct support by matching evidence to the reasoning step it strengthens.
• Evaluate whether evidence is accurate, specific, and represents the author’s meaning.+ Show more

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• Revise drafts to improve coherence by strengthening connections between sentences, paragraphs, and sections
• Use topic sentences, transitions, and references to previous ideas so the reader can follow the reasoning
• Identify and fix gaps caused by missing details, reordered ideas, and uneven emphasis

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• Use multiple context clues (signal words, examples, and restatements) to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
• Identify how signal words like because, however, and in other words change or clarify meaning.
• Explain how surrounding sentences provide evidence for a precise definition in informational text.

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• Identify domain-specific terms and explain how their meanings fit the topic.
• Use context clues to choose the correct definition of a term from a content area.
• Distinguish between everyday meanings and content-area meanings of words such as distance, speed, and acceleration.+ Show more

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• Explain how synonym and antonym relationships can vary in intensity or context rather than meaning exactly the same.
• Use context clues from a sentence or passage to choose the best word relationship (similar but not identical, or opposite with specific shade of meaning).
• Compare related words to determine how they change meaning when used in a specific situation.

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• Define synonyms and antonyms and explain how they affect meaning in a text.
• Identify word pairs in context that show similar meaning (synonyms) or opposite meaning (antonyms).
• Use synonym and antonym clues to interpret tone and author intent in realistic fiction and opinion writing.

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• Explain how word choice affects a text’s purpose and audience understanding.
• Choose precise words that match the goal of a narrative or an informational text.
• Revise sentences by replacing vague words with more accurate vocabulary.

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• Identify how a speaker’s purpose (persuasive, informative, or explanatory) shapes organization
• Select and justify an order of ideas that reduces confusion and supports comprehension
• Use evidence of coherence (clear main points, connected supporting details, and signposting) to evaluate presentations

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• Distinguish an inference from a text-provided fact using precise language in the text.
• Cite the strongest evidence by selecting quotes or specific phrases that directly support an inference.
• Explain how cited evidence connects to a claim about a character’s motivation or an author’s stance.

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• Identify how a topic sentence controls the purpose of a paragraph in an argumentative or explanatory piece.
• Revise paragraphs to remove unrelated ideas and maintain logical alignment between claims and supporting details.
• Use evidence and explanation that directly match the controlling claim to prevent contradictions and digressions.+ Show more

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• Identify common reasons a draft is unclear and choose revision strategies to improve clarity.
• Revise a paragraph by strengthening organization, adding evidence, and clarifying relationships between ideas.
• Edit sentences to remove redundancy and improve precision while preserving the original meaning.

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• Identify how two informational sources present the same event or topic through their selected details and emphasis.
• Compare similarities and differences between accounts and explain how those choices affect understanding.
• Use evidence from text to support claims about why accounts may reach different conclusions.

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• Identify genre-specific structural elements that match narrative, informational, and persuasive writing.
• Revise writing organization by improving orientation, headings, and claim-and-reason development for clarity.
• Order events or ideas logically to support reader comprehension in different genres.

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• Explain how accurate framing and context preserve the meaning of quotations in an argument
• Integrate quoted or sourced evidence so it directly supports a specific claim
• Evaluate when summarizing is more effective than quoting while maintaining essential information+ Show more

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• Use commas correctly with introductory elements, essential vs. nonessential clauses, and coordinate structures.
• Apply semicolons and colons to clarify relationships between closely related independent clauses and to introduce lists or explanations.
• Use dashes, quotation marks, and end punctuation precisely to improve clarity and formal style.

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• Identify how simple, compound, complex, and expanded sentences affect meaning, emphasis, and rhythm.
• Use coordinating and subordinating relationships to connect ideas clearly in writing.
• Vary sentence openings and lengths to maintain focus and reduce monotony in a persuasive paragraph or short report.

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• Identify and use synonyms and antonyms to clarify meaning in academic writing
• Recognize degrees of meaning and choose the most precise word among similar terms
• Explain how word relationships (categories, comparisons, and contrasts) affect tone, connotation, and specificity+ Show more

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• Identify whether a subject is singular or plural and choose the correct verb form.
• Correct subject-verb agreement errors caused by intervening phrases and prepositional phrases.
• Use singular or plural verb agreement with collective nouns based on whether the group acts as one or as individuals.+ Show more

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• Explain key discussion norms for collaborative conversations (taking turns, respectful language, and staying on topic).
• Use active listening strategies to connect responses to others’ ideas.
• Apply discussion norms to a structured small-group conversation.

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• Use accurate paraphrasing to show understanding of a peer’s ideas during discussion.
• Ask clarifying questions that target specific claims, evidence, or definitions.
• Respond to disagreement by referencing relevant evidence and explaining how interpretations connect or conflict.+ Show more

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• Analyze how sentence structure choices (active vs. passive, word order, and subordination) shift emphasis, tone, and logical hierarchy.
• Revise sentences by changing syntax to better support a claim while preserving meaning.
• Evaluate how appositives and parenthetical information guide interpretation and add nuance in analytical writing.

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• Use purposeful speaking by summarizing key points from others before responding.
• Adjust your message to fit the discussion goal, especially when new information or disagreement appears.
• Use relevant details to support claims and stay focused on the topic.