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Learning Objectives

• Select textual evidence that directly supports a specific claim rather than only being related to the topic.
• Explain how context and author purpose affect whether evidence is strong and thorough.
• Differentiate when to quote versus when to paraphrase evidence while preserving meaning and scope.

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• Identify how figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification, and sound devices) shapes mood and tone.
• Analyze how word choice and imagery in a passage create meaning that is suggested rather than directly stated.
• Explain how specific phrases in a text support a reader’s interpretation.

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• Identify how language choices (loaded terms, metaphors, hedging, and omission) reveal bias and perspective.
• Analyze how selection of details and portrayal of groups/events shape a reader’s interpretation.
• Evaluate how a narrator’s worldview influences what seems important or “true” in a narrative.

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• Identify performance metrics and constraints in an engineering design problem
• Use basic trade-off reasoning to compare options using cost, durability, strength, and sustainability
• Explain how parameter variation and sensitivity analysis help improve a design+ Show more

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• Use precise vocabulary (nouns, verbs, adjectives) to improve accuracy and clarity in academic writing
• Revise general or vague wording by replacing it with terms that match exact meaning, degree, and perspective
• Maintain academic tone by considering connotation, discipline-specific terminology, and unintended bias

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• Analyze how visual elements (captions, framing, typography, sequencing) work together with written structure to shape meaning.
• Evaluate purpose, tone, and emphasis by examining how images and text coordinate rhetorical strategies.
• Revise a short visual-text claim by adding evidence from both image features and textual structure.

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• Analyze how perspective shapes what a text emphasizes, excludes, or labels as important.
• Compare how different parties frame the same issue using vocabulary, assumptions, and emotional tone.
• Identify bias indicators such as selective evidence, loaded language, and uneven treatment of counterarguments.

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• Identify common spelling patterns in word families, syllables, and familiar prefixes or suffixes.
• Use homophones and context clues to choose the correct word in sentences.
• Apply spelling patterns to correctly spell and write multi-syllable words.+ Show more

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• Analyze how visual elements and text structures work together to create a unified meaning in informational and argumentative texts.
• Identify how captions, typography, framing, and sequencing influence purpose, tone, and emphasis.
• Use evidence from both images and wording to support interpretations of a creator’s rhetorical intent.

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• Explain the purpose of International Left-Handers Day and when it is celebrated
• Identify how left-handedness has been treated differently in various cultures
• Describe how left-handed tools and classroom choices can support learners+ Show more

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• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables in an investigation and describe how they relate to cause-and-effect claims.
• Use operational definitions to explain exactly how variables will be measured.
• Design a fair test by controlling confounding factors and using control groups and replication.

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• Explain how gravity and fusion interact to determine a star’s main-sequence stage
• Compare the evolutionary paths of stars by relating outcomes to stellar mass
• Describe how stellar evolution produces visible changes and contributes to chemical enrichment

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• Explain how message framing influences an audience’s interpretation by selecting and arranging details
• Identify language and structural choices (e.g., loaded adjectives, contrastive conjunctions, scene order) that guide judgments
• Analyze how framing can shift attention from evidence to emotion and responsibility

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• Explain how allele frequencies change over time using simple quantitative models.
• Use probability and basic population-genetics ideas to interpret patterns of inheritance and selection.
• Analyze fitness differences with graphs or frequency tables to predict population responses.+ Show more

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• Identify similes and metaphors in a poem or narrative.
• Explain how figurative language shapes meaning using context clues.
• Use evidence from text to interpret a writer’s intended message.

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• Explain how heritable differences and natural selection can lead to adaptation in a population.
• Describe how populations can diverge into new species through reproductive isolation.
• Identify evidence of speciation using morphology, compatibility, and biogeographic patterns.+ Show more

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• Define theme development and distinguish theme from topic in a text
• Identify how recurring ideas, character attitudes, and imagery/language build meaning over time
• Support a theme statement with evidence from multiple moments in a text

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• Identify relative maxima and relative minima (turning points) from a function graph.
• Connect turning points to meaningful peaks and dips in the modeled quantity.
• Describe end behavior using output values as inputs become very large in magnitude or approach domain boundaries.

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• Explain how modifiers (participial phrases, prepositional phrases, and adjectival clauses) affect meaning by attaching to the correct word or idea.
• Identify and correct dangling and misplaced modifiers that create confusion about who does an action or what a description limits.
• Revise sentences to improve clarity and precision in formal writing.

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• Explain how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are connected through melting, weathering, transport, deposition, lithification, and metamorphism.
• Describe physical and chemical drivers of change in the rock cycle, including temperature, pressure, fluids, and chemical weathering.
• Connect rock-type turnover timescales to Earth processes and plate tectonics, including surface erosion and recycling.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of feedback mechanisms in maintaining homeostasis.
• Identify different types of feedback loops and their functions.
• Describe how sensing, signaling, and effectors work together in regulation.+ Show more

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• Understand how to interpret slopes and areas under position, velocity, and acceleration graphs.
• Analyze motion patterns of vehicles and sleds using graphical data.
• Relate graphical features to equations of motion and physical forces.+ Show more

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• Evaluate how effectively an argument connects claims to evidence through clear, logical reasoning.
• Identify when evidence is qualified appropriately and when reasoning fails to justify conclusions.
• Assess whether counterclaims are represented fairly and addressed with relevant support.

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• Define key network vocabulary such as network, node, connection, and infrastructure.
• Describe the roles of devices and network infrastructure in sending information.
• Explain how local and global communication can use networks.+ Show more

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• Define register and transfer and explain how academic vocabulary should keep its meaning across speaking and writing.
• Apply key academic words in discussion and then revise the same ideas for an essay with appropriate formality.
• Use audience-appropriate word choice and transitions to maintain clarity and credibility.

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• Identify the difference between a topic and a clear, arguable claim in a presentation.
• Explain how evidence should be integrated with reasoning using logical transitions.
• Evaluate the coherence of a claim-and-evidence presentation from opening through conclusion.

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• Identify implicit meanings in a text by examining wording, emphasis, and context rather than only stated facts.
• Select and explain evidence that signals attitude, significance, or cause—even when the author does not directly claim it.
• Use language cues such as modality (may, likely, can), qualifiers, and repeated concepts to support an inference grounded in the text.

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• Identify how a text’s purpose (inform, persuade, respond) shapes its content and wording
• Determine how audience influences tone, detail level, and examples used in writing
• Revise writing to better match a new purpose and/or audience while keeping the central idea the same

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• Explain how geographic separation can lead to reproductive isolation and new species.
• Compare ecological divergence, polyploidy, and behavioral shifts as speciation mechanisms.
• Use phylogenetic and reproductive barrier evidence to describe how lineages split over time.

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• Identify a claim and distinguish it from supporting evidence and reasoning in an informational text
• Evaluate whether evidence is relevant and sufficient to support a conclusion
• Explain how authors connect evidence to claims, including when they rely on warrants rather than mere assertions+ Show more

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• Explain how strong elaboration adds relevant details that support a main idea.
• Identify whether a given detail is connected to the controlling message or off-topic.
• Use reasons and examples to elaborate a sentence without repeating the same idea.

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• Identify how meaningful connections to a text are supported by specific evidence and explanation.
• Distinguish between simply stating a connection and using the connection to strengthen interpretation of the text’s message.
• Practice writing connection evidence that links the text to lived experience, prior knowledge, or cultural context.

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• Describe how cells, tissues, organs, and body systems work together to support life functions
• Identify the level of organization that matches a given body structure or function
• Explain how changes in one structure can affect how well an organ system maintains balance

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• Explain how register and tone change depending on audience and purpose
• Identify how writers use word choice, hedging, and syntax to signal stance
• Revise a message to better match an intended audience

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• Compare series and parallel circuits in terms of current distribution, total resistance, and voltage across components.
• Predict how changing a resistor or adding a branch affects current and brightness in household lighting examples.
• Use circuit reasoning to explain why parallel connections can provide redundancy when one path fails.

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• Convert between mass, moles, and particle counts using molar mass and Avogadro’s number
• Determine the limiting reactant and theoretical yield in a chemical reaction
• Calculate percent yield from experimental and theoretical yields+ Show more

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• Define what a central idea is in an informational text
• Identify two central ideas by tracing recurring claims across multiple paragraphs
• Explain how supporting details (examples, data, and explanations) develop or refine central ideas

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• Identify the parts of an argument (controlling claim, reasons, evidence, explanation, and rebuttal) and describe how they work together.
• Evaluate whether evidence is explained clearly and connected back to the controlling claim and reasons.
• Revise arguments to maintain consistent focus across paragraphs using transitions that signal justification, contrast, and refinement.+ Show more

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• Explain how political participation expanded during the Jacksonian era through changes in voting rights and party activity
• Identify key features of the new political party system, including the rise of the Democratic Party
• Describe how campaign strategies and electoral reforms influenced public involvement in politics

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• Explain how the Articles of Confederation limited the power of the national government.
• Identify weaknesses of the Articles, including problems with taxation, trade regulation, and enforcement of laws.
• Describe how economic instability and interstate conflict fueled calls for a stronger federal system.

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• Identify the purpose of a presentation and match details to the main goal.
• Evaluate whether spoken delivery moves logically from introduction to key ideas and conclusion.
• Use linking words and precise vocabulary to keep meaning clear and connected.+ Show more

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• Explain how a narrator’s point of view affects which details stand out in a story
• Analyze how shifts in perspective change a reader’s interpretation of characters and events
• Use textual evidence to connect a story’s viewpoint to its tone, conflict, and meaning

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• Identify a writer’s purpose and the intended audience in a paragraph.
• Explain how audience influences tone and word choice.
• Write a focused paragraph that includes a clear controlling idea and supporting details.

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• Explain how orbital dynamics and gravitational interactions provide evidence about long-term stability in space systems
• Interpret how spectral measurements and light curves reveal composition, temperature-related properties, and rotation-related structure
• Use multiple observations (orbital elements, spectra, and light curves) to support or challenge models of system evolution

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• Identify the claim (interpretation) and the evidence (text details) in a strong evidence-based response
• Select evidence that accurately matches an interpretation from the text
• Explain how quoted or paraphrased details connect to a claim+ Show more

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• Identify the difference between a claim and the reasons that support it in an argument
• Evaluate whether evidence logically connects to a reason and strengthens the claim
• Use cause-and-effect, comparison, and general-to-specific explanation to build chain reasoning+ Show more

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• Identify and correct common grammar errors during proofreading, including subject-verb agreement and consistent verb tense.
• Revise punctuation for clarity, including comma placement in compound sentences and accurate end punctuation.
• Detect and correct spelling errors and visually similar word mistakes while maintaining sentence meaning.

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• Explain how instrument calibration and resolution affect measurement uncertainty.
• Use significant figures and reading techniques to report measurements appropriately.
• Calculate or qualitatively predict how uncertainty propagates when combining measured quantities.+ Show more