State+Standards+English+Language+Arts

 **READING LITERATURE **  · 1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.  · 2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.  · 3. Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.  **Craft and Structure **  · 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.  · 5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. (Not applicable to literature) <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Key Ideas and Details **

<span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Craft and Structure ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person). <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">WRITING ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain a formal style. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain a formal style. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l15 level2 lfo9; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Production and Distribution of Writing ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo10; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo10; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo10; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Research to Build and Present Knowledge ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo11; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Apply //grade 6 Reading standards// to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres [e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories] in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics”). <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo11; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Apply //grade 6 Reading standards// to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not”). <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Range of Writing ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">SPEAKING AND LISTENING ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo13; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo13; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo13; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Follow rules for collegial discussions, set specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo13; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo13; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo13; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo13; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo14; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo14; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo14; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Key Ideas and Details **
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Text Types and Purposes **
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Comprehension and Collaboration **

<span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">LANGUAGE ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive). <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use intensive pronouns (e.g., //myself, ourselves//). <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.* <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).* <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.* <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.* <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo15; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Spell correctly. <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Knowledge of Language ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo16; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l14 level2 lfo16; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.* <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l14 level2 lfo16; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain consistency in style and tone.* <span style="background: white; border-bottom: #e5e4e4 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 18.7pt 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #e5e4e4 1.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 5.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Vocabulary Acquisition and Use ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., //audience, auditory, audible//). <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary). <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words. <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., //stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty//). <span style="background: white; line-height: 14.95pt; margin: 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo17; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">Conventions of Standard English **