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A. Writing
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1. Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers
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a. Generate ideas and topics and make a plan before writing
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b. Write a first draft with a main idea and supporting details
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c. Organize related ideas into a simple paragraph
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2. Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade
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a. Write to express personal ideas using a variety of forms, such as journals, narratives, letters, and reports
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b. Contribute to a shared writing experience or topic of interest
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c. Use sensory details to expand ideas
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d. Compose to inform using major points and examples to support a main idea
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e. Write persuasive text to support a stated opinion
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f. Write a variety of responses to text, such as response logs, journals, and constructed responses
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3. Compose texts using the revising and editing strategies of effective writers and speakers
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a. Improve writing by
- Maintaining a topic
- Adding ideas
- Deleting unrelated ideas
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b. Proofread and edit writing for
- Complete sentences
- Capitalization at the beginning of sentences
- Capitalization of proper nouns
- Punctuation at the end of sentences
- Commas with dates, salutations, and closing, and items in a series
- Apostrophes in contractions
- Quotation marks in simple dialogue
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c. Prepare writing for publication
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4. Identify how language choices in writing and speaking affect thoughts and feelings
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a. Use colorful language to convey thoughts and feelings in formal and informal writing
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b. Acquire and use new vocabulary
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5. Use effective details, words, and figurative language in the student's own composing
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a. Use sensory words and other details to expand and improve student's own writing
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b. Examine and use basic transitions, such as "and," "but," "or," "first," "second," and "last"
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6. Explain how textual changes in a work clarify meaning or fulfill a purpose
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a. Revise own text for word choice
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7. Locate, retrieve, and use information from various sources to accomplish a purpose
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a. Identify and use sources of information on a topic
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b. Use various information retrieval sources (traditional and/or electronic) to obtain information on a topic
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c. Use note taking and organizational strategies to record and organize information
- Participate in teacher-directed note taking and organization of information
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d. Use information to fulfill a given purpose
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