Common+Core+Standards

= = = READING: =

Key Ideas and Details

 * 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1]  Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 * __[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1] __ Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 * 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2]  Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * __[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2] __ Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * 3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3] Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
 *  [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3] Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

Craft and Structure

 * 4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4] Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4]  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
 * 5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.5] Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
 * __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
 * 6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6] Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
 * __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
>> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(RL.8.8 not applicable to literature)
 * 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7] Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
 * __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.7] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
 * 8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(RL.7.8 not applicable to literature)
 * 9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.9] Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
 * __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

 * 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.10] 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="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

= WRITING: =

** Text Types and Purposes **

 * 1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1] Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1a] __ Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1b] __ Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1c] __ Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1d] __ Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1e] __ Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1a] __ Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1b] Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1c] Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1d] Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1e] Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
 * 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2a] __ Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2b] __ Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2c] __ Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2d] __ Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2e] __ Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2f] __ Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2a] Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2b] Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2c] Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2d] Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2e] Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2f] Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
 * 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3a] __ Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3b] __ Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3c] __ 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3d] __ Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">__ [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3e] __ Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3a] Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3b] Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3c] Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3d] Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3e] Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.

** Production and Distribution of Writing **
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 * 4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.4] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.4] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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.)
 * 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.5] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 7 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|here] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">.)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.5] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 8 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|here] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">.)
 * 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
 * __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.6] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.6] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

** Research to Build and Present Knowledge **

 * 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
 * __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.7] __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.7] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
 * 8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.8] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.8] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
 * 9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.9] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.9a] Apply //grade 7 Reading standards// to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history”).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.9b] Apply //grade 7 Reading standards// to literary nonfiction (e.g. “Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims”).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.9] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.9a] Apply //grade 8 Reading standards// to literature (e.g., “Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new”).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.9b] Apply //grade 8 Reading standards// to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced”).

** Range of Writing **

 * 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 tasks, purposes, and audiences.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.10] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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 audiences.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.10] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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 audiences.

= SPEAKING AND LISTENING: =

Comprehension and Collaboration

 * 1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1b] Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1c] Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1d] Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1b] Follow rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1c] Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1d] Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views in light of the evidence presented.
 * 2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.2] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
 * 3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.3] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.3] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

 * 4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.4] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.4] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
 * 5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.5] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.5] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
 * 6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.6] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade 7 Language standards 1 and 3 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|here] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> for specific expectations.)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.6] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade 8 Language standards 1 and 3 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|here] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> for specific expectations.)

= LANGUAGE =

Conventions of Standard English

 * 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1b] Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1c] Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1b] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1c] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1d] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*
 * 2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.2] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.2a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> but not //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">He wore an old[,] green shirt //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.2b] Spell correctly.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2b] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2c] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Spell correctly.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2c] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Spell correctly.

Knowledge of Language

 * 3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.3] Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.3a] Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.3] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.3a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.3a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
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 * 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4] Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on //grade 7 reading and content//, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4a] 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4b] Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., //belligerent, bellicose, rebel//).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4c] Consult general and specialized 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-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4d] 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-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.4] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">grade 8 reading and content //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.4a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.4b] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">precede, recede, secede //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.4c] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Consult general and specialized 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-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.4d] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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).
 * 5. Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.5] Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.5a] Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.5b] Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.5c] Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., //refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending//).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.5] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.5a] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.5b] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.5c] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">).
 * 6. Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.6] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.6] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8a2003; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.6] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> 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.