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Communicative modes
standard Code
PI.7.8
PI.7.9
xxii SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 7
Emerging
Analyzing language choices
Explain how phrasing or different common words with similar meaning (e.g., choosing to use the word polite versus good) produce different effects on the audience.
Presenting
Plan and deliver
brief informative oral presentations on familiar topics
Expanding
Analyzing language choices
Explain how phrasing, different words with similar meaning (e.g., describing a character as diplomatic versus respectful) or figurative language (e.g., The wind whispered through the night.) produce shades of meaning and different effects on the audience.
Presenting
Plan and deliver longer oral presentations on a variety of topics, using details and evidence to support ideas.
Bridging
interpretive
PI.7.7
Evaluating language choices
Explain how well writers and speakers use language to support ideas and arguments with detailed evidence (e.g., identifying the precise vocabulary used to present evidence, or the phrasing used to signal a shift in meaning) when provided with substantial support.
Evaluating language choices
Explain how well writers and speakers use specific language to present ideas of support arguments and provide detailed evidence (e.g., showing the clarity of the phrasing used to present an argument) when provided with moderate support.
Evaluating language choices
Explain how well writers and speakers use specific language resources to present ideas or support arguments and provide detailed evidence (e.g., identifying the specific language used to present ideas and claims that
are well supported and distinguishing them from those that are not) when provided with light support.
Analyzing language choices
Explain how phrasing, different words with similar meaning (e.g., refined–respectful–polite– diplomatic), or figurative language (e.g., The wind whispered through the night.) produce shades of meaning, nuances, and different effects on the audience.
Productive
Presenting
Plan and deliver longer oral presentations on
a variety of topics in a variety of disciplines, using reasoning and evidence to support ideas, as well as growing understanding of register.
PI.7.10a
writing
Write short literary and informational texts
(e.g., an argument for wearing school uniforms) collaboratively (e.g., with peers) and independently.
writing
Write longer literary
and informational texts (e.g., an argument for wearing school uniforms) collaboratively (e.g., with peers) and independently using appropriate text organization.
writing
Write longer and more detailed literary and informational texts
(e.g., an argument for wearing school uniforms) collaboratively (e.g., with peers) and independently using appropriate text organization and growing understanding of register.