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Communicative modes
standard Code
PI.8.8
Productive
xxii SpringBoard® English Language Arts grade 8
emerging
Analyzing language choices
Explain how phrasing or different common words with similar meanings (e.g., choosing to use the word persistent versus the term hard worker) produce different effects on the audience.
Presenting
Plan and deliver
brief informative oral presentations on concrete topics.
expanding
Analyzing language choices
Explain how phrasing
or different words with similar meanings (e.g., describing a character
as stubborn versus persistent) or figurative language (e.g., Let me throw some light onto the topic.) 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.8.7
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 or 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 or different words with similar meanings (e.g., cunning versus smart, stammer versus say) or figurative language (e.g., Let me throw some light onto the topic.) produce shades of meaning, nuances, and different effects on the audience.
PI.8.9
Presenting
Plan and deliver longer oral presentations on a variety of concrete and abstract topics using reasoning
and evidence to support ideas and using a growing understanding of register.
PI.8.10a
writing
Write short literary and informational texts (e.g., an argument about whether the government should fund research using stem cells) collaboratively (e.g., with peers) and independently.
writing
Write longer literary
and informational texts (e.g., an argument about whether the government should fund research using stem cells) 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 about whether the government should fund research using stem cells) collaboratively (e.g., with peers) and independently using appropriate text organization and growing understanding of register.