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Combine clauses in an increasing variety of ways (e.g., creating compound and complex sentences) to make connections between and join ideas, for example, to express cause/effect (e.g., The deer ran because the mountain lion came), to make a concession (e.g., She studied all night even though she wasn’t feeling well), or to provide reasons to support ideas (e.g., X is an extremely good book because ___________).

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Use a growing set of academic words (e.g., author, chart, global, affect), domain-specific words (e.g., scene, setting, plot, point of view, fraction, cell membrane, democracy), synonyms, and antonyms to create precision and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.

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Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in a growing number of ways to manipulate language (e.g., She likes X. That's impossible).

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Plan and deliver longer oral presentations on a variety of topics and content areas, using details and evidence to support ideas.

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Combine clauses in an increasing variety of ways (e.g., creating compound and complex sentences) to make connections between and join ideas, for example, to express a reason (e.g., He stayed at home on Sunday to study for Monday’s exam) or to make a concession (e.g., She studied all night even though she wasn’t feeling well).

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Use a growing set of academic words (e.g., cycle, alternative, indicate, process), domain-specific words (e.g., scene, soliloquy, sonnet, friction, monarchy, fraction), synonyms, and antonyms to create precision and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.

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Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in a growing number of ways to manipulate language (e.g., She likes walking to school. That’s impossible).

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Plan and deliver longer oral presentations on a variety of topics, using details and evidence to support ideas.

Standard:
Combine clauses in an increasing variety of ways (e.g., creating compound and complex sentences) to make connections between and join ideas, for example, to express a reason (e.g., He stayed at home on Sunday in order to study for Monday’s exam) or to make a concession (e.g., She studied all night even though she wasn’t feeling well).

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Use a growing set of academic words (e.g., specific, contrast, significant, function), domain-specific words (e.g., scene, irony, suspense, analogy, cell membrane, fraction), synonyms, and antonyms to create precision and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.