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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with some basic modal expressions (e.g., can, has to).

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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with a variety of familiar modal expressions (e.g., maybe/probably, can/could, must).

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Plan and deliver longer oral presentations on a variety of topics and content areas, using reasoning and evidence to support ideas, as well as growing understanding of register.

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Plan and deliver brief oral presentations on a variety of topics and content areas.

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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 a wide 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 because he had an exam on Monday), to make a concession (e.g., She studied all night even though she wasn’t feeling well), or to link two ideas that happen at the same time (e.g., The students worked in groups while their teacher walked around the room).

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Combine clauses in a few basic ways to make connections between and join ideas (e.g., creating compound sentences using and, but, so).

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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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Justify opinions or persuade others by providing detailed and relevant textual evidence or relevant background knowledge, with light support.

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Justify opinions by providing some textual evidence or relevant background knowledge, with substantial support.