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Condense ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clauses or other ways of condensing as in, This is a story about a girl. The girl changed the world. --- This is a story about a girl who changed the world) to create precise and detailed sentences.

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Condense ideas in an increasing variety of ways (e.g., through various types of embedded clauses and other ways of condensing, as in, Organic vegetables are food. They’re made without chemical fertilizers. They’re made without chemical insecticides) --- Organic vegetables are foods that are made without chemical fertilizers or insecticides) to create precise and detailed sentences.

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Use an expanded set of general academic words (e.g., cycle, alternative, indicate, process, emphasize, illustrate), domain-specific words (e.g., scene, soliloquy, sonnet, friction, monarchy, fraction), synonyms, antonyms, and figurative language to create precision and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.

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Use a select number of general academic words (e.g., cycle, alternative) and domain-specific words (e.g., scene, chapter, paragraph, cell) to create some precision while speaking and writing.

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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 variety of ways to manipulate language (e.g., changing destroy → destruction, probably → probability, reluctant → reluctantly).

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Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in basic ways (e.g., She likes X. He walked to school).

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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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Adjust language choices according to task (e.g., facilitating a science experiment, providing peer feedback on a writing assignment), purpose, task, and audience.

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Adjust language choices according to social setting (e.g., classroom, break time) and audience (e.g., peers, teacher).