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Offer opinions and ideas in conversations using a small set of learned phrases (e.g., I think X), as well as open responses in order to gain and/or hold the floor.

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Offer opinions and negotiate with others in conversations using an expanded set of learned phrases (e.g., I think/don’t think X. I agree with X), as well as open responses in order to gain and/or hold the floor, elaborate on an idea, and so on.

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Distinguish how multiple different words with similar meaning (e.g., big, large, huge, enormous, gigantic) produce shades of meaning and a different effect on the audience.

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Distinguish how two different frequently used words (e.g., large versus small) produce a different effect on the audience.

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Distinguish how two different words with similar meaning (e.g., large versus enormous) produce shades of meaning and a different effect on the audience.

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Apply understanding of how different text types are organized predictably to express ideas (e.g., how a story is organized versus an informative/ explanatory text versus an opinion text) to comprehending texts and writing texts in shared language activities guided by the teacher and independently.

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Apply understanding of how text types are organized (e.g., how a story is organized by a sequence of events) to comprehending texts and composing basic texts with substantial support (e.g., using drawings, through joint construction with a peer or teacher) to comprehending texts in shared language activities guided by the teacher, with peers, and sometimes independently.

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Apply understanding of how different text types are organized to express ideas (e.g., how a story is organized sequentially with predictable stages versus how an informative text is organized by topic and details) to comprehending texts and writing texts in shared language activities guided by the teacher and with increasing independence.

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Offer opinions and negotiate with others in conversations using a variety of learned phrases (e.g., That’s a good idea, but X), as well as open responses, in order to gain and/or hold the floor, provide counterarguments, elaborate on an idea, and the like.

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Offer opinions and negotiate with others in conversations using learned phrases (e.g., I think X.), as well as open responses, in order to gain and/or hold the floor.