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

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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with nuanced modal expressions, (e.g., possibly/potentially/absolutely, should/might).

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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with familiar modal expressions (e.g., can, may).

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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with a variety of familiar modal expressions (e.g., possibly/likely, could/ would/should).

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Expand noun phrases in an increasing variety of ways (e.g., more complex clause embedding) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people, and things.

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Expand noun phrases in basic ways (e.g., adding a sensory adjective to a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people, and things.

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Expand noun phrases in a growing number of ways (e.g., adding adjectives to nouns or simple clause embedding) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people, and things.

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Condense ideas in a variety of ways (e.g., through various types of embedded clauses, ways of condensing, and nominalization as in, They destroyed the rain forest. Lots of animals died G566 The destruction of the rainforest led to the death of many animals) to create precise and detailed sentences.

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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.