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

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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., potentially/certainly/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.)

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Demonstrate active listening in oral presentation activities by asking and answering detailed questions, with occasional prompting and moderate support. detailed questions, with minimal prompting and support.

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Demonstrate active listening in oral presentation activities by asking and answering basic questions, with prompting and substantial support.

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Demonstrate active listening in oral presentation activities by asking and answering detailed questions, with occasional prompting and moderate support.

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Use a variety of verbs in different tenses (e.g., past, present, future, simple, progressive, perfect) voices (active and passive), and moods (e.g., declarative, interrogative, subjunctive) appropriate to the task, text type, and discipline (e.g., the passive voice in simple past to describe the methods of a scientific experiment) on a variety of topics.

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Use a variety of verbs in different tenses (e.g., past, present, future, simple, progressive) appropriate to the text type and discipline (e.g., simple past and past progressive for recounting an experience) on familiar topics.