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ELD.PII.5.6.Ex (English Language Development)


Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.5.6.Ex
Content Area: English Language Development
Grade: 5
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Expanding
Content Strand: Connecting ideas

Standard:
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 cause/effect (e.g., The deer ran because the mountain lion came), to make a concession (e.g., She studied all night even though she wasn’t feeling well), or to provide reasons to support ideas (e.g., X is an extremely good book because ___________).

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