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Subject Area - CC.1:
English Language Arts
English Language Arts
- Standard Area - CC.1.4: Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
- Grade Level - CC.1.4.8: GRADE 8
Standard - CC.1.4.8.Q
Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing. • Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effect. • Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities • Create tone and voice. though precise language.
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Anchor Descriptor - E08.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
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Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.1a Provide a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events sequentially.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and to show the relationships among experiences and events.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.3a Convey sequencing, or setting change, using one or more transitional words.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E08.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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