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English Language Arts
- Standard Area - CC.1.2: Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
- Grade Level - CC.1.2.6: GRADE 6
Determine the central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1c Identify details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
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 - E06.B-K.1.1.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through relevant details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.2a Identify the main idea/central idea using key details/evidence from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
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 - E06.B-K.1.1.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, or elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples, anecdotes, or sequence of steps).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.3a Identify how an individual’s actions or an event or idea contribute to the text.
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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Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1c Identify details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
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 - E06.B-K.1.1.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through relevant details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.2a Identify the main idea/central idea using key details/evidence from the text.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
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 - E06.B-K.1.1.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, or elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples, anecdotes, or sequence of steps).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.3a Identify how an individual’s actions or an event or idea contribute to the text.
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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Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1b Answer an inferential question about a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.1c Identify details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
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 - E06.B-K.1.1.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through relevant details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.2a Identify the main idea/central idea using key details/evidence from the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
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 - E06.B-K.1.1.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, or elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples, anecdotes, or sequence of steps).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-K.1.1.3a Identify how an individual’s actions or an event or idea contribute to the text.
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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Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.1 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.1a Identify information within the text to determine the author’s point-of-view.
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 - E06.B-C.2.1.2 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, section, or text feature fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.2a Identify how a text feature or section fit into the text structure.
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 - E06.B-C.2.1.3 Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative, connotative, or technical meanings, in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.3a Determine how word choice changes the meaning of text.
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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Analyze the author’s structure through the use of paragraphs, chapters, or sections.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.1 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.1a Identify information within the text to determine the author’s point-of-view.
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 - E06.B-C.2.1.2 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, section, or text feature fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.2a Identify how a text feature or section fit into the text structure.
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 - E06.B-C.2.1.3 Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative, connotative, or technical meanings, in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.2.1.3a Determine how word choice changes the meaning of text.
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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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). c. Determine the meaning of technical words and phrases used in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1b Use a root word or affix to determine the meaning of a word.
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 - E06.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.2a Identifythemeaning of figurative language in the context of a nonfiction text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
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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Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Evaluate an author’s argument by examining claims and determining if they are supported by evidence.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within and/or among informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.1 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not (e.g., fact/opinion, bias).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.1a Identify an argument or claim that the author makes.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.1b Determine if evidence is fact or opinion.
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 - E06.B-C.3.1.2 Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.2a Identify similarities or differences in two texts by different authors about the same topic.
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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Examine how two authors present similar information in different types of text.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within and/or among informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.1 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not (e.g., fact/opinion, bias).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.1a Identify an argument or claim that the author makes.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.1b Determine if evidence is fact or opinion.
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 - E06.B-C.3.1.2 Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-C.3.1.2a Identify similarities or differences in two texts by different authors about the same topic.
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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Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). c. Determine the meaning of technical words and phrases used in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1b Use a root word or affix to determine the meaning of a word.
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 - E06.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.2a Identifythemeaning of figurative language in the context of a nonfiction text.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
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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Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
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Anchor Descriptor - E06.B-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). c. Determine the meaning of technical words and phrases used in a text.
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.1b Use a root word or affix to determine the meaning of a word.
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 - E06.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
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Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.2a Identifythemeaning of figurative language in the context of a nonfiction text.
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. -
Alternate Eligible Content - E06.B-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
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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Read and comprehend literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.