US Standards Alignments

Language Arts Standards

READING

• Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

• Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

• Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

• Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

• Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

• Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

• Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

• Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

WRITING

• Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

• Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

• Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured sentences.

• Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

• Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

• Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

• Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

SPEAKING & LISTENING

• Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

• Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

• Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

• Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

• Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

• Adaptspeechtoavarietyofcontextsandcommunicativetasks,demonstratingcommandofformalEnglishwhenindicatedorappropriate

LANGUAGE

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

• Use frequently occurring adjectives.

• Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.

• Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.

• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

• Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.

• Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

• Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.