IXL skill plan | Reading Language Arts 3rd grade plan for the Redesigned STAAR

Skill plan for the Redesigned STAAR - Reading Language Arts 3rd grade

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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.
3.3.B: Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words.		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use academic vocabulary in context Domain-specific vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Synonyms 4. Which sentence has the same meaning? 5. Find synonyms in context 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Antonyms 7. Which sentence uses an antonym? 8. Find antonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 9. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 10. Which definition matches the sentence? 11. Which sentence matches the definition? Figurative language 12. Similes with pictures 13. Determine the meanings of similes Idioms 14. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression
3.3.B: Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words.
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use academic vocabulary in context Domain-specific vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Synonyms 4. Which sentence has the same meaning? 5. Find synonyms in context 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Antonyms 7. Which sentence uses an antonym? 8. Find antonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 9. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 10. Which definition matches the sentence? 11. Which sentence matches the definition? Figurative language 12. Similes with pictures 13. Determine the meanings of similes Idioms 14. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression
Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.
3.6.E: Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.		1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Compare mythological illustrations
3.6.E: Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Compare mythological illustrations

3.6.F: Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.		Theme 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Inference 2. Which book title goes with the picture? 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Draw inferences from a text 5. Make predictions about a story Story elements 6. Identify story elements Supporting details 7. Identify supporting details in informational texts 8. Identify supporting details in literary texts Text structure 9. Determine the order of events in informational texts 10. Compare and contrast in informational texts 11. Match causes with effects 12. Match causes and effects in informational texts 13. Match problems with their solutions Compare texts 14. Compare information from two informational texts Literary texts: level 1 15. Read fantasy with illustrations 16. Read historical fiction with illustrations 17. Read science fiction with illustrations 18. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Literary texts: level 2 19. Read realistic fiction: set 1 20. Read realistic fiction: set 2 21. Read historical fiction 22. Read poetry Informational texts: level 1 23. Read about animals 24. Read about food 25. Read about art, music, and traditions 26. Read about sports and hobbies Informational texts: level 2 27. Read about famous people 28. Read about famous places 29. Read about business and technology 30. Read about science and nature
3.6.F: Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
Theme 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Inference 2. Which book title goes with the picture? 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Draw inferences from a text 5. Make predictions about a story Story elements 6. Identify story elements Supporting details 7. Identify supporting details in informational texts 8. Identify supporting details in literary texts Text structure 9. Determine the order of events in informational texts 10. Compare and contrast in informational texts 11. Match causes with effects 12. Match causes and effects in informational texts 13. Match problems with their solutions Compare texts 14. Compare information from two informational texts Literary texts: level 1 15. Read fantasy with illustrations 16. Read historical fiction with illustrations 17. Read science fiction with illustrations 18. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Literary texts: level 2 19. Read realistic fiction: set 1 20. Read realistic fiction: set 2 21. Read historical fiction 22. Read poetry Informational texts: level 1 23. Read about animals 24. Read about food 25. Read about art, music, and traditions 26. Read about sports and hobbies Informational texts: level 2 27. Read about famous people 28. Read about famous places 29. Read about business and technology 30. Read about science and nature

3.6.G: Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.		Informational texts 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts Literary texts 4. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 5. Identify story elements 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts
3.6.G: Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
Informational texts 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts Literary texts 4. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 5. Identify story elements 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts

3.6.H: Synthesize information to create new understanding.		Central idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Theme 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Compare texts 4. Compare information from two informational texts
3.6.H: Synthesize information to create new understanding.
Central idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Theme 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Compare texts 4. Compare information from two informational texts
Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
3.7.C: Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.		1. Choose reasons to support an opinion 2. Complete the opinion passage with an example 3. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 4. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts
3.7.C: Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
1. Choose reasons to support an opinion 2. Complete the opinion passage with an example 3. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 4. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts.
3.8.B: Explain the relationships among the major and minor characters.		1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Distinguish points of view
3.8.B: Explain the relationships among the major and minor characters.
1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Distinguish points of view

3.8.C: Analyze plot elements, including the sequence of events, the conflict, and the resolution.		1. Identify story elements
3.8.C: Analyze plot elements, including the sequence of events, the conflict, and the resolution.
1. Identify story elements
Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
3.9.D: Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
3.9.D: Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

3.9.D.i: the central idea with supporting evidence.		Central idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts Informational texts: level 2 4. Read about famous places 5. Read about famous people 6. Read about business and technology 7. Read about science and nature
3.9.D.i: the central idea with supporting evidence.
Central idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts Informational texts: level 2 4. Read about famous places 5. Read about famous people 6. Read about business and technology 7. Read about science and nature

3.9.E: Recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:
3.9.E: Recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:

3.9.E.i: identifying the claim;		1. Identify an author's statement of opinion
3.9.E.i: identifying the claim;
1. Identify an author's statement of opinion
3.9.E.ii: distinguishing facts from opinion.		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
3.9.E.ii: distinguishing facts from opinion.
1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.
3.10.A: Explain the author's purpose and message within a text.		Central idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Theme 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 5. Identify the author's purpose: passages
3.10.A: Explain the author's purpose and message within a text.
Central idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Theme 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 5. Identify the author's purpose: passages

Writing
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.
3.2.B: Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
3.2.B: Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

3.2.B.i: spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;		Multisyllabic words 1. Spell multisyllabic words 2. Complete the two-syllable words Open and closed syllables 3. Spell words with open and closed syllables Final stable syllables 4. Spell consonant-l-e words Vowel teams 5. Spell words with vowel diphthong patterns
3.2.B.i: spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
Multisyllabic words 1. Spell multisyllabic words 2. Complete the two-syllable words Open and closed syllables 3. Spell words with open and closed syllables Final stable syllables 4. Spell consonant-l-e words Vowel teams 5. Spell words with vowel diphthong patterns
3.2.B.ii: spelling homophones;		1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone
3.2.B.ii: spelling homophones;
1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone
3.2.B.iii: spelling compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;		Compound words 1. Form compound words with pictures 2. Form compound words 3. Form and use compound words Contractions 4. Pronoun-verb contractions 5. Contractions with "not" Abbreviations 6. Abbreviate days of the week 7. Abbreviate months of the year 8. Abbreviate people's titles 9. Abbreviate customary units of measurement 10. Abbreviate metric units of measurement 11. Abbreviate street names 12. Abbreviate state names 13. Abbreviate street names and state names: review
3.2.B.iii: spelling compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;
Compound words 1. Form compound words with pictures 2. Form compound words 3. Form and use compound words Contractions 4. Pronoun-verb contractions 5. Contractions with "not" Abbreviations 6. Abbreviate days of the week 7. Abbreviate months of the year 8. Abbreviate people's titles 9. Abbreviate customary units of measurement 10. Abbreviate metric units of measurement 11. Abbreviate street names 12. Abbreviate state names 13. Abbreviate street names and state names: review
3.2.B.vii: spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants.		Suffixes 1. Word pattern analogies Plurals 2. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 3. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Past tense 4. Form and use the regular past tense Comparative adjectives 5. Spell adjectives that compare Inflectional endings 6. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 7. Complete the word with the ending that you hear
3.2.B.vii: spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants.
Suffixes 1. Word pattern analogies Plurals 2. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 3. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Past tense 4. Form and use the regular past tense Comparative adjectives 5. Spell adjectives that compare Inflectional endings 6. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 7. Complete the word with the ending that you hear
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
3.11.B: Develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
3.11.B: Develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:

3.11.B.i: organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction and a conclusion; and		Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Order items from most general to most specific Sequence 3. Put the sentences in order 4. Identify time-order words 5. Use time-order words Topic sentences 6. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 7. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Conclusion 8. Choose the best concluding sentence Linking words 9. Choose the best transition 10. Use linking words to complete a passage
3.11.B.i: organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction and a conclusion; and
Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Order items from most general to most specific Sequence 3. Put the sentences in order 4. Identify time-order words 5. Use time-order words Topic sentences 6. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 7. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Conclusion 8. Choose the best concluding sentence Linking words 9. Choose the best transition 10. Use linking words to complete a passage
3.11.B.ii: developing an engaging idea with relevant details.		Organization 1. Organize information by topic Descriptive details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Add imagery to stories 4. Sort sensory details 5. Show character emotions and traits Opinions, reasons, and examples 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 8. Complete the opinion passage with an example 9. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 10. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 11. Identify supporting details in informational texts 12. Identify supporting details in literary texts
3.11.B.ii: developing an engaging idea with relevant details.
Organization 1. Organize information by topic Descriptive details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Add imagery to stories 4. Sort sensory details 5. Show character emotions and traits Opinions, reasons, and examples 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 8. Complete the opinion passage with an example 9. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 10. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 11. Identify supporting details in informational texts 12. Identify supporting details in literary texts

3.11.C: Revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity.		Sequence 1. Put the sentences in order Descriptive details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 4. Show character emotions and traits Word choice 5. Shades of meaning with pictures 6. Describe the difference between related words 7. Positive and negative connotation Linking words 8. Use coordinating conjunctions 9. Use subordinating conjunctions 10. Choose the best transition 11. Use linking words to complete a passage Relevant details 12. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Sentence variety 13. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 14. Combine sentences by adding key details 15. Create varied sentences based on models
3.11.C: Revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity.
Sequence 1. Put the sentences in order Descriptive details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 4. Show character emotions and traits Word choice 5. Shades of meaning with pictures 6. Describe the difference between related words 7. Positive and negative connotation Linking words 8. Use coordinating conjunctions 9. Use subordinating conjunctions 10. Choose the best transition 11. Use linking words to complete a passage Relevant details 12. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Sentence variety 13. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 14. Combine sentences by adding key details 15. Create varied sentences based on models

3.11.D: Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
3.11.D: Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

3.11.D.i: complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement;		Complete sentences 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Compound sentences 4. Create compound sentences Sentence structure 5. Order the words to create a sentence 6. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Subject-verb agreement 7. Is the subject singular or plural? 8. Use the correct subject or verb 9. Pronoun-verb agreement
3.11.D.i: complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement;
Complete sentences 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Compound sentences 4. Create compound sentences Sentence structure 5. Order the words to create a sentence 6. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Subject-verb agreement 7. Is the subject singular or plural? 8. Use the correct subject or verb 9. Pronoun-verb agreement
3.11.D.ii: past, present, and future verb tense;		Regular past tense 1. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 2. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 3. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 5. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 6. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be and to have 7. To be: use the correct form 8. To have: use the correct form Future tense 9. Change the sentence to future tense
3.11.D.ii: past, present, and future verb tense;
Regular past tense 1. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 2. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 3. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 5. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 6. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be and to have 7. To be: use the correct form 8. To have: use the correct form Future tense 9. Change the sentence to future tense
3.11.D.xi: correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words.		Rhyming words 1. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles Word patterns 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Word pattern sentences Homophones 4. Use the correct homophone Plurals 5. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Regular past tense 7. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 12. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 Comparative adjectives 13. Spell adjectives that compare Contractions 14. Pronoun-verb contractions 15. Contractions with "not" Final stable syllables 16. Spell consonant-l-e words Final consonant patterns 17. Spell words with final consonant patterns: ng, nk Digraphs 18. Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th, ph, wh 19. Spell the digraph word: ph, qu, wh 20. Spell words with consonant digraphs 21. Spell words with qu and x 22. Spell words with blends and digraphs: review Trigraphs 23. Spell the digraph or trigraph word: mb, kn, dge, tch Open and closed syllables 24. Spell words with open and closed syllables 25. Use V/CV and VC/V syllable patterns to spell words Vowel teams 26. Spell words with vowel diphthong patterns 27. Spell words with variant vowels: oo, ou, ow, ea R-controlled vowels 28. Spell words with r vowel patterns Short vowels 29. Spell the short a word 30. Spell the short e word 31. Spell the short i word 32. Spell the short o word 33. Spell the short u word Long vowels 34. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh 35. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie 36. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild 37. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt 38. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Soft g and c 39. Spell the soft g or soft c word Sight words 40. Spell the sight word: easier 41. Spell the sight word: harder
3.11.D.xi: correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words.
Rhyming words 1. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles Word patterns 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Word pattern sentences Homophones 4. Use the correct homophone Plurals 5. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Regular past tense 7. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 12. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 Comparative adjectives 13. Spell adjectives that compare Contractions 14. Pronoun-verb contractions 15. Contractions with "not" Final stable syllables 16. Spell consonant-l-e words Final consonant patterns 17. Spell words with final consonant patterns: ng, nk Digraphs 18. Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th, ph, wh 19. Spell the digraph word: ph, qu, wh 20. Spell words with consonant digraphs 21. Spell words with qu and x 22. Spell words with blends and digraphs: review Trigraphs 23. Spell the digraph or trigraph word: mb, kn, dge, tch Open and closed syllables 24. Spell words with open and closed syllables 25. Use V/CV and VC/V syllable patterns to spell words Vowel teams 26. Spell words with vowel diphthong patterns 27. Spell words with variant vowels: oo, ou, ow, ea R-controlled vowels 28. Spell words with r vowel patterns Short vowels 29. Spell the short a word 30. Spell the short e word 31. Spell the short i word 32. Spell the short o word 33. Spell the short u word Long vowels 34. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh 35. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie 36. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild 37. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt 38. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Soft g and c 39. Spell the soft g or soft c word Sight words 40. Spell the sight word: easier 41. Spell the sight word: harder
Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
3.7.B: Write a response to a literary or informational text that demonstrates an understanding of a text.		Literary texts: level 1 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Read fantasy with illustrations 3. Read historical fiction with illustrations 4. Read science fiction with illustrations Literary texts: level 2 5. Read realistic fiction: set 1 6. Read realistic fiction: set 2 7. Read historical fiction 8. Read poetry Informational texts: level 1 9. Read about animals 10. Read about food 11. Read about art, music, and traditions 12. Read about sports and hobbies Informational texts: level 2 13. Read about famous people 14. Read about famous places 15. Read about business and technology 16. Read about science and nature
3.7.B: Write a response to a literary or informational text that demonstrates an understanding of a text.
Literary texts: level 1 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Read fantasy with illustrations 3. Read historical fiction with illustrations 4. Read science fiction with illustrations Literary texts: level 2 5. Read realistic fiction: set 1 6. Read realistic fiction: set 2 7. Read historical fiction 8. Read poetry Informational texts: level 1 9. Read about animals 10. Read about food 11. Read about art, music, and traditions 12. Read about sports and hobbies Informational texts: level 2 13. Read about famous people 14. Read about famous places 15. Read about business and technology 16. Read about science and nature
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.
3.12.B: Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft.		Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 3. Order items from most general to most specific Introductions and conclusions 4. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Linking words 6. Choose the best transition 7. Use linking words to complete a passage Facts and opinions 8. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 9. Identify supporting details in informational texts 10. Identify supporting details in literary texts
3.12.B: Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft.
Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 3. Order items from most general to most specific Introductions and conclusions 4. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Linking words 6. Choose the best transition 7. Use linking words to complete a passage Facts and opinions 8. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 9. Identify supporting details in informational texts 10. Identify supporting details in literary texts

3.12.C: Compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft.		Organization 1. Organize information by topic Linking words 2. Choose the best transition 3. Use linking words to complete a passage Facts and opinions 4. Distinguish facts from opinions 5. Identify an author's statement of opinion Supporting details 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts Opinions, reasons, and examples 8. Choose reasons to support an opinion 9. Complete the opinion passage with an example 10. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 11. Complete the opinion-reason-example table
3.12.C: Compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft.
Organization 1. Organize information by topic Linking words 2. Choose the best transition 3. Use linking words to complete a passage Facts and opinions 4. Distinguish facts from opinions 5. Identify an author's statement of opinion Supporting details 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts Opinions, reasons, and examples 8. Choose reasons to support an opinion 9. Complete the opinion passage with an example 10. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 11. Complete the opinion-reason-example table

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