All Lessons

PI.B.I.7.EMG (I.7 Evaluating language choices) Describe the language writers or speakers use to support an opinion or present an idea (e.g., by identifying the phrases or words in the text that provide evidence), with prompting and substantial support.

PI.B.I.8.EMG (I.8 Analyze language choices) Distinguish how different words produce different effects on the audience (e.g., describing a character as happy versus sad).

PI.C.P.12.EMG (P.12 Selecting language resources) Use a select number of general academic and domain?specific words to add detail (e.g., adding the word dangerous to describe a place, using the word habitat when describing animal behavior) while speaking and writing.

PII.A.SCT.2.B.EMG (SCT.2 Understanding cohesion) Apply basic understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text using everyday connecting words or phrases (e.g., then, next) to comprehending texts and writing basic texts.