Differentiate Between Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, and Antonyms

Differentiate between homophones, homographs, synonyms, and antonyms.

Infer causes for events and justifies with evidence from the text.

Distinguish between fact and opinion.

Determines and explain an author's purpose (e.g., to entertain, to inform, to persuade).

Search for information in pictures and captions.

Demonstrate independent use of strategies to gain meaning (e.g., context clues, prefixes, suffixes, root words).

Using a variety of plans to match a variety of writing tasks (e.g., lists, webs, timelines, etc.).

Organizing information or ideas into a main idea with supporting details.

Beginning with a purposeful and engaging lead.

Using common adjectives and adverbs.

Using correct subject/verb agreement in the present tense.

Using varied sentence beginnings to engage reader.

Using the components of effective oral communication in groups or individually (e.g., given a set of criteria or a group role/responsibility).

Make a wide range of predictions based on personal experience, content knowledge, and knowledge of similar texts.