1. 6th 7th 8th
Presentation of Knwldge & Ideas Presentation of Knwldge & Ideas Presentation of Knwldge & Ideas
ELACC6SL5: Include multimedia components ELACC7SL5: Include multimedia components ELACC8SL5: Integrate multimedia and visual
(e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and and visual displays in presentations to clarify displays into presentations to clarify
visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient information, strengthen claims and evidence,
information. points. and add interest.
Production & Distribution of Writing Production & Distribution of Writing Production & Distribution of Writing
ELACC6W4: Produce clear and coherent ELACC7W4: Produce clear and coherent ELACC8W4: Produce clear and coherent
writing in which the development, writing in which the development, writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to organization, and style are appropriate to organization, and style are appropriate to task,
task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific
expectations for writing types are defined in expectations for writing types are defined in expectations for writing types are defined in
standards 1–3 above.) standards 1–3 above.) standards 1–3 above.)
ELACC6W6: Use technology, including the ELACC7W6: Use technology, including the ELACC8W6: Use technology, including the
Internet, to produce and publish writing as Internet, to produce and publish writing and Internet, to produce and publish writing &
well as to interact and collaborate with link to and cite sources as well as to interact present the relationships between info. and
others; demonstrate sufficient command of and collaborate with others, including linking ideas efficiently as well as to interact and
keyboarding skills to type a minimum of to and citing sources. collaborate with others.
three pages in a single sitting.
Research to Build & Present Knwlge Research to Build & Present Knwlge
ELACC7W7: Conduct short research projects ELACC8W7: Conduct short research projects to
Research to Build & Present Knwlge to answer a question, drawing on several answer a question (including a self-generated
ELACC6W7: Conduct short research projects sources and generating additional related, question), drawing on several sources and
to answer a question, drawing on several focused questions for further research and generating additional related, focused
sources and refocusing the inquiry when investigation. questions that allow for multiple avenues of
appropriate. ELACC7W8: Gather relevant information exploration.
ELACC6W8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using ELACC8W8: Gather relevant information from
from multiple print and digital sources; search terms effectively; assess the multiple print and digital sources, using search
assess the credibility of each source; and credibility and accuracy of each source; and terms effectively; assess the credibility and
quote or paraphrase the data and quote or paraphrase the data and accuracy of each source; and quote or
conclusions of others while avoiding conclusions of others while avoiding paraphrase the data and conclusions of others
plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic plagiarism and following a standard format while avoiding plagiarism and following a
information for sources. for citation. standard format for citation.
ELACC6W9: Draw evidence from literary or ELACC7W9: Draw evidence from literary or ELACC8W9: Draw evidence from literary or
informational texts to support analysis, informational texts to support analysis, informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research. reflection, and research. reflection, and research.
a. Apply grade 6 Reading standards to a. Apply grade 7 Reading standards to a. Apply grade 8 Reading standards to
literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast texts literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast a literature (e.g., “Analyze how a modern work
in different forms or genres [e.g., stories and fictional portrayal of a time, place, or of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events,
poems; historical novels and fantasy stories] character and a historical account of the or character types from myths, traditional
in terms of their approaches to similar same period as a means of understanding stories, or religious works such as the Bible,
themes and topics”). how authors of fiction use or alter history”). including describing how the material is
b. Apply grade 6 Reading standards to b. Apply grade 7 Reading standards to rendered new”).
literary nonfiction (e.g., “Trace and evaluate literary nonfiction (e.g. “Trace and evaluate b. Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary
the argument and specific claims in a text, the argument and specific claims in a text, nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the
distinguishing claims that are supported by assessing whether the reasoning is sound argument and specific claims in a text,
reasons and evidence from claims that are and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to assessing whether the reasoning is sound and
not”). support the claims”). the evidence is relevant and sufficient;
Range of Writing Range of Writing recognize when irrelevant evidence is
ELACC6W10: Write routinely over extended ELACC7W10: Write routinely over extended introduced”).
time frames (time for research, reflection, time frames (time for research, reflection, Range of Writing
and revision) and shorter time frames (a and revision) and shorter time frames (a ELACC8W10: Write routinely over extended
single sitting or a day or two) for a range of single sitting or a day or two) for a range of time frames (time for research, reflection, and
discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single
audiences. audiences. sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-
specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.