Analyze plot elements, including the sequence of events, the conflict, and the resolution
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United States Curriculum
Grade 3 English Language Arts and Reading
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Compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft
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Create a works cited page
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Create mental images to deepen understanding
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Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, legends, and myths
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Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves specific purposes
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Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts
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Develop social communication such as conversing politely in all situations
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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently
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Discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning
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Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts
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Evaluate details read to determine key ideas
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Explain the author's purpose and message within a text
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Generate questions on a topic for formal and informal inquiry
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Identify and explain the use of hyperbole
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Identify primary and secondary sources
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Identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as im- (into), non-, dis-, in- (not, non), pre-, -ness, -y, and -ful
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Infer the theme of a work, distinguishing theme from topic
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Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments
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Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping
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Publish written work for appropriate audiences
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Recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by: (i) identifying the claim; (ii) distinguishing facts from opinion; and (iii) identifying the intended audience
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Revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity
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Speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively
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Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation
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