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Subject Area - CC.1:
English Language Arts
  • Standard Area - CC.1.4: Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
  • Grade Level - CC.1.4.7: GRADE 7
Standard - CC.1.4.7.A

Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly.

PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Standard - CC.1.4.7.B

Identify and introduce the topic clearly, including a preview of what is to follow.

Eligible Content:
12 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.C

Develop and analyze the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples; include graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

Eligible Content:
12 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.D

Organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.

Eligible Content:
12 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.E

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition. • Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. • Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities • Develop and maintain a consistent voice. • Establish and maintain a formal style.

Eligible Content:
17 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.D.2 Knowledge of Language
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.2.1 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.1 Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.2 Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.3 Maintain consistency in style and tone.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.4 Choose punctuation for effect.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.5 Choose words and phrases for effect.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.F

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Eligible Content:
13 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.D.1 Conventions of Standard English
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.1 Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.2 Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.3 Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.5 Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.6 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.7 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.8 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3a Convey sequencing using transitional words.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.9 Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.1

        Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.2 Spell correctly.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.3 Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.4 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
Standard - CC.1.4.7.G

Write arguments to support claims.

PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Standard - CC.1.4.7.H

Introduce and state an opinion on a topic.

Eligible Content:
11 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.I

Acknowledge alternate or opposing claims and support claim with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic.

Eligible Content:
11 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.J

Organize the claim(s) with clear reasons and evidence clearly; clarify relationships among claim(s) and reasons by using words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion; provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

Eligible Content:
11 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.K

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition. • Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. • Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities. • Develop and maintain a consistent voice. • Establish and maintain a formal style.

Eligible Content:
16 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.D.2 Knowledge of Language
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.2.1 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.1 Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.2 Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.3 Maintain consistency in style and tone.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.4 Choose punctuation for effect.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.5 Choose words and phrases for effect.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
        Continuum of Activities
        Materials & Resources
Standard - CC.1.4.7.L

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Eligible Content:
13 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.D.1 Conventions of Standard English
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.1 Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.2 Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.3 Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.5 Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.6 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.7 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.8 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3a Convey sequencing using transitional words.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.9 Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.1

        Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.2 Spell correctly.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.3 Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.4 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
Standard - CC.1.4.7.M

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.

PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Standard - CC.1.4.7.N

Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters.

Eligible Content:
5 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.4.7.O

Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.

Eligible Content:
5 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.4.7.P

Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically, using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences and events.

Eligible Content:
5 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
Standard - CC.1.4.7.Q

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing. • Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy. • Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities • Use precise language. • Develop and maintain a consistent voice.

Eligible Content:
10 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.C.1 Text Types and Purposes
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and support the writer’s purpose by logically organizing the reasons and evidence.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.1a Identify both sides of an argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2 Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.2a Identify one piece of evidence to support each side of argument or claim.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.1.5a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.1a Use a strategy such as definition or compare/contrast to introduce a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.2a Generate on-topic supporting details.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.4a Identify vocabulary specific to a topic.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.2.6a Identify an ending statement.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.C.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.1a Select a topic for a narrative about at least two characters.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.2a Convey at least three events in the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
      • Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.5a Provide the conclusion.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
  • Assessment Anchor - E07.D.2 Knowledge of Language
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.2.1 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.1 Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.2 Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.3 Maintain consistency in style and tone.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.4 Choose punctuation for effect.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.2.1.5 Choose words and phrases for effect.
Standard - CC.1.4.7.R

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

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  • Assessment Anchor - E07.D.1 Conventions of Standard English
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.1 Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.2 Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.3 Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.5 Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.6 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.7 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.8 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E07.C.1.3.3a Convey sequencing using transitional words.
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      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.1.9 Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.D.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.1

        Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.2 Spell correctly.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.3 Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
      • Eligible Content - E07.D.1.2.4 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
Standard - CC.1.4.7.S

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and literary nonfiction.

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6 Total
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  • Assessment Anchor - E07.E.1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Text
    • Anchor Descriptor - E07.E.1.1 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.1 Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
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      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
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      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
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      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
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      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
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      • Eligible Content - E07.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
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Standard - CC.1.4.7.T

With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.

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Standard - CC.1.4.7.U

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.

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Standard - CC.1.4.7.V

Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.

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Standard - CC.1.4.7.W

Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

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Standard - CC.1.4.7.X

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.

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