utah state standards alignments kindergarten through grade...

Utah State Standards Alignments Kindergarten through Grade Twelve

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Utah State Standards Alignments

Standards List with Aligned Product Skills

The Standards List with Aligned Product Skills Report is a standards-oriented document showing the entire list of standards for the subject and grade on the left side of the report with the aligning product objectives on the right side. This alignment report shows the breadth of standards coverage for the purpose and focus of this product.

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Kindergarten ..................................................... 1

Grade 1 ..................................................... 8

Grade 2 ....................................................17

Grade 3 ....................................................26

Grade 4 ....................................................33

Grade 5 ....................................................41

Grade 6 ....................................................49

Grade 7 ....................................................57

Grade 8 ....................................................61

Grade 9 ....................................................65

Grade 10 ....................................................70

Grade 11 ....................................................75

Grade 12 ....................................................80

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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, Kindergarten, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.UT 1.1 - Develop language through listening and speaking.UT 1.1.a - Listen attentively.UT 1.1.b - Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow two-step directions).UT 1.1.c - Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas.UT 1.1.d - Speak in complete sentences.UT 1.2 - Develop language through viewing media and presenting.UT 1.2.a - View a variety of media presentations attentively.UT 1.2.b - Use a variety of formats (e.g., show and tell, drama, sharing of books) in presenting with various forms of media.UT 2 - Students develop an understanding of how printed language works.UT 2.1 - Demonstrate an understanding that print carries "the" message.UT 2.1.a - Recognize that print carries different messages.

Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP)

Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in contextSkill 2 - OP02 Recognizing wordsSkill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from textSkill 7 - OP07 Succeeding with reading

Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 1 - C01 Understanding what is read

UT 2.1.b - Identify messages in common environmental print (e.g., signs, boxes, wrappers).UT 2.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of elements of print within a text.UT 2.2.a - Identify front/back, top/bottom, left/right of text/book.UT 2.2.b - Discriminate between upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and words in text.UT 2.2.c - Show the sequence of print by pointing left to right with return sweep.

Standards List with Aligned Product SkillsProduct NameSTAR Reading

STAR Reading Kindergarten

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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, Kindergarten, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 2.2.d - Identify where text begins and ends on a page.UT 2.2.e - Identify punctuation in text (i.e., periods, question marks, exclamation points).UT 3 - Students develop phonological and phonemic awareness.

UT 3.1 - Demonstrate phonological awareness.UT 3.1.a - Count the number of words in a sentence.UT 3.1.b - Identify and create a series of rhyming words orally (e.g., cat, bat, sat, _____).UT 3.1.c - Recognize words beginning with the same initial sound in an alliterative phrase or sentence (e.g., Six snakes sold snacks and sodas.).UT 3.2 - Recognize like and unlike word parts (oddity tasks).UT 3.2.a - Identify the word that does not rhyme in a series of words (e.g., bat, cat, sat, pig).UT 3.2.b - Identify the words with same beginning consonant sound in a series of words (e.g., man, sat, sick) and ending consonant sound (e.g., man, sat, then).UT 3.3 - Orally blend word parts (blending).UT 3.3.a - Blend syllables to make words (e.g., /ta/.../ble/, table).UT 3.3.b - Blend onset and rimes to make words (e.g., /p/.../an/, pan).

UT 3.3.c - Blend individual phonemes to make words (e.g., /s/.../a/.../t/, sat).

UT 3.4 - Orally segment words into word parts (segmenting).UT 3.4.a - Segment words into syllables (e.g., table, /ta/.../ble/).UT 3.4.b - Segment words into onset and rime (e.g., pan, /p/...an).UT 3.4.c - Segment words into individual phonemes (e.g., sat, /s/.../a/.../t/).UT 3.5 - Orally manipulate phonemes in words and syllables (manipulation).


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UT 3.5.a - Substitute initial sound (e.g., replace the first sound in mat to /s/, say sat).UT 3.5.b - Substitute initial sound to create new words (e.g., replace the first sound in mat with letters of the alphabet).UT 4 - Students use phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.UT 4.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds.UT 4.1.a - Name all upper- and lower-case letters of the alphabet in random order.UT 4.1.b - Match consonant and short vowel sounds to the correct letter.UT 4.1.c - Blend simple cvc sounds into one-syllable words.UT 4.2 - Use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.

- Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level.UT 4.3 - Spell words correctly.UT 4.3.a - Hear and write letters to represent single sounds in words.UT 4.3.b - Spell a small number of grade level words (e.g., you, the, to, is).UT 4.3.c - Spell first name correctly.

UT 4.4 - Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).UT 4.4.a - Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.UT 4.4.b - Associate the spelling of new words with that of known words.

UT 5 - Students develop reading fluency to read aloud grade level text effortlessly without hesitation.UT 5.1 - Read aloud grade level text with appropriate speed and accuracy.

UT 5.1.a - Read alphabet letters in random order with automaticity.


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UT 5.1.b - Read numerals from zero to ten in random order with automaticity.UT 5.2 - Read aloud grade level text effortlessly with clarity.UT 5.2.a - Use appropriate intonation and expression during unison oral reading with the teacher.

UT 5.2.b - Read with automaticity approximately 25 high-frequency/sight words.UT 6 - Students learn and use grade level vocabulary to increase understanding and read fluently.UT 6.1 - Learn new words through listening and reading widely.UT 6.1.a - Use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading, and discussing a variety of genres.


Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context

Skill 2 - OP02 Recognizing wordsSkill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from textSkill 13 - OP13 Reading and understanding grade-appropriate text


UT 6.1.b - Learn the meaning of a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).UT 6.1.c - Use resources to learn new words by relating them to known words (e.g., books, charts, word walls).UT 6.2 - Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts. - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The text in this cell states "See cell above."UT 6.3 - Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.UT 6.3.a - Identify meanings of words by looking at the root word and using known endings (e.g., car, cars; jump, jumped, jumping).



Skill 2 - OP02 Recognizing words


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Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text

Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-in-context (V)

Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabularySkill 3 - V03 Making connections with prior knowledge


UT 6.3.b - Monitor reading using context to explain the meanings of unknown key words from text read aloud.UT 7 - Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.UT 7.1 - Identify purposes of text.UT 7.1.a - Discuss purpose for reading.UT 7.1.b - Discuss author's purpose.

UT 7.2 - Apply strategies to comprehend text.UT 7.2.a - Relate prior knowledge to make connections to text (e.g., text to text, text to self, text to world).


Skill 3 - V03 Making connections with prior knowledge

Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 6 - C06 Making connections with prior knowledge

UT 7.2.b - Ask questions about text.

UT 7.2.c - Make predictions using picture clues, title, and prior knowledge.




UT 7.2.d - Make inferences and draw conclusions from text.




Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabulary

Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for comprehensionSkill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for comprehension

UT 7.2.e - Retell identifying key ideas.UT 7.2.f - Compile information from text.UT 7.3 - Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.

UT 7.3.a - Identify beginning, middle, and ending of text.


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UT 7.3.b - View a variety of simple genres: nursery rhymes, fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy.

UT 7.3.c - Identify information from pictures.UT 7.3.d - Recognize information as real/make believe.UT 7.3.e - View a variety of informational texts (e.g., pictures books).UT 8 - Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.UT 8.1 - Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).UT 8.1.a - Generate ideas for writing by listening, talking, drawing, looking at literature and informational text, being read to, and reflecting on personal experiences.

UT 8.1.b - Select topics from generated ideas.UT 8.2 - Compose a written draft.UT 8.2.a - Draft ideas on paper, utilizing pictures with labels/words.UT 8.2.b - Select appropriate words to convey meaning.UT 8.3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft. - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level.UT 8.4 - Edit written draft for conventions.UT 8.4.a - Edit writing of first name for appropriate capital and lower-case letters.UT 8.4.b - Edit writing for the spelling of a key word.UT 8.5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.UT 8.5.a - Print all upper- and lower-case letters of the alphabet and numerals 0-9 using proper form, proportions, and spacing.UT 8.5.b - Write with increasing fluency in forming manuscript letters and numerals.UT 8.5.c - Write name legibly using correct manuscript form.


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UT 8.6 - Write in different forms and genres.UT 8.6.a - Produce personal writing (e.g., All About Me books, notes).

UT 8.6.b - Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry as a shared writing activity.UT 8.6.c - Produce functional text (e.g., ABC books, labels, signs).UT 8.6.d - Share illustrations and writing with others.UT 8.6.e - Take part in producing group products.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 1st Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.UT 1.1 - Develop language through listening and speaking.UT 1.1.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for listening (e.g., to gain information, to be entertained).

UT 1.1.b - Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question).UT 1.1.c - Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas.UT 1.1.d - Speak in complete sentences.UT 1.2 - Develop language through viewing media and presenting.UT 1.2.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, to gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction).UT 1.2.b - Use a variety of formats (e.g., show and tell, drama, sharing of books and personal writings, choral readings, informational reports, retelling experiences and stories in sequence) in presenting with various forms of media.

UT 2 - Students develop an understanding of how printed language works.UT 2.1 - Demonstrate an understanding that print carries "the" message.UT 2.1.a - Recognize that print carries different messages.


Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in contextSkill 2 - OP02 Recognizing wordsSkill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from textSkill 7 - OP07 Succeeding with reading



STAR Reading Grade 1

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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 1st Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 2.1.b - Identify messages in common environmental print (e.g., signs, boxes, wrappers).UT 2.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of elements of print within a text.UT 2.2.a - Discriminate between letters, words, and sentences in text.

UT 2.2.b - Match oral words to printed words while reading.UT 2.2.c - Identify punctuation in text (i.e., periods, question marks, and exclamation points).UT 3 - Students develop phonological and phonemic awareness.

UT 3.1 - Demonstrate phonological awareness.UT 3.1.a - Count the number of syllables in words.UT 3.1.b - Count the number of syllables in a first name.UT 3.2 - Recognize like and unlike word parts (oddity tasks).UT 3.2.a - Identify words with same beginning consonant sounds (e.g., man, sat, sick) and ending consonant sounds (e.g., man, sat, ten) in a series of words.UT 3.2.b - Identify words with same medial sounds in a series of words (e.g., long vowel sound: take, late, feet; short vowel sound: top, cat, pan; middle consonant sound: kitten, missing, lesson).UT 3.3 - Orally blend word parts (blending).UT 3.3.a - Blend syllables to make words (e.g., /ta/.../ble/, table).UT 3.3.b - Blend onset and rime to make words (e.g., /p/.../an/, pan).UT 3.3.c - Blend individual phonemes to make words (e.g., /s/ /a/ /t/, sat).

UT 3.4 - Orally segment words into word parts (segmenting).UT 3.4.a - Segment words into syllables (e.g., table, /ta/.../ble/).UT 3.4.b - Segment words into onset and rime (e.g., pan, /p/.../an/).


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UT 3.4.c - Segment words into individual phonemes (e.g., sat, /s/.../a/.../t/).UT 3.5 - Orally manipulate phonemes in words and syllables (manipulation).

UT 3.5.a - Substitute initial and final sound (e.g., replace first sound in mat to /s/, say sat; replace last sound in mat with /p/, say map).

UT 3.5.b - Substitute vowel in words (e.g., replace middle sound in map to /o/, say mop).UT 3.5.c - Delete syllable in words (e.g., say baker without the /ba/, say ker).UT 3.5.d - Deletes initial and final sounds in words (e.g., say sun without the /s/, say un; say hit without the /t/, say hi).UT 3.5.e - Delete initial phoneme and final phoneme in blends (e.g., say step without the /s/, say tep; say best without the /t/, say bes).UT 4 - Students use phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.UT 4.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds.UT 4.1.a - Write letters to represent spoken sounds of all letters of the alphabet in random order.

UT 4.1.b - Identify and pronounce sounds for consonants, consonant blends (e.g., br, st, fl) and consonant digraphs (e.g., ch, sh, wh, th) accurately in words.UT 4.1.c - Identify and pronounce sounds for short and long vowels, using patterns (e.g., vc, vcv, cvc, cvvc, cvcv, cvc-silent e), and vowel digraphs (e.g., ea, ee, ie, oa, ai, ay, oo, ow) accurately in words.UT 4.1.d - Identify and pronounce sounds for r-controlled vowels accurately in one-syllable words (e.g., ar, or, er).


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UT 4.1.e - Identify and blend initial letter sounds with common vowel patterns to pronounce one-syllable words (e.g., /g/.../oa/.../t/, goat).UT 4.2 - Use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.

UT 4.2.a - Identify and read grade level contractions and compound words.UT 4.2.b - Identify sound patterns and apply knowledge to decode one-syllable words (e.g., blends, digraphs, vowel patterns, r-controlled vowels).

UT 4.2.c - Demonstrate an understanding of representing same sound with different patterns by decoding these patterns accurately in one-syllable words (e.g., ee, ie, ea, e).UT 4.2.d - Use knowledge of root words and suffixes to decode words (i.e., -ful, -ly, -er).





UT 4.2.e - Use letter patterns to decode words (e.g., phonograms/word families/onset and rime: -ack, -ail, -ake).UT 4.3 - Spell words correctly.UT 4.3.a - Write sounds heard in words in the correct order.UT 4.3.b - Hear and write beginning, middle, and ending consonant sounds to spell one-syllable words.

UT 4.3.c - Spell short vowel words with consonant blends and digraphs (e.g., bl, st, nt, sh, wh, th).

UT 4.3.d - Spell an increasing number of grade level high-frequency and irregular words correctly (e.g., bear, gone, could).UT 4.3.e - Learn the spellings of irregular and difficult words (e.g., river, house, animal).


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UT 4.4 - Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).UT 4.4.a - Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.UT 4.4.b - Associate the spelling of new words with that of known words and word patterns.UT 4.4.c - Use spelling generalities to assist spelling of new words (e.g., one vowel between two consonants, silent "e" on the end of a word, two vowels together).UT 5 - Students develop reading fluency to read aloud grade level text effortlessly without hesitation.UT 5.1 - Read aloud grade level text with appropriate speed and accuracy.

UT 5.1.a - Read grade level text at a rate of approximately 60 wpm.UT 5.1.b - Read grade level text with an accuracy rate of 95-100%.UT 5.2 - Read aloud grade level text effortlessly with clarity.UT 5.2.a - Read grade level text in three- to four-word phrases using intonation, expression, and punctuation cues.UT 5.2.b - Read with automaticity 100 first grade high-frequency/sight words.UT 6 - Students learn and use grade level vocabulary to increase understanding and read fluently.UT 6.1 - Learn new words through listening and reading widely.UT 6.1.a - Use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading, and discussing a variety of genres.






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UT 6.1.b - Learn the meanings of a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).UT 6.1.c - Use resources to learn new words by relating them to known words (e.g., books, charts, word walls, simple dictionaries).UT 6.2 - Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts. - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The text in this cell states "See cell above."UT 6.3 - Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.UT 6.3.a - Identify meanings of words using the root word and known endings (e.g., car, cars; jump, jumped, jumping).



Skill 2 - OP02 Recognizing wordsSkill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text




UT 6.3.b - Use context to determine meanings of unknown key words (e.g., The gigantic dog couldn't fit in his new doghouse.).



Skill 7 - OP07 Succeeding with reading


Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues


Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for comprehension

UT 7 - Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.UT 7.1 - Identify purposes of text.UT 7.1.a - Discuss purpose for reading.


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UT 7.1.b - Discuss author's purpose.





UT 7.2.b - Ask questions about text read aloud and independently.UT 7.2.c - Make predictions using picture clues, title, text, and/or prior knowledge.




UT 7.2.d - Make inferences and draw conclusions from text.






UT 7.2.e - Identify topic/main idea from text noting details.UT 7.2.f - Retell using important ideas/events and supporting details in sequence.UT 7.2.g - Compile information from text.UT 7.3 - Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.

UT 7.3.a - Identify beginning, middle, and end; characters; setting; problem/resolution.UT 7.3.b - Identify different genres: nursery rhymes, fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy, fables.

UT 7.3.c - Identify information from pictures, captions, and diagrams.UT 7.3.d - Identify multiple facts in grade level informational text.UT 7.3.e - Locate facts from informational texts (e.g., picture books, grade level informational books).


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UT 8 - Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.UT 8.1 - Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).UT 8.1.a - Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing literature and informational text, drawing, looking at books, being read to, and reflecting on personal experiences.

UT 8.1.b - Select topics from generated ideas.UT 8.1.c - Identify audience for writing.UT 8.2 - Compose a written draft.UT 8.2.a - Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner (e.g., beginning, middle, end) utilizing words and sentences.UT 8.2.b - Select appropriate words to convey meaning.UT 8.3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.UT 8.3.a - Revise draft to add details.

UT 8.3.b - Revise draft using descriptive words.UT 8.3.c - Write in complete sentences.UT 8.4 - Edit written draft for conventions.UT 8.4.a - Edit writing for capitals in names, first word of a sentence, and the pronoun "I" and correct ending punctuation (i.e., periods, question marks).UT 8.4.b - Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words (e.g., would, down, made, write).UT 8.4.c - Edit for standard grammar (i.e., complete sentences).

UT 8.4.d - Edit for appropriate formatting features (i.e., spacing, margins, titles).UT 8.5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.


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UT 8.5.a - Print all upper- and lower-case letters of the alphabet and numerals 0-9 using proper form, proportions, and spacing.UT 8.5.b - Write with increasing fluency in forming manuscript letters and numerals.UT 8.5.c - Produce legible documents with manuscript handwriting.UT 8.6 - Write in different forms and genres.UT 8.6.a - Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, lists, friendly notes and letters, personal experiences, family stories, literature responses).

UT 8.6.b - Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry as a shared writing activity.UT 8.6.c - Produce functional text (e.g., ABC books, lists, labels, signs, how-to books, observations).

UT 8.6.d - Share writing with others using illustrations to add meaning to published works.UT 8.6.e - Publish group and individual products.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 2nd Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.UT 1.1 - Develop language through listening and speaking.UT 1.1.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for listening (e.g., to gain information, to be entertained).

UT 1.1.b - Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize).UT 1.1.c - Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas.UT 1.1.d - Speak in complete sentences with appropriate subject-verb agreement.UT 1.2 - Develop language through viewing media and presenting.UT 1.2.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, to gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction).UT 1.2.b - Use a variety of formats (e.g., drama, sharing of books and personal writings, choral readings, informational reports, retelling experiences, and stories in sequence) in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers).

UT 2 - Students develop an understanding of how printed language works.UT 2.1 - Demonstrate an understanding that print carries "the" message. - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The documents states "Mastered/Maintained" and is referencing the Kindergarten and First Grade IndicatorsUT 2.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of elements of print within a text.



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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 2nd Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


- Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The documents states "Mastered/Maintained" and is referencing the Kindergarten and First GradeUT 3 - Students develop phonological and phonemic awareness.

UT 3.1 - Demonstrate phonological awareness. - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The documents states "Mastered/Maintained" and is referencing the Kindergarten and First GradeUT 3.2 - Recognize like and unlike word parts (oddity tasks). - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The documents states "Mastered/Maintained" and is referencing the Kindergarten and First GradeUT 3.3 - Orally blend word parts (blending). - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The documents states "Mastered/Maintained" and is referencing the Kindergarten and First GradeUT 3.4 - Orally segment words into word parts (segmenting). - Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The documents states "Mastered/Maintained" and is referencing the Kindergarten and First GradeUT 3.5 - Orally manipulate phonemes in words and syllables (manipulation).

- Utah has no content for this objective at this grade level. The documents states "Mastered/Maintained" and is referencing the Kindergarten and First Grade


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UT 4 - Students use phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.UT 4.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds.UT 4.1.a - Identify and pronounce all vowel diphthongs (e.g., oi, oy, aw, au) and consonant digraphs (e.g., ch, sh, th, wh) accurately in words.

UT 4.1.b - Identify and pronounce sounds for short and long vowels, using patterns (e.g., cvc, cvvc, cvcv, cvc-silent e), and vowel digraphs (e.g., ea, ee, ie, oa, ai, ay, oo, ow) accurately in two-syllable words.

UT 4.1.c - Identify and pronounce r-controlled vowel patterns in words (e.g., ar, or, er).UT 4.1.d - Identify and blend letter sounds to pronounce words.UT 4.2 - Use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.

UT 4.2.a - Identify and read grade level contractions and compound words.UT 4.2.b - Identify sound patterns and apply knowledge to decode words (e.g., blends, digraphs, vowel patterns, r-controlled vowels).

UT 4.2.c - Demonstrate an understanding of representing the same sound with different patterns by decoding these patterns accurately in isolation and in text (e.g., ee, ea, ei, e).UT 4.2.d - Use knowledge of root words and prefixes (e.g., re, un, mis) and suffixes (e.g., s, es, ed, ing, est, ly) to decode words.





UT 4.2.e - Use letter and syllable patterns to pronounce multisyllabic words.


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UT 4.3 - Spell words correctly.UT 4.3.a - Use knowledge of word families, patterns, and common letter combinations to spell new words.

UT 4.3.b - Spell words with short and long vowel sounds, r-controlled words, words with consonant blends, consonant and vowel digraphs.

UT 4.3.c - Spell an increasing number of grade level high-frequency and irregular words correctly (e.g., believe, answer).UT 4.3.d - Learn the spellings of irregular and difficult words (e.g., because, animals, before, answer, weight).UT 4.4 - Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).UT 4.4.a - Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.UT 4.4.b - Visualize words while writing.UT 4.4.c - Associate the spelling of new words with that of known words and word patterns.UT 4.4.d - Use spelling generalities to assist spelling of new words (e.g., one vowel between two consonants, silent "e" on the end of a word, two vowels together).


UT 5.1.a - Read grade level text at a rate of approximately 80 wpm.UT 5.1.b - Read grade level text with an accuracy rate of 95-100%.UT 5.2 - Read aloud grade level text effortlessly with clarity.UT 5.2.a - Read grade level text in three- to four-word phrases using intonation, expression, and punctuation cues.


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UT 5.2.b - Read with automaticity 200 second grade high-frequency/sight words.UT 6 - Students learn and use grade level vocabulary to increase understanding and read fluently.UT 6.1 - Learn new words through listening and reading widely.UT 6.1.a - Use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading, and discussing a variety of genres.





UT 6.1.b - Learn the meaning of a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).UT 6.2 - Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts.UT 6.2.a - Use multiple resources to determine the meanings of unknown words (e.g., simple dictionaries, glossaries).UT 6.2.b - Relate unfamiliar words and concepts to prior knowledge to increase vocabulary (e.g., liquid: milk, water, punch).




UT 6.3 - Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.UT 6.3.a - Identify meanings of words using prefixes and suffixes (e.g., do/undo, write/rewrite, happy/happiness, help/helper/helpful).







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UT 6.3.b - Use context to determine meanings of unknown key words (e.g., The store clerk glared at the children as they looked at the toys.).








UT 6.3.c - Use context to determine meanings of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (e.g., sun/son) and multiple-meaning words (e.g., ring).








UT 7 - Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.UT 7.1 - Identify purposes of text.UT 7.1.a - Identify purpose for reading.UT 7.1.b - Identify author's purpose.





UT 7.2.b - Ask questions about text read aloud and independently.UT 7.2.c - Form mental pictures to aid understanding of text.


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UT 7.2.d - Make and confirm predictions while reading using title, picture clues, text, and/or prior knowledge.




UT 7.2.e - Make inferences and draw conclusions from text.






UT 7.2.f - Identify topic/main idea from text; note details.UT 7.2.g - Summarize important ideas/events; summarize supporting details in sequence.UT 7.2.h - Monitor and clarify understanding applying fix-up strategies while interacting with text.



UT 7.2.i - Compile information from text.UT 7.3 - Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.

UT 7.3.a - Identify characters, setting, sequence of events, problem/resolution.UT 7.3.b - Identify different genres: fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy, fables, folk tales.UT 7.3.c - Identify information from pictures, captions, diagrams, charts, graphs, and table of contents.

UT 7.3.d - Identify different structures in texts (e.g., compare/contrast, cause/effect).UT 7.3.e - Locate facts from a variety of informational texts (e.g. newspapers, magazines, books, other resources).UT 8 - Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.UT 8.1 - Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).


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UT 8.1.a - Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing literature and informational text, and reflecting on personal experiences.

UT 8.1.b - Select topics from generated ideas.UT 8.1.c - Identify audience, purpose, and form for writing.UT 8.1.d - Use simple graphic organizers to organize information.UT 8.2 - Compose a written draft.UT 8.2.a - Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner utilizing words and sentences (e.g., beginning, middle, end; main idea; details).

UT 8.2.b - Use voice in writing (e.g., express feelings, opinions).UT 8.2.c - Select appropriate words to convey meaning.UT 8.3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.UT 8.3.a - Revise draft to add details, strengthen word choice, and reorder content.UT 8.3.b - Enhance fluency by using complete sentences.UT 8.3.c - Revise writing, considering the suggestions of others.

UT 8.4 - Edit written draft for conventions.UT 8.4.a - Edit writing for capitals in names, first word of a sentence, and the pronoun "I", correct punctuation of sentence endings, greetings and closings of letters, dates, and contractions.UT 8.4.b - Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words.UT 8.4.c - Edit for standard grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement).

UT 8.4.d - Edit for appropriate formatting features (e.g., margins, indentations, titles).UT 8.5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.


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UT 8.5.a - Write demonstrating mastery of all upper- and lower-case manuscript letters and numerals using proper form, proportions, and spacing.UT 8.5.b - Increase fluency in forming manuscript letters and numerals.UT 8.5.c - Produce legible documents with manuscript handwriting.UT 8.6 - Write in different forms and genres.UT 8.6.a - Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, friendly notes and letters, personal experiences, family stories, literature responses).

UT 8.6.b - Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry as an individual/shared writing activity.UT 8.6.c - Produce informational text (e.g., ABC books, how-to books, observations).UT 8.6.d - Produce writing to persuade (e.g., express opinions).UT 8.6.e - Produce functional texts (e.g., lists, labels, signs).UT 8.6.f - Share writing with others using illustrations, graphs, and/or charts to add meaning.UT 8.6.g - Publish 4-6 individual products.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 3rd Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.UT 1.1 - Develop language through listening and speaking.UT 1.1.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for listening (e.g., to gain information, to be entertained).

UT 1.1.b - Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize).UT 1.1.c - Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas (i.e., effective rate, volume, pitch, tone, phrasing, tempo).

UT 1.1.d - Speak in complete sentences with appropriate subject-verb agreement.UT 1.2 - Develop language through viewing media and presenting.UT 1.2.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, to gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction, distinguish between fact/opinion, form an opinion).

UT 1.2.b - Use a variety of formats (e.g., drama, sharing of books, personal writings, choral readings, informational reports) in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers).UT 2 - Students develop an understanding of how printed language works.UT 3 - Students develop phonological and phonemic awareness.

UT 4 - Students apply understanding of phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.



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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 3rd Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 4.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds.UT 4.2 - Use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.

UT 4.3 - Spell words correctly.UT 4.3.a - Use knowledge of word families, patterns, syllabication, and common letter combinations to spell new words.UT 4.3.b - Spell correctly grade level compound words, words with plural endings, and common phonograms.

UT 4.3.c - Spell an increasing number of high-frequency and irregular words correctly (e.g., friend, square, special).UT 4.3.d - Learn the spellings of irregular and difficult words (e.g., electric, planet, trapper, rectangle).UT 4.4 - Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).UT 4.4.a - Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.UT 4.4.b - Visualize words while writing.UT 4.4.c - Associate the spelling of new words with that of known words and word patterns.UT 4.4.d - Use spelling generalities to assist spelling of new words (e.g., doubling of consonants, "le" endings, adding suffixes).


UT 5.1.a - Read grade level text at a rate of approximately 100 wpm.UT 5.1.b - Read aloud grade level text with an accuracy rate of 95-100%.UT 5.2 - Read aloud grade level text effortlessly with clarity.


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UT 5.2.a - Read grade level text in meaningful phrases using intonation, expression, and punctuation cues.

UT 5.2.b - Read with automaticity 300 third grade high-frequency/sight words.UT 6 - Students learn and use grade level vocabulary to increase understanding and read fluently.UT 6.1 - Learn new words through listening and reading widely.UT 6.1.a - Use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading, and discussing a variety of genres.





UT 6.1.b - Learn the meaning and properly use a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).UT 6.2 - Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts.UT 6.2.a - Use multiple resources to determine the meanings of unknown words (e.g., simple dictionaries, glossaries, beginning thesauruses).

UT 6.2.b - Relate unfamiliar words and concept to prior knowledge to increase vocabulary (e.g., rotation: planets, spinner, taking turns).




UT 6.3 - Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.UT 6.3.a - Identify meanings of words using prefixes and suffixes.


Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in contextSkill 2 - OP02 Recognizing wordsSkill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text




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UT 6.3.b - Use context to determine the meaning of unknown key words (e.g., The ferocious dog growled at the children.).








UT 6.3.c - Use context to determine the meanings of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (e.g., blue, blew) and multiple-meaning words (e.g., light).













UT 7.2.b - Generate questions about text (e.g., factual, inferential, evaluative).


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UT 7.2.c - Form mental pictures to aid understanding of text.UT 7.2.d - Make and confirm predictions while reading using title, picture clues, text and/or prior knowledge.UT 7.2.e - Make inferences and draw conclusions from text.






UT 7.2.f - Identify topic/main idea from text; note details.UT 7.2.g - Summarize important ideas/events; summarize supporting details in sequence.UT 7.2.h - Monitor and clarify understanding applying fix-up strategies while interacting with text.



UT 7.2.i - Compile information from text.UT 7.3 - Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.

UT 7.3.a - Identify characters, setting, sequence of events, problem/resolution.UT 7.3.b - Identify different genres: fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy, fables, folk tales, tall tales, biographies, historical fiction.

UT 7.3.c - Identify information from pictures, captions, diagrams, charts, graphs, table of contents, index, and glossary.UT 7.3.d - Identify different structures in text (e.g., problem/solution, compare/contrast).

UT 7.3.e - Locate facts from a variety of informational texts (e.g. newspapers, magazines, books, other resources).UT 8 - Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.


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UT 8.1 - Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).UT 8.1.a - Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing literature and informational text, and reflecting on personal experiences.

UT 8.1.b - Select and narrow a topic from generated ideas.UT 8.1.c - Identify audience, purpose, and form for writing.UT 8.1.d - Use a variety of graphic organizers to organize information.UT 8.2 - Compose a written draft.UT 8.2.a - Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner utilizing words and sentences (e.g., beginning, middle, end; main idea; details; characterization; setting; plot).

UT 8.2.b - Use voice to fit the purpose and audience.UT 8.2.c - Use strong verbs and vivid language.UT 8.2.d - Identify and use effective leads and strong endings.UT 8.3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.UT 8.3.a - Revise draft to add details, strengthen word choice, clarify main idea, and reorder content.

UT 8.3.b - Enhance fluency by using a variety of complete sentences (i.e., varied sentence length, simple and complex sentences).

UT 8.3.c - Revise writing, considering the suggestions of others.

UT 8.4 - Edit written draft for conventions.UT 8.4.a - Edit writing for correct capitalization and punctuation (i.e., capitals in holidays, titles, dates, greetings and closings of letters, personal titles, contractions, abbreviations).UT 8.4.b - Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words.


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UT 8.4.c - Edit for standard grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement, verb tense, comparatives, superlatives, pronouns).

UT 8.4.d - Edit for appropriate formatting features (e.g., margins, indentations, titles).UT 8.5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.UT 8.5.a - Write using upper- and lower-case cursive letters using proper from, proportions, and spacing.UT 8.5.b - Develop fluency with cursive handwriting.UT 8.5.c - Produce legible documents with cursive handwriting.

UT 8.6 - Write in different forms and genres.UT 8.6.a - Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, friendly notes and letters, personal experiences, family stories, literature responses).

UT 8.6.b - Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry.UT 8.6.c - Produce informational text (e.g., explanation of a complex process/math/journals, observations, content area reports, summaries).

UT 8.6.d - Produce writing to persuade (e.g., expressing opinions with supporting data).UT 8.6.e - Produce functional text (e.g., newspaper and newsletter articles).UT 8.6.f - Share writing with others using illustrations, graphs, and/or charts to add meaning.UT 8.6.g - Publish 4-6 individual products.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 4th Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.UT 1.1 - Develop language through listening and speaking.UT 1.1.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for listening (e.g., to gain information, to be entertained).

UT 1.1.b - Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize, elaborate formulating an opinion with supporting evidence).UT 1.1.c - Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas (i.e., effective rate, volume, pitch, tone, phrasing, tempo).

UT 1.1.d - Speak using simple and compound sentences with appropriate subject-verb agreement and verb tense.UT 1.2 - Develop language through viewing media and presenting.UT 1.2.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, to gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction, distinguish between fact/opinion, form an opinion, determine presentation's accuracy).

UT 1.2.b - Use a variety of formats in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers, graphs, videos, slide shows).UT 2 - Students develop an understanding of how printed language works.



Skill 2 - OP02 Recognizing wordsSkill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from textSkill 7 - OP07 Succeeding with reading




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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, Language Arts, 2003, 4th Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 3 - Students develop phonological and phonemic awareness.

UT 4 - Students apply understanding of phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.

UT 4.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds.UT 4.2 - Use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.





UT 4.3 - Spell words correctly.UT 4.3.a - Use knowledge of word families, patterns, syllabication, and common letter combinations to spell new words.UT 4.3.b - Spell words with roots, inflectional endings, prefixes, and suffixes (e.g., faster, disapprove, celebration).UT 4.3.c - Spell an increasing number of high-frequency and irregular words correctly (e.g., explain, course, several).UT 4.3.d - Learn the spellings of irregular and difficult words (e.g., triangle, volcanoes, minerals, county).UT 4.4 - Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).UT 4.4.a - Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.UT 4.4.b - Visualize words while writing.UT 4.4.c - Associate spelling of new words from known words and word patterns.UT 4.4.d - Use spelling generalities to assist spelling of new words.

UT 5 - Students develop reading fluency to read aloud grade level text effortlessly without hesitation.


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UT 5.1 - Read aloud grade level text with appropriate speed and accuracy.

UT 5.1.a - Read grade level text at a rate of approximately 120-150 wpm.

UT 5.1.b - Read grade level text with an accuracy rate of 95-100%.UT 5.2 - Read aloud grade level text effortlessly with clarity.UT 5.2.a - Read grade level text in meaningful phrases using intonation, expression, and punctuation cues.

UT 5.2.b - Read grade level words with automaticity.UT 6 - Students learn and use grade level vocabulary to increase understanding and read fluently.UT 6.1 - Learn new words through listening and reading widely.UT 6.1.a - Use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading, and discussing a variety of genres.





UT 6.1.b - Learn the meaning and properly use a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).UT 6.2 - Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts.UT 6.2.a - Use multiple resources to determine the meanings of unknown words (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, beginning thesauruses).

UT 6.2.b - Relate unfamiliar words and concepts to prior knowledge to increase vocabulary (e.g., settlers: Indians, pioneers, farmers).





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UT 6.3 - Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.UT 6.3.a - Identify meanings of words using roots and affixes (e.g., disrespectfully).







UT 6.3.b - Use words, sentences, and paragraphs as context clues to determine meanings of unknown key words, similes and idioms.



Skill 5 - OP05 Interpreting the meaning of sentencesSkill 7 - OP07 Succeeding with reading





UT 6.3.c - Use context to determine meanings of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (e.g., there/their/they're) and multiple-meaning words (e.g., rock).








UT 7 - Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.UT 7.1 - Identify purposes of text.UT 7.1.a - Identify purpose for reading.


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UT 7.1.b - Identify author's purpose.





UT 7.2.b - Generate questions about text (e.g., factual, inferential, evaluative).UT 7.2.c - Form mental pictures to aid understanding of text.UT 7.2.d - Make and confirm or revise predictions while reading using title, picture clues, text, and/or prior knowledge.










UT 7.2.f - Identify theme/topic/main idea from text; note details.

UT 7.2.g - Summarize important ideas/events; summarize supporting details in sequence.UT 7.2.h - Monitor and clarify understanding applying fix-up strategies while interacting with text.



UT 7.2.i - Compile, organize, and interpret information from text.UT 7.3 - Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.

UT 7.3.a - Identify characters, setting, sequence of events, problem/resolution.UT 7.3.b - Identify different genres: fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy, fables, folk tales, tall tales, biographies, historical fiction.


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UT 7.3.c - Identify information from text, headings, subheadings, diagrams, charts, captions, graphs, table of contents, index, and glossary.UT 7.3.d - Identify different structures in text (e.g., description, problem/solution, compare/contrast, cause/effect).UT 7.3.e - Locate facts from a variety of informational texts (e.g., newspapers, magazines, textbooks, biographies, other resources).

UT 8 - Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.UT 8.1 - Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).UT 8.1.a - Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing, researching, and reflecting on personal experiences.UT 8.1.b - Select and narrow a topic from generated ideas.UT 8.1.c - Identify audience, purpose, form for writing.UT 8.1.d - Use a variety of graphic organizers to organize information.UT 8.2 - Compose a written draft.UT 8.2.a - Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner utilizing words, sentences, and multiple paragraphs (e.g., beginning, middle, end; main idea; details; characterization; setting; plot).UT 8.2.b - Use voice to fit the purpose and audience.UT 8.2.c - Use strong verbs and precise and vivid language to convey meaning.UT 8.2.d - Identify and use effective leads and strong endings.UT 8.3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.UT 8.3.a - Revise draft to add details, strengthen word choice, clarify main idea, and reorder content.


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UT 8.3.b - Enhance fluency by using transitional words, phrases to connect ideas, and a variety of complete sentences (i.e., sentence length, simple and complex sentences).UT 8.3.c - Revise writing, considering the suggestions of others.

UT 8.4 - Edit written draft for conventions.UT 8.4.a - Edit writing for correct capitalization and punctuation (i.e., words in a series, dialogue, complex sentences, singular possessives, abbreviations).UT 8.4.b - Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words.UT 8.4.c - Edit for standard grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement, verb tense, comparatives, superlatives, pronouns).

UT 8.4.d - Edit for appropriate formatting features (e.g., margins, indentations, titles).UT 8.5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.UT 8.5.a - Write using upper- and lower-case cursive letters with proper form, proportions, and spacing.

UT 8.5.b - Increase fluency with cursive handwriting.UT 8.5.c - Produce legible documents with cursive handwriting.

UT 8.6 - Write in different forms and genres.UT 8.6.a - Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, personal experiences, eyewitness accounts, memoirs, literature responses).

UT 8.6.b - Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry.


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UT 8.6.c - Produce informational text (e.g., book reports, compare and contrast essays, observational reports, research reports, content area reports, biographies, summaries).UT 8.6.d - Produce writing to persuade (e.g., response to newspaper and magazine articles).UT 8.6.e - Produce functional texts (e.g. newspaper and newsletter articles, e-mails, simple PowerPoint presentations).UT 8.6.f - Share writing with others incorporating relevant illustrations, photos, charts, diagrams, and/or graphs to add meaning.UT 8.6.g - Publish 6-8 individual products.


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UT 1.1.b - Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize, elaborate formulating an opinion with supporting evidence, interpret verbal and nonverbal messages, note purpose and perspective).UT 1.1.c - Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas (i.e., effective rate, volume, pitch, tone, phrasing, tempo).

UT 1.1.d - Speak using complex sentences with appropriate subject-verb agreement, correct verb tense and syntax.UT 1.2 - Develop language through viewing media and presenting.UT 1.2.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction, distinguish between fact/opinion, form an opinion, determine presentation's accuracy/bias).UT 1.2.b - Use a variety of formats in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers, graphs, videos, slide shows).UT 2 - Students develop an understanding of how printed language works.






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UT 4 - Students use phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.UT 4.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds.UT 4.2 - Use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.





UT 4.3 - Spell words correctly.UT 4.3.a - Use knowledge of word families, patterns, syllabication, and common letter combinations to spell new words.UT 4.3.b - Spell multisyllable words with roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

UT 4.3.c - Spell an increasing number of high-frequency and irregular words correctly (e.g., language, tongue).UT 4.3.d - Learn the spellings of irregular and difficult words (e.g., hundredths, legislative, digestive).UT 4.4 - Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).UT 4.4.a - Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.UT 4.4.b - Visualize words while writing.UT 4.4.c - Associate spelling of new words with that of known words and word patterns.UT 4.4.d - Use spelling generalities to assist spelling of new words.

UT 5 - Students develop reading fluency to read aloud grade level text effortlessly without hesitation.


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UT 5.1 - Read aloud grade level text with appropriate speed and accuracy.








UT 6.1.b - Learn the meaning and properly use a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).UT 6.2 - Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts.UT 6.2.a - Use multiple resources to determine the meanings of unknown words (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, beginning thesauruses).

UT 6.2.b - Determine gradients of meanings between related words and concepts (e.g., ambassador: official, representative).UT 6.3 - Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.


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UT 6.3.a - Identify meanings of words using roots and affixes.






UT 6.3.b - Use words, sentences, and paragraphs as context clues to determine meaning of unknown key words, similes, metaphors, idioms, proverbs, and clichés.



Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from textSkill 5 - OP05 Interpreting the meaning of sentencesSkill 7 - OP07 Succeeding with reading





UT 6.3.c - Use context to determine meanings of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (e.g., your/you're) and multiple-meaning words (e.g., beat).



Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from textSkill 7 - OP07 Succeeding with reading





UT 7 - Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.UT 7.1 - Identify purposes of text.


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UT 7.1.a - Identify purpose for reading.UT 7.1.b - Identify author's purpose.

UT 7.2 - Apply strategies to comprehend text.UT 7.2.a - Relate prior knowledge to make connections to text (e.g., text to text, text, to self, text to world).



















UT 7.3.a - Identify characters, setting, sequence of events, problem/resolution.


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UT 7.3.b - Compare and contrast elements of different genres: fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy, fables, folk tales, tall tales, biographies, historical fiction, science fiction.UT 7.3.c - Identify information from text, headings, subheadings, diagrams, charts, captions, graphs, table of contents, index, and glossary.UT 7.3.d - Identify different structures in text (e.g., description, problem/solution, compare/contrast, cause/effect, order of importance, time, geographic classification).

UT 7.3.e - Locate information from a variety of informational text (e.g., newspapers, magazines, textbooks, biographies, Internet, other resources).UT 8 - Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.UT 8.1 - Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).UT 8.1.a - Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing, researching, and reflecting on personal experiences.UT 8.1.b - Select and narrow a topic from generated ideas.UT 8.1.c - Identify audience, purpose, and form for writing.UT 8.1.d - Use a variety of graphic organizers to organize information from multiple sources.UT 8.2 - Compose a written draft.UT 8.2.a - Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner utilizing words, sentences, and multiple paragraphs (e.g., beginning, middle, end; main idea; details; characterization; setting; plot).UT 8.2.b - Use voice to fit the purpose and audience.UT 8.2.c - Use strong verbs and precise and vivid language to convey meaning.


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UT 8.2.d - Identify and use effective leads and strong endings.UT 8.3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.UT 8.3.a - Revise draft to add details, strengthen word choice, clarify main idea and reorder content.

UT 8.3.b - Enhance fluency by using transitional words, phrases to connect ideas, and a variety of complete sentences and paragraphs to build ideas (e.g., varied sentence length, simple and compound sentences).UT 8.3.c - Revise writing, considering the suggestions from others.

UT 8.4 - Edit written draft for conventions.UT 8.4.a - Edit writing for correct capitalization and punctuation (i.e., introductory and dependent clauses, dialogue, singular and plural possessives).UT 8.4.b - Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words.UT 8.4.c - Edit for standard grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement, verb tense, irregular verbs).

UT 8.4.d - Edit for appropriate formatting features (e.g., margins, indentations, titles, headings).UT 8.5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.UT 8.5.a - Write using upper- and lower-case cursive letters using proper form, proportions, and spacing.UT 8.5.b - Increase fluency with cursive handwriting.UT 8.5.c - Produce legible documents with manuscript or cursive handwriting.UT 8.6 - Write in different forms and genres.UT 8.6.a - Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, personal experiences, eyewitness accounts, memoirs, literature responses).


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UT 8.6.b - Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry.UT 8.6.c - Produce informational text (e.g., book reports, cause and effect reports, compare and contrast essays, observational/research reports, content area reports, biographies, historical fiction, summaries).UT 8.6.d - Produce writing to persuade (e.g., essays, editorials, speeches, TV scripts, responses to various media).UT 8.6.e - Produce functional texts (e.g., newspaper and newsletter articles, e-mails, simple PowerPoint presentations, memos, agendas, bulletins).UT 8.6.f - Share writing with others incorporating relevant illustrations, photos, charts, diagrams, and/or graphs to add meaning.UT 8.6.g - Publish 6-8 individual products.


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UT 1.1.b - Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize, elaborate formulating an opinion with supporting evidence, interpret verbal and nonverbal messages, note purpose and perspective, identify tone, mood, emotion).UT 1.1.c - Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas (i.e., effective rate, volume, pitch, tone, phrasing, tempo).

UT 1.1.d - Speak using complex sentences with appropriate subject-verb agreement, correct verb tense, and syntax.UT 1.2 - Develop language through viewing media and presenting.UT 1.2.a - Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, to gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction, distinguish between fact/opinion, form an opinion, determine presentation's accuracy/bias, analyze and critique persuasive techniques).

UT 1.2.b - Use a variety of formats in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers, graphs, videos, slide shows).UT 2 - Students develop an understanding of how printed language works.






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UT 4 - Students use phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.UT 4.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds.UT 4.2 - Use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.





UT 4.3 - Spell words correctly.UT 4.3.a - Use knowledge of word families, patterns, syllabication, and common letter combinations to spell new words.UT 4.3.b - Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to spell multisyllable words.UT 4.3.c - Spell an increasing number of high-frequency and irregular words correctly (e.g., straight, soldier, property, particular).

UT 4.3.d - Learn the spellings of irregular and difficult words (e.g., feudalism, electricity, parallelogram, microorganism).UT 4.4 - Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).UT 4.4.a - Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.UT 4.4.b - Visualize words while writing.UT 4.4.c - Associate spelling of new words with that of known words and word patterns.UT 4.4.d - Use spelling generalities to assist spelling of new words.


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UT 6.1.b - Learn the meaning and properly use a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).UT 6.2 - Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts.UT 6.2.a - Use multiple resources to determine the meanings of unknown words (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses).UT 6.2.b - Determine gradients of meanings between related words and concepts (e.g., colonization: exploration, migrate, settlement).


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UT 6.3 - Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.UT 6.3.a - Identify meanings of words using roots and affixes (i.e., Greek/Latin affixes).







UT 6.3.b - Use words, sentences, and paragraphs as context clues to determine meanings of unknown key words, similes, metaphors, idioms, proverbs, clichés, and literary expressions.








UT 6.3.c - Use context to determine meanings of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (e.g., through/threw, principal, principle) and multiple-meaning words (e.g., print).








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UT 7.3.a - Identify characters, setting, sequence of events, problem/resolution, theme.UT 7.3.b - Compare and contrast elements of different genres: fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy, fables, folk tales, tall tales, biographies, historical fiction, science fiction, myths, legends.

UT 7.3.c - Identify information from text, headings, subheadings, diagrams, charts, captions, graphs, table of contents, index, and glossary.UT 7.3.d - Identify different structures in text (e.g., description, problem/solution, compare/contrast, cause/effect, order of importance, time, geographic classification).

UT 7.3.e - Locate facts from a variety of informational texts (e.g., newspapers, magazines, textbooks, biographies, Internet, other resources).UT 8 - Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.UT 8.1 - Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).UT 8.1.a - Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing, researching, and reflecting on personal experiences.UT 8.1.b - Select and narrow a topic from generated ideas.UT 8.1.c - Identify audience, purpose, and form for writing.UT 8.1.d - Use a variety of graphic organizers to organize information from multiple sources.UT 8.2 - Compose a written draft.UT 8.2.a - Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner utilizing words, sentences, and multiple paragraphs (e.g., beginning, middle, end; main idea; details; characterization; setting; plot).UT 8.2.b - Use voice to fit the purpose and audience.


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UT 8.2.c - Use strong verbs and precise and vivid language to convey meaning.UT 8.2.d - Identify and use effective leads and strong endings.UT 8.3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.UT 8.3.a - Revise draft to add details, strengthen word choice, clarify main idea, and reorder content.

UT 8.3.b - Enhance fluency by using transitional words, phrases to connect ideas, and a variety of complete sentences and paragraphs to build ideas (e.g., varied sentence length, simple and compound sentences).UT 8.3.c - Revise writing, considering the suggestions from others.

UT 8.4 - Edit written draft for conventions.UT 8.4.a - Edit writing for correct capitalization and punctuation (i.e., introductory and dependent clauses, dialogue, singular and plural possessives).UT 8.4.b - Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words.UT 8.4.c - Edit for standard grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement, verb tense, irregular verbs).

UT 8.4.d - Edit for appropriate formatting features (e.g., margins, indentations, titles, headings).UT 8.5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.UT 8.5.a - Write using upper- and lower-case cursive letters using proper from, proportions, and spacing.UT 8.5.b - Increase fluency with cursive handwriting.UT 8.5.c - Produce legible documents with manuscript or cursive handwriting.UT 8.6 - Write in different forms and genres.


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UT 8.6.a - Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, personal experiences, eyewitness accounts, memoirs, literature responses).

UT 8.6.b - Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry.UT 8.6.c - Produce informational text (e.g., book reports, cause/effect reports, compare/contrast essays, observational/research reports, content area reports, biographies, historical fiction, summaries).

UT 8.6.d - Produce writing to persuade (e.g., essays, editorials, speeches, TV scripts, responses to various media).UT 8.6.e - Produce functional texts (e.g., newspaper and newsletters articles, e-mails, simple PowerPoint presentations, memos, agendas, bulletins, web pages).UT 8.6.f - Share writing with others incorporating relevant illustrations, photos, charts, diagrams, and/or graphs to add meaning.UT 8.6.g - Publish 6-8 individual products.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Seventh Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students will use vocabulary development and an understanding of text elements and structures to comprehend literary and informational grade level text.UT 1.1 - Determine word meaning through word parts, definitions, and context clues.UT 1.1.a - Identify common prefixes and suffixes to determine meanings of words







UT 1.1.b - Identify the literal meanings and shades of meaning of words.UT 1.1.c - Determine word meaning through definition or explanation context clues.








UT 1.1.d - Distinguish between commonly confused words (i.e., a lot/allot; board/bored; brake/break; desert/ dessert; hear/here; its/it's; led/lead; lie/lay; right/write/rite; to/too/two; your/you're).








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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Seventh Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description



UT 1.2 - Comprehend and evaluate informational text (i.e., textbooks, advertisements, posters).UT 1.2.a - Identify external text features to enhance comprehension (i.e., headings, subheadings, pictures, captions, bolded words, graphs, charts, and tables of contents).UT 1.2.b - Comprehend text using internal text structures and their appropriate cue words and phrases (i.e., chronological, sequence, and description).UT 1.2.c - Retell, paraphrase and summarize from informational text.UT 1.2.d - Distinguish main idea and supporting details in text.UT 1.3 - Comprehend literature using elements of narrative and poetic text.

UT 1.3.a - Identify narrative plot structure (e.g., exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).UT 1.3.b - Describe a character's traits as revealed by the narrator (e.g., thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions).UT 1.3.c - Distinguish topic from theme in literature.UT 1.3.d - Identify descriptive details and imagery that establish setting.

UT 1.3.e - Identify figurative language (i.e., simile and metaphor).

UT 1.3.f - Identify main ideas and/or emotions in a wide range of poetry.

UT 2 - Students will write informational and literary text to reflect on and recreate experiences, report observations, and persuade others.UT 2.1 - Retell or summarize and make connections to clarify thinking through writing.UT 2.1.a - Retell significant events in sequence.


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UT 2.1.b - Summarize essential information from literary or informational text.UT 2.1.c - Connect text to self.UT 2.2 - Write to identify and reflect on feelings to recreate experiences. (Emphasize autobiographical or narrative essays. Students should use the entire writing process to produce at least one extended piece per term, not necessarily limited to the type of writing emphasized at individual grade level.)

UT 2.2.a - Determine audience and purpose for extended writing.UT 2.2.b - Relate a clear, coherent, chronologically-sequenced incident, event, or situation with simple reflectionUT 2.2.c - Use sensory details.UT 2.3 - Revise and edit to strengthen ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions.UT 2.3.a - Evaluate and revise for:UT 2.3.a.1 - Use of a unifying idea or topic.UT 2.3.a.2 - A clear beginning, middle, and end, with sequential transitions.UT 2.3.a.3 - Appropriate tone and voice.UT 2.3.a.4 - Appropriate word choice for topic.UT 2.3.a.5 - Varied sentence beginnings and sentence length.UT 2.3.b - Edit for:UT 2.3.b.1 - Correct grade level spelling.UT 2.3.b.2 - Correct use of commas in a series.UT 2.3.b.3 - Correct subject-verb agreement.UT 2.3.b.4 - Correct use of possessives.UT 2.3.b.5 - Correct capitalization of sentence beginnings and proper nouns.UT 2.3.b.6 - Correct end punctuation on simple and compound sentences.


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UT 3 - Students will understand the process of seeking and giving information in conversations, group discussions, written reports, and oral presentations.UT 3.1 - Use the process of inquiry to formulate questions and engage in gathering information.UT 3.1.a - Establish a purpose for inquiry.UT 3.1.b - Gather relevant information to answer questions.UT 3.1.c - Validate the accuracy and relevance of information, discriminating between fact and opinion.UT 3.1.d - Distinguish paraphrasing and summarizing from plagiarizing.

UT 3.2 - Write to report information gathered from the process of inquiry.

UT 3.2.a - Select an appropriate format to report information.UT 3.2.b - Gather information on an idea or concept.UT 3.2.c - Report information using summarization.UT 3.2.d - Use informal contextual citation. (Example: "Gary Paulsen says he gets his ideas from...")UT 3.3 - Communicate ideas and information appropriately in classroom settings.UT 3.3.a - Determine the purpose for communication (e.g., to respond to writing, to obtain a result, to convey ideas or information, to seek validation).UT 3.3.b - Use appropriate protocol for asking questions (e.g., turn taking, staying on topic, projecting adequately).UT 3.3.c - Use appropriate protocol for responding to questions (e.g., respecting others' contributions, staying on topic, projecting adequately).UT 3.3.d - Contribute constructively in classroom settings.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Eighth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students will use vocabulary development and an understanding of text elements and structures to comprehend literary and informational grade level text.UT 1.1 - Determine word meaning through word parts, definitions, and context clues.UT 1.1.a - Identify common prefixes and suffixes to determine meanings of words.







UT 1.1.b - Extend the meanings of words through understanding of connotation.UT 1.1.c - Determine word meaning through definition or explanation context clues.UT 1.1.d - Distinguish between commonly confused words (i.e., capital /capitol; cell/sale/ sell; choose/chose; emigrate/ immigrate; farther/further; knew/new; loose/lose; passed/past; quiet/quit/quite; their/they're/there; weak/week).




Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 1 - C01 Understanding what is readSkill 3 - C03 Using context clues for comprehension

UT 1.2 - Comprehend and evaluate informational text (i.e., textbooks, biographies/autobiographies, persuasive essays, letters, graphs, charts).



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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Eighth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 1.2.a - Use external text features to enhance comprehension (i.e., headings, subheadings, pictures, captions, sidebars, annotations, italics, bolded words, graphs, charts and tables of contents).

UT 1.2.b - Comprehend text using internal text structures and their appropriate cue words and phrases (i.e., question/answer, comparison/contrast).UT 1.2.c - Infer meaning from explicit information in text.UT 1.2.d - Distinguish fact from opinion.UT 1.3 - Comprehend literature by differentiating the uses of literary elements in narrative texts.UT 1.3.a - Determine which incidents are important to moving the plot forward and to making predictions (e.g., flashback, foreshadowing)

UT 1.3.b - Describe a character's traits based on what other characters think, say, and do.UT 1.3.c - Identify themes in literary works.UT 1.3.d - Define and describe settings in literature (e.g., place, time, and customs).UT 1.3.e - Compare types of figurative language (i.e., simile, metaphor, and symbolism).UT 1.3.f - Distinguish between free verse and rhyme.UT 2 - Students will write informational and literary text to reflect on and recreate experiences, report observations, and persuade others.UT 2.1 - Evaluate information, interpret ideas, and demonstrate thinking through writing.UT 2.1.a - Organize events and ideas in order of importance.UT 2.1.b - Focus written facts or events around a clearly stated, unifying idea.UT 2.1.c - Connect text to self, text to world and text to text.


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UT 2.2 - Write to identify and reflect on feelings to recreate experiences. (Emphasize short biographies, narratives, or memoirs. Students should use the entire writing process to produce at least one extended piece per term, not necessarily limited to the type of writing emphasized at individual grade levels.)UT 2.2.a - Convey a unifying theme or idea.UT 2.2.b - Order events effectively and experiment with flashback or foreshadowing.UT 2.2.c - Use narrative details (e.g., dialogue, description, imagery, symbolism).UT 2.3 - Revise and edit to strengthen ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions.UT 2.3.a - Evaluate and revise for:UT 2.3.a.1 - Ideas: Specific and relevant details that support the idea.

UT 2.3.a.2 - Organization: An introduction, body, and conclusion with a controlling idea, topic sentences, and supporting details.UT 2.3.a.3 - Voice: Appropriate tone and voice.UT 2.3.a.4 - Word Choice: Words appropriate to audience.UT 2.3.a.5 - Sentence Fluency: Varied sentence structure.UT 2.3.b - Edit for conventions:UT 2.3.b.1 - Correct grade-level spellingUT 2.3.b.2 - Correct use of quotation marks and commas in dialogue.

UT 2.3.b.3 - Correct verb tenses.UT 2.3.b.4 - Correct use of relative pronouns.UT 2.3.b.5 - Correct agreement of pronouns and antecedents.UT 2.3.b.6 - Correct capitalization of titles of books, poems, etc., and titles of courses (e.g., History 202).


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UT 3 - Students will understand the process of seeking and giving information in conversations, group discussions, written reports, and oral presentations.UT 3.1 - Use the process of inquiry to focus thinking toward understanding an idea or concept.UT 3.1.a - Formulate text-supported, open-ended questions for inquiry (i.e., literal, interpretive inferential, evaluative).UT 3.1.b - Choose information that best supports the focus of inquiry.UT 3.1.c - Distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources of information.UT 3.1.d - Distinguish primary from secondary sources.UT 3.2 - Write to demonstrate understanding of an idea or concept.

UT 3.2.a - Select an appropriate format to demonstrate understanding.

UT 3.2.b - Gather information from more than one source.UT 3.2.c - Report information by paraphrasing, summarizing, and/or quoting from sources.UT 3.2.d - Use informal citation to support inquiry.UT 3.3 - Participate in and report on small group learning activities.UT 3.3.a - Determine the purpose for small group learning activities (e.g., to respond to writing, to acquire information, to present ideas, to clarify understanding).UT 3.3.b - Identify and assume responsibility for specific group tasks, including asking relevant questions.

UT 3.3.c - Respond appropriately to group members' questions and contributions.UT 3.3.d - Present group reports.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Ninth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students will use vocabulary development and an understanding of text elements and structures to comprehend literary and informational grade level text.UT 1.1 - Determine word meaning through word parts, definitions, and context clues.UT 1.1.a - Analyze the meaning of words using knowledge of roots (see chart, Appendix A).






UT 1.1.b - Distinguish between the connotative and denotative meanings of words.UT 1.1.c - Determine word meaning using sentence structure (e.g., parts of speech, grammatical structures).






UT 1.1.d - Distinguish between commonly confused words (i.e., accept/except; advise/advice; council/counsel councilor/counselor; principal/principle; peace/piece; than/then; weather/whether; who/which/that; who's/whose).







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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Ninth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 1.2 - Comprehend and evaluate informational text (i.e., web pages, newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, maps, schedules).UT 1.2.a - Analyze the purpose of external text features and structures in a variety of informational texts (e.g., textbooks, advertisements, posters, graphs, charts, maps, schedules, product instructions).

UT 1.2.b - Comprehend text using internal text structures and their appropriate cue words and phrases (i.e., cause/effect, problem/solution).

UT 1.2.c - Infer meaning from implicit information in text.UT 1.2.d - Distinguish relevant from merely interesting information.UT 1.3 - Comprehend literature by evaluating the contribution to meaning of several literary elements within a work of literature.

UT 1.3.a - Describe how conflict, character, and plot work together.UT 1.3.b - Explain how character is developed through implication and inference.UT 1.3.c - Relate themes in literary works to real-life events.UT 1.3.d - Analyze how setting contributes to characterization, plot, or theme.UT 1.3.e - Interpret figurative language in literature (i.e., simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and symbolism).UT 1.3.f - Identify the speaker in a poetic text.UT 2 - Students will write informational and literary text to reflect on and recreate experiences, report observations, and persuade others.UT 2.1 - Compare multiple ideas and perspectives to extend thinking through writing.UT 2.1.a - Compare/contrast significant or essential ideas, facts, or events.


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UT 2.1.b - Choose facts, events, or ideas and distinguish their differences or demonstrate their similarities.

UT 2.1.c - Compare/contrast connections between texts, between texts and self, and between texts and different world connections.

UT 2.2 - Write to persuade others. (Emphasize persuasive compositions. Students should use the entire writing process to produce at least one extended piece per term, not necessarily limited to the type of writing emphasized at individual grade levels.)

UT 2.2.a - State a thesis that clearly takes a position.UT 2.2.b - Organize writing effectively using leads, details, transitions, conclusions, personal experience, facts, anecdotes, examples, and paraphrased ideas.UT 2.2.c - Refute counter-arguments by using personal experience, facts, anecdotes, examples and paraphrased ideas.UT 2.3 - Revise and edit to strengthen ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions.UT 2.3.a - Evaluate and revise for:UT 2.3.a.1 - Ideas: Anticipation of and answers to readers' questions.UT 2.3.a.2 - Organization: Inviting leads and satisfying conclusions.UT 2.3.a.3 - Voice: A variety of voices for different audiences and purposes.

UT 2.3.a.4 - Word Choice: Carefully chosen vocabulary to achieve voice and purpose.UT 2.3.a.5 - Sentence Fluency: Varied sentence structure (i.e., include complex and compound sentences).UT 2.3.b - Edit for:UT 2.3.b.1 - Correct grade level spelling.


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UT 2.3.b.2 - Correct use of commas in introductory phrases and clauses.

UT 2.3.b.3 - Correct use of adverbs.

UT 2.3.b.4 - Correct use of colons.UT 2.3.b.5 - Correct use of parentheses.UT 2.3.b.6 - Correct capitalization of languages, races, nationalities, religions or sections of the country.UT 3 - Students will understand the process of seeking and giving information in conversations, group discussions, written reports, and oral presentations.UT 3.1 - Use the process of inquiry to examine multiple points of view.UT 3.1.a - Formulate questions to evoke multiple, valid responses from different points of view.UT 3.1.b - Gather information from multiple sources that reflect varied points of view.UT 3.1.c - Analyze multiple points of view for credibility.UT 3.1.d - Use primary and secondary sources.UT 3.2 - Write to analyze multiple points of view.UT 3.2.a - Select an appropriate format to analyze multiple points of view.UT 3.2.b - Compile and analyze information from multiple points of view.UT 3.2.c - Report analysis of multiple points of view using paraphrase, summary, and/or quotations.

UT 3.2.d - Use informal and formal citations where appropriate, to support inquiry.UT 3.3 - Conduct interviews to support inquiry.UT 3.3.a - Determine the purpose for interviews (e.g., to examine perspectives, to acquire information, to clarify understanding, to respond to writing).


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UT 3.3.b - Ask probing questions to seek elaboration and clarification of ideas.UT 3.3.c - Make supportive statements to communicate agreement with or acceptance of others' ideas.UT 3.3.d - Present interview results.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Tenth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students will use vocabulary development and an understanding of text elements and structures to comprehend literary and informational grade level text.UT 1.1 - Determine word meaning through word parts, definitions, and context clues.UT 1.1.a - Analyze the meaning of words using knowledge of roots.





UT 1.1.b - Evaluate the effects of connotation in text.UT 1.1.c - Determine word meaning through analogy and contrast/antonym context clues.UT 1.1.d - Distinguish between commonly confused words (i.e., affect/ effect; between/





UT 1.1.e - among; either/ neither; fewer/less; good/well; irregardless/regardless; waste, waist).





UT 1.2 - Comprehend and evaluate informational text (i.e., essays, nonfiction articles, workplace and consumer documents, electronic text).



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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Tenth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 1.2.a - Analyze the purpose of external text features and structures in a variety of electronic texts (e.g., e-mail, electronic newspapers, web pages).UT 1.2.b - Analyze the function of multiple internal text structures in a single text.UT 1.2.c - Use explicit and implicit information to arrive at conclusions.

UT 1.2.d - Evaluate text for reliability and accuracy.UT 1.3 - Comprehend literature by recognizing the use of literary elements across genres and cultures.

UT 1.3.a - Examine the relationship between oral and written narratives.

UT 1.3.b - Understand the uses of character development in conveying theme in literary works.UT 1.3.c - Analyze themes in literature and their connection to politics, history, culture, and economics.UT 1.3.d - Evaluate setting as it contributes to characterization, plot, or theme.UT 1.3.e - Analyze the use of simile, metaphor, pun, irony, symbolism, allusion and personification.

UT 1.3.f - Compare poetry on different topics from varied cultures and times.UT 2 - Students will write informational and literary text to reflect on and recreate experiences, report observations, and persuade others.UT 2.1 - Interpret and analyze ideas and perspectives to clarify thinking through writing.UT 2.1.a - Analyze varied ideas and opposing opinions.UT 2.1.b - Analyze facts, events, or ideas to create meaning.


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UT 2.1.c - Identify and analyze assumptions and perceptions by examining connections between texts, between texts and self, and between texts and different world connections.UT 2.2 - Write to persuade others. (Emphasize persuasive compositions. Students should use the entire writing process to produce at least one extended piece per term, not necessarily limited to the type of writing emphasized at individual grade level.)

UT 2.2.a - Experiment with varied organizational patterns and forms of writing (e.g., memos, letters, reports, essays, brochures).UT 2.2.b - Support arguments with personal experience, detailed evidence, examples, and reasoning.

UT 2.2.c - Use persuasive strategies including appeals to logic, emotion, and ethics.UT 2.3 - Revise and edit to strengthen ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions.UT 2.3.a - Evaluate and revise for:UT 2.3.a.1 - Adequate support of ideas (e.g., quotations, facts, examples, anecdotes, and excerpts).

UT 2.3.a.2 - Control of organizational elements in multiple paragraph texts (e.g., thesis, details, leads, conclusions, and transitions).

UT 2.3.a.3 - Correct use of active and passive voice. Appropriate voice for specific audiences.UT 2.3.a.4 - Specific word choice for different audiences and purposes.

UT 2.3.a.5 - Rhythm created through sentence construction (i.e., parallel sentence structure).UT 2.3.b - Edit for:UT 2.3.b.1 - Spelling.


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UT 2.3.b.2 - Correct use of commas to set off appositives.UT 2.3.b.3 - Correct subject/verb agreement.UT 2.3.b.4 - Correct sentence construction (i.e., fragments, run-ons).UT 2.3.b.5 - Correct placement of modifiers.UT 2.3.b.6 - Correct capitalization for abbreviations (Ph.D.) or letters that stand alone (U-turn, Ibeams).UT 2.3.b.7 - Correct use of possessives.UT 2.3.b.8 - Correct use of semi-colon.UT 3 - Students will understand the process of seeking and giving information in conversations, group discussions, written reports, and oral presentations.UT 3.1 - Use the process of inquiry to problem-solve and deepen understanding.UT 3.1.a - Formulate essential questions that expose problems and explore issues.UT 3.1.b - Analyze information to determine relevance to essential question.UT 3.1.c - Evaluate the accuracy and relevance of information that reflects multiple points of view.UT 3.1.d - Evaluate, use, and cite nontraditional sources (e.g., Internet, interviews, media sources).

UT 3.2 - Write to synthesize information to solve a problem or deepen understanding.UT 3.2.a - Select an appropriate format to synthesize information.UT 3.2.b - Gather and synthesize information to solve a problem or deepen understanding.UT 3.2.c - Support synthesis of information using paraphrase, summary, and/or quotations.UT 3.2.d - Use informal and formal citations, where appropriate, to support inquiry.


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UT 3.3 - Plan and present orally using techniques appropriate to audience and purpose.UT 3.3.a - Determine audience and purpose for oral presentations (e.g., to inform, to persuade, to entertain).

UT 3.3.b - Anticipate and prepare to respond to potential audience questions.UT 3.3.c - Respond effectively to audience questions and feedback.UT 3.3.d - Present orally using visual aids/technology for support.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Eleventh Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students will use vocabulary development and an understanding of text elements and structures to comprehend literary and informational grade level text.UT 1.1 - Determine word meaning through word parts, definitions, and context clues.UT 1.1.a - Analyze the meaning of words using knowledge of roots (see chart, Appendix A).






UT 1.1.b - Evaluate how words from various cultural origins impact text (e.g., Latin- and Greekbased words, street slang, dialects, ethnic terms).

UT 1.1.c - Determine word meaning through contextual inference. (e.g., combine prior knowledge and text clues to define "trucks" used in an article on skateboarding and an article on transportation).







Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 1 - C01 Understanding what is readSkill 3 - C03 Using context clues for comprehensionSkill 4 - C04 Making inferences for comprehensionSkill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for comprehensionSkill 6 - C06 Making connections with prior knowledge



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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Eleventh Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 1.1.d - Distinguish between commonly confused words (i.e., allusion /illusion; complement/compliment; imply/infer).





UT 1.2 - Comprehend and evaluate informational text (i.e., commentary, interviews, primary documents, speeches, essays).UT 1.2.a - Analyze the purpose of external text features and structures in a variety of printed texts (e.g., books, newspapers, magazines).

UT 1.2.b - Evaluate the effectiveness of multiple internal text structures in a single text.UT 1.2.c - Synthesize information from a variety of sources.UT 1.2.d - Analyze multiple texts on the same topic for conflicting information.UT 1.3 - Comprehend literature by analyzing the use of literary elements across genres and cultures.

UT 1.3.a - Compare plot structures in works of literature (e.g., plot within a plot, multiple points of view, stream of consciousness).UT 1.3.b - Explore universal character traits across cultures in literature.UT 1.3.c - Compare recurring and universal themes in literary works.UT 1.3.d - Analyze how culture-the shared beliefs, values, and behaviors of a particular society at a particular time and place-is an element of setting.UT 1.3.e - Analyze the use of irony, tone, and/or mood.UT 1.3.f - Identify the speaker in a poetic text.


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UT 2 - Students will write informational and literary text to reflect on and recreate experiences, report observations, and persuade others.UT 2.1 - Analyze and synthesize ideas and information to refine thinking through writing.UT 2.1.a - Form conclusions and recommend action.UT 2.1.b - Integrate facts, events, or ideas to create new ideas.UT 2.1.c - Consolidate and synthesize connections between texts, between texts and self, and between texts and different world connections.UT 2.2 - Write to analyze literary text and explain informational text. (Emphasize expository writing. Students should use the entire writing process to produce at least one extended piece per term, not necessarily limited to the type of writing emphasized at individual grade levels.)UT 2.2.a - Select an organizational pattern that suits the topic.UT 2.2.b - Provide detailed evidence and examples to substantiate arguments.UT 2.2.c - Support arguments with logic and text references.UT 2.3 - Revise and edit to strengthen ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions.UT 2.3.a - Evaluate and revise for:UT 2.3.a.1 - Sufficiently developed key ideas and specific details that directly support and advance the thesis statement.UT 2.3.a.2 - Control of organizational elements in multiple paragraph texts (e.g., thesis, details, leads, conclusions, and transitions).

UT 2.3.a.3 - Correct use of active and passive voice.UT 2.3.a.4 - Consistent, appropriate voice.


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UT 2.3.a.5 - Words intentionally and skillfully used.UT 2.3.a.6 - Rhythm created through sentence construction (i.e., parallel sentence structure).UT 2.3.b - Edit for:UT 2.3.b.1 - Spelling.UT 2.3.b.2 - Commas with introductory phrases and clauses.UT 2.3.b.3 - Correct use of relative pronouns.UT 2.3.b.4 - Capitalization of the first word in a sentence enclosed in parentheses (e.g., "She grinned again. (That grin!)").UT 2.3.b.5 - Agreement of pronouns and antecedents.UT 3 - Students will understand the process of seeking and giving information in conversations, group discussions, written reports, and oral presentations.UT 3.1 - Use the process of inquiry to draw conclusions.UT 3.1.a - Formulate questions that direct inquiry.UT 3.1.b - Analyze information to determine relevance to essential question.UT 3.1.c - Evaluate the accuracy and relevance of information that reflects multiple points of view.UT 3.1.d - Evaluate, use, and cite primary and secondary sources.UT 3.2 - Write to evaluate information and to make recommendations.

UT 3.2.a - Select an appropriate format to evaluate and report research results.UT 3.2.b - Gather, evaluate, and organize evidence to support a position.UT 3.2.c - Support evaluations and recommendations using paraphrase, summary, and/or quotations.

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UT 3.3 - Make informative and persuasive presentations using visual aids/technology.UT 3.3.a - Determine the purpose for informative and persuasive presentations.UT 3.3.b - Identify questions to be addressed in refutations.UT 3.3.c - Refute counter-arguments.


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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Twelfth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionUT 1 - Students will use vocabulary development and an understanding of text elements and structures to comprehend literary and informational grade level text.UT 1.1 - Determine word meaning through word parts, definitions, and context clues.UT 1.1.a - Analyze the meaning of words using etymologies (e.g., word origins and histories).UT 1.1.b - Evaluate the use of gender-specific and non-sexist language in text (e.g., s/he, alternating she and he, informal "they").

UT 1.1.c - Determine word meaning through knowledge of linguistic roots and affixes (e.g., Latin-based languages-Italian , Spanish, etc.).






UT 1.1.d - Distinguish between commonly confused words (i.e., assure/ensure/insure; coarse/course; formally/formerly; later/ latter; stationary/stationery).





UT 1.2 - Comprehend and evaluate informational text (e.g., literary analysis/criticism, historical commentary, political statements, research documents, workplace/consumer documents).UT 1.2.a - Evaluate the effectiveness of different text features in a variety of printed informational texts.



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Agency Tag Set NameUtah, ELA, 2006, Twelfth Grade, Core Curriculum, State Department of EducationStandard Skill Area Description Skill Description


UT 1.2.b - Evaluate the effectiveness of diverse internal text structures in a variety of texts.UT 1.2.c - Identify an author's implicit and stated assumptions about a subject based on the evidence in the text.UT 1.2.d - Evaluate multiple texts on the same topic for reliability and accuracy.UT 1.3 - Comprehend and compare culturally and historically significant literary forms.UT 1.3.a - Evaluate the author's use of common literary elements (e.g., plot, characterization, point of view, theme, setting).UT 1.3.b - Analyze archetypes in works from a variety of cultures and historical periods (e.g., the questing hero, the trickster, the anti-hero, the superhero).UT 1.3.c - Analyze themes in literature and how they represent or comment on humanity or life in general.UT 1.3.d - Evaluate the impact of setting and historical context on literary works.UT 1.3.e - Analyze the characteristics of sub-genres (e.g., satire, parody, allegory).UT 1.3.f - Compare types of modern poetry (e.g., traditional, popular, rap, song lyrics, poetry slams, etc.).

UT 2 - Students will write informational and literary text to reflect on and recreate experiences, report observations, and persuade others.UT 2.1 - Evaluate ideas and information to refine thinking through writing.UT 2.1.a - Evaluate the merit of varied ideas and opposing opinions.

UT 2.1.b - Evaluate ideas and examine causes and effects.


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UT 2.1.c - Evaluate connections between texts, between texts and self, and between texts and different world connections.UT 2.2 - Write to critique literary text and to evaluate informational text. (Emphasize expository writing. Students should use the entire writing process to produce at least one extended piece per term, not necessarily limited to the type of writing emphasized at individual grade levels.)UT 2.2.a - Write in formal style and format (e.g., academic papers, business reports, multi-media presentations, etc.).UT 2.2.b - Analyze information and systematically organize to support central ideas, concepts, and themes.

UT 2.2.c - Convey a particular tone and voice through deliberate word choice.UT 2.3 - Revise and edit to strengthen ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.UT 2.3.a - Evaluate and revise for:UT 2.3.a.1 - Limited topic and controlling idea providing focus for extended pieces.UT 2.3.a.2 - Varied transitions that connect ideas within and between paragraphs.UT 2.3.a.3 - Correct use of active and passive voice. Formal or informal voice specific to purpose.UT 2.3.a.4 - Words particular to the topic supported within the text for ease of understanding.UT 2.3.a.5 - Concise sentence structure to enhance sentence fluency.UT 2.3.b - Edit for:UT 2.3.b.1 - Correct grade level spelling.UT 2.3.b.2 - Consistent and logical use of tenses.UT 2.3.b.3 - Correct punctuation of dialogue.


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UT 2.3.b.4 - Correct punctuation of direct quotations.UT 2.3.b.5 - Correct placement of modifiers.UT 3 - Students will understand the process of seeking and giving information in conversations, group discussions, written reports, and oral presentations.UT 3.1 - Use the process of inquiry to explore, compile, and report research.UT 3.1.a - Address and analyze a question using different types of inquiry (e.g., experimentation, trial and error, survey, interview, and secondary sources).UT 3.1.b - Evaluate the reliability of the information with regard to context and bias.UT 3.1.c - Make inferences and draw conclusions based on data or evidence.UT 3.1.d - Evaluate, use, and cite primary and secondary sources.UT 3.2 - Write to evaluate and report research results.UT 3.2.a - Select an appropriate format to evaluate information, determine results and make recommendations.UT 3.2.b - Gather, evaluate, and organize research on a specific topic.

UT 3.2.c - Support main points using a variety of convincing and relevant information.UT 3.2.d - Use informal and formal citations, where appropriate, to support inquiry.UT 3.3 - Make oral presentations of research findings using visual media.

UT 3.3.a - Evaluate audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.UT 3.3.b - Anticipate and prepare to answer potential audience questions.

UT 3.3.c - Respond effectively to audience questions and feedback, refuting counter-arguments.


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UT 3.3.d - Present information orally with poise and clear articulation. Enhance presentation with visual media.


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