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Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Clarifications:
Essential Understandings
(Informational)
- Identify precise language within a provided informational text.
- Identify the most descriptive or specific noun/verb appropriate for provided text (e.g., instead of “Volcanoes blow up.” use “Mt. Vesuvius erupted.”).
- Use a resource (e.g., thesaurus) to revise given text to become more descriptive.
- Add precise language and domain-specific vocabulary within an informational text that is appropriate to the specific topic.
General Information
Number: LAFS.5.W.1.AP.2f
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised:
06/14
Cluster:
Text Types and Purposes
Related Standards
This access point is an alternate version of the following benchmark(s).
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