Access Point #: LAFS.8.L.1.AP.2aArchived Access Point

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Use punctuation (e.g., comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Identify the meaning of various punctuation marks (e.g., commas, ellipses and, dashes) for a text (e.g., tells how a reader reads a text).
  • Determine which punctuation marks should be used to determine how a reader reads a text.
General Information
Number: LAFS.8.L.1.AP.2a
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14
Cluster: Conventions of Standard English

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1000000: M/J Intensive Language Arts (MC)
1001070: M/J Language Arts 3
1001080: M/J Language Arts 3 Advanced
1002020: M/J Language Arts 3 Through ESOL
1002180: M/J English Language Development (MC)
1007020: M/J Speech and Debate 3
1009020: M/J Creative Writing 3
1700020: M/J Research 3
7810013: Access M/J Language Arts 3
1009050: M/J Writing 3
1006020: M/J Journalism 3
1010000: M/J Literacy through Film & Literature
1010010: M/J Literacy through World Literature
1010020: M/J Literacy through Philosophy

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