Language |
| L.7: Knowledge of Language |
| L.7.3 | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. |
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| L.7.3a | Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.* |
| Vocabulary Acquisition and Use |
| L.7.6 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. |
| L.8: Knowledge of Language |
| L.8.3 | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. |
| Vocabulary Acquisition and Use |
| L.8.6 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. |
| L.9-10: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use |
| L.9-10.6 | Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. |
| L.11-12: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use |
| L.11-12.4c | Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage. |
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| L.11-12.6 | Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. |
Writing |
| W.7: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| W.7.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources. |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| W.7.2d | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. |
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| W.7.3d | Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. |
| W.8: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| W.8.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others. |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| W.8.2d | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. |
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| W.8.3d | Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. |
| W.9-10: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| W.9-10.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| W.9-10.2d | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. |
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| W.9-10.3d | Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. |
| W.11-12: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| W.11-12.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information. |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| W.11-12.2d | Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic. |
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| W.11-12.3d | Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. |
Scenes mode gives a place, character, object, and a fourth setting-related word like time, weather, or mood. Individual phrases can be tapped to advance to a new word.
Texts mode provides a traditional prose-style prompt that usually provides a character, setting, and the beginnings of a plot.
Sketches mode offers up a genre and a form or type of writing.
Words mode displays three to seven (or a random number of) words that can also be advanced individually; students can enlarge or shrink words by pinching.
News mode is hit-or-miss with lots of broken links.
