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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word …
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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strat…
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Knowledge of Language.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action;…
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Knowledge of Language.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Spell correctly.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
- standard
Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.