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            Public fast-chargers are too sparse along rural highways.
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Identifying Explicit Textual Evidence in Primary Sources

Drawing Logical Inferences from Secondary Historical Accounts

Constructing Historical Claims with Textual Evidence

Using Accurate Historical Facts and Data to Strengthen Claims

Distinguishing Central Ideas from Supporting Details in History

Crafting Objective Summaries of Primary Sources

Summarizing Secondary Historical Articles Accurately

Separating Prior Knowledge from Text-Based Information

Tracing Central Idea Development Across Historical Speeches

Evaluating Evidence Sufficiency in Short Historical Texts

Reading Grade-Level Informational History Texts Independently

social-studies

Citing Textual Evidence and Summarizing Historical Sources (Grades 6–8)

Evaluating Why an Author Chose a Particular Structure

Comparing Text Structures Across Texts on the Same Topic

Identifying Hybrid Texts That Combine Multiple Genres

How Text Purpose Shapes Organisation and Language Choices

Recognising How Texts Reflect Their Historical and Cultural Contexts

Identifying Social and Cultural Values Embedded in Texts

Distinguishing Stated From Implied Purpose

Evaluating Whether an Author Achieved Their Purpose

Tracing How Authors Develop and Shape Meaning

Analysing How Quotations and Sources Are Used to Support Claims

Understanding Text Structures and Purposes

Writing an Objective Summary With Central Ideas

Tracing How Central Ideas Develop Across a Text

Determining Theme in Complex Literature

Tracing Theme Through Characters, Setting, and Plot

Writing an Objective Summary of Complex Literature

Determining Central Idea in Complex Informational Text

Analyzing How Central Ideas Connect to Supporting Ideas

Writing an Objective Summary of Complex Informational Text

Comparing Theme and Central Idea Across Text Types

Analyzing Theme and Central Idea Development

Tracing Sub-Theses and Subordinate Claims Across Paragraphs

Distinguishing Central Ideas From Illustrative Details

Crafting an Objective Summary Free From Personal Bias

Evaluating Summaries for Accuracy and Proportionality

Controlling Ideas, Paragraph Progression, and Objective Summaries

Writing About How an Author Develops a Key Idea

Finding Central Ideas in Primary Source Documents

Summarizing Primary Sources Objectively

Identifying Key Steps in Historical Processes

Tracing How a Bill Becomes Law

Tracing How Interest Rates Are Raised or Lowered

Identifying Process Steps in Social Studies Texts

Summarizing Historical and Social Studies Sources

What Is Paraphrasing? Restating in Your Own Words

Paraphrasing Sentences From Literary Texts

Paraphrasing Sentences From Informational Texts

Paraphrasing Longer Passages While Keeping Meaning

Maintaining Logical Order When Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing Texts: Restating Meaning in Your Own Words

What Is Summarizing? Finding the Most Important Ideas

Summarizing Narrative Texts: Plot, Character, and Theme

Summarizing Informational Texts: Central Ideas and Key Details

Summarizing Argumentative Texts: Claims and Evidence

Writing Objective Summaries Without Adding Opinions

Summarizing Texts: Capturing Central Ideas

What Does "Cite Textual Evidence" Mean in Informational Text?

Quoting From Informational Texts to Support Analysis

Citing Evidence From Science Articles

Finding Central Ideas in Science Texts

Following Multistep Procedures in Science Texts

Following Technical Instructions Precisely

Citing Evidence and Summarizing Science and Technical Texts

What Makes a Text Informational?

Identifying a Clear Thesis in Informational Texts

Distinguishing a Thesis From a Topic Sentence

Evaluating Supporting Evidence in Informational Texts

How Supporting Evidence Connects to the Thesis

Analyzing Pertinent Examples in Informational Texts

Thesis and Evidence in Informational Texts

Writing Responses That Show Understanding of a Single Text

Writing Responses That Compare Multiple Texts

Selecting the Right Details to Include in a Response

Organizing a Written Response With Clear Structure

Reconciling Conflicting Information Across Texts

Application: Writing a Comparative Response Across Texts

Writing Responses That Demonstrate Textual Understanding

Organizational Design: Cause and Effect in Informational Texts

Organizational Design: Problem and Solution Structures

Chronological Organization in Informational Texts

Compare and Contrast Organization in Informational Texts

Multiple Organizational Patterns Within One Text

How Organizational Patterns Develop the Thesis

Comparing Organizational Designs Across Informational Texts

Analyzing Structure in a Complete Informational Text

Organizational Patterns in Informational Texts

Reading Complex Literary Essays and Memoirs Independently

Decoding Archaic Syntax and Rhetoric in Foundational Historical Texts

Synthesizing Interdisciplinary Evidence Across Domain-Specific Articles

Evaluating Authorial Craft and Aesthetic Impact in Literary Nonfiction

Conducting Comprehensive Cross-Textual Research Synthesis

Independent Synthesis of Complex Literary Nonfiction and Historical Texts

Paraphrasing Short Passages Without Losing Meaning

Summarizing Informational Texts Effectively

Summarizing Narrative Texts Effectively

Summarizing Argumentative Texts Effectively

Maintaining Logical Order in Paraphrases and Summaries

Paraphrasing and Summarizing Texts

Denotación y connotación en el análisis semántico

Polisemia, monosemia y homonimia en el discurso académico

Relaciones semánticas de antonimia: gradual, complementaria y recíproca

Analogías verbales: relaciones de causa, parte-todo y equivalencia

Semántica avanzada y relaciones léxicas

Precisión léxica y sustitución de verbos comodín

Tecnicismos, neologismos, préstamos léxicos y extranjerismos

Eufemismos, disfemismos y lenguaje políticamente correcto

Campos semánticos asociativos en la creación de sentido

Aplicación de vocabulario académico en ensayos disciplinares

Precisión léxica y aplicación del vocabulario académico

Elaboración de hipótesis de lectura: paratextos y títulos

Identificación de la idea principal explícita e implícita

Distinción entre ideas principales, secundarias y detalles de apoyo

Síntesis de información mediante cuadros sinópticos y mapas conceptuales

Caracterización de textos según la intención comunicativa

Análisis de textos discontinuos: infografías, gráficos y mapas

Lectura e interpretación de tablas estadísticas y diagramas de flujo

Comprensión y organización de textos informativos y discontinuos

Inferencia de sentidos implícitos e intenciones no declaradas

Reconocimiento del contexto sociohistórico y cultural de producción

Distinción entre hechos verificables, opiniones y juicios de valor

Análisis del tono y la postura enunciativa del autor

Comparación intertextual de dos artículos sobre el mismo fenómeno

Citación de evidencias textuales para sustentar interpretaciones

Evaluación crítica de la solidez global de textos divulgativos

Análisis crítico y evaluación de textos informativos

Estructura de los textos argumentativos: tesis, cuerpo y conclusión

Identificación de la tesis en posiciones inicial, media o final

Argumentos de tipo descriptivo y caracterización de situaciones

Argumentos lógico-racionales: deducción, inducción y causa

Argumentos de autoridad: testimonios y citas de expertos

Argumentos afectivo-emotivos: apelación a los sentimientos y empatía

Análisis de contraargumentos y estrategias de concesión

Estructura y tipos de argumentos en textos argumentativos

Detección de falacias: ad hominem, ad verecundiam y ad populum

Detección de falacias: generalización apresurada y falsa causa

Detección de falacias: hombre de paja y falso dilema

Evaluación de la suficiencia, relevancia y validez de las evidencias

Identificación de supuestos e ideologías en el discurso argumentativo

Confrontación crítica de dos posturas opuestas sobre un dilema social

Redacción de un comentario crítico sobre un texto argumentativo

Falacias lógicas y evaluación crítica del discurso argumentativo

What Makes a Text Informational

Analyzing the Controlling Idea or Thesis

Identifying Supporting Evidence for the Thesis

Understanding Footnotes in Informational Texts

Understanding Endnotes and Citations in Informational Texts

Multiple Organizational Patterns Within a Single Text

Identifying Words That Signal Organizational Patterns in Literary Essays

Analyzing Informational Text Structures

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