Making connections in biology

Journey biological understanding

Formal and informal writing

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   Practice speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and cooperatively in groups;
   
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   Show the detail of an argument in unsupported extended talk on topic;
   
3. 
   Employ appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk topic.
   

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   Read a wide range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on topic;
   
2. 
   Communicate to news and feelings in correspondence through a variety of functions on topic;
   
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   Apply a variety of compound adjectives, adjectives as participles, comparative structures indicating degree, and intensifying adjectives on topic.
   

Analyzing the specific features of animals

Presentation of the animals specific features

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   Organizing and presenting information clearly to others;
   
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   Identify the attitude or opinion of the speaker(s) in unsupported extended talk on topic;
   
3. 
   Ask with appropriate syntax and vocabulary to open-ended higher-order thinking questions on topic.
   

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   Read a range of lengthy texts with speed to identify content meriting closer reading on a range of more complex and abstract, topic;
   
2. 
   Expand with minimal support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for topic;
   
3. 
   Apply a variety of adjectives complemented by that, infinitive and wh- clauses on topic.
   

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   Practice speaking and listening skills to provide sensitive feedback to peers;
   
2. 
   Show the main points in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics;
   
3. 
   Respond with appropriate syntax and vocabulary to open-ended higher-order thinking questions on topic.
   

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   Employ complex and abstract main points in extended texts on a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar general and curricular topics;
   
2. 
   Write with grammatical accuracy on a wide range of general and curricular topics;
   
3. 
   Apply a variety of dependent prepositions with less common nouns, adjectives and verbs on topic.