ELA21.8.21

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 8

ELA21.8.21

Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Language that can expresses ideas precisely and concisely.
  • Strategies to avoid wordiness and redundancy in speech.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Select language to express ideas precisely and concisely when speaking.
  • Avoid wordiness and redundancy when speaking.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Proper language choice is important when speaking to convey ideas clearly and effectively.
  • Being wordy or redundant when speaking can convolute the intended message.

Vocabulary

  • Precise ideas
  • Clear ideas
  • Wordiness
  • Redundancy
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