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e. Describe the effects of war on the North and South. d. Relates a literary work to information about its setting (historically or culturally). i. Makes judgments and inferences about setting, characters, and events and supports them with elaborating and convincing evidence from the text. j. Identifies similarities and differences between the characters or events and theme in a literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life. e. Distinguishes cause from effect in context. a. Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language. b. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., definition, example).
 * SS5H1 The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War. **
 * ELA5R1 ****The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. **
 * ELA5R3 ****The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it **
 * correctly in reading and writing. The student **

c. Uses traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).
 * ELA5W1 ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student **