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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

11-14-2012 Vigorous Vocabulary Aquisition

English Language Arts Standards
Grades 6-8
Language: Knowledge of Language

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.6-8.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6-8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
RESOURCES
GRADES 6-8
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.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
L.6-8.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

GRADES 6-8
Interpret figures of speech (Gr. 6 e.g., personification), (Gr. 7 e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions), (Gr. 8 e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words.
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., Gr. 6: stingy, scrimping, economical, un-wasteful, thrifty; Gr. 7: refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending; Gr. 8: bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
L.6-8.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

1 comment:

  1. Janelle- are you making a complete spreadsheet of which apps are appropriate for each standard?

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