a. Explain the meaning of everyday speech usually learned in Poetry, Focus on the early grades, albeit not at the simple similes and metaphors Explicit Mysteries. same rate by all children.” (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in Simile See A. context. Metaphor academic vocabulary “General b. Recognize and explain the Idioms and the Library (Tier 2) words appear in all sorts of meaning of common idioms, texts; informational, technical texts, Adages Lady, The Stranger. adages, and proverbs. and literary texts.” Proverbs c. Demonstrate vocabulary (Tier understanding of by “Domain-specific 3) words are specific to a domain relating them to their opposites or field of study and key to (antonyms) and to words with understanding a new concept similar but not identical within a text. Because of their meanings (synonyms). specificity and close ties to content 6. Acquire and use accurately 6. Acquire and use accurately Prior 6. Story vocabulary. Oral knowledge, Tier Three words are far more common in informational a of general academic and grade-appropriate general literature. Vocab. words in texts than in literature.” domain-specific words and academic and domain- all other subjects. phrases sufficient for reading, specific words and phrases, Explicit writing, speaking, and listening including those that signal at the college and career precise actions, emotions, or readiness level; demonstrate states of being (e.g., quizzed, independence in gathering whined, stammered) and that vocabulary knowledge when are basic to a particular topic encountering an unknown term (e.g., wildlife, conservation, important to comprehension or and endangered when expression. discussing animal preservation).
everyday speech usually learned in the early grades, albeit not at the same rate by all children.” “General academic vocabulary (Tier 2) words appear in all sorts of texts; informational, technical texts, and literary texts.” “Domain-specific vocabulary (Tier 3) words are specific to a domain or field of study and key to understanding a new concept within a text. Because of their specificity and close ties to content knowledge, Tier Three words are far more common in informational texts than in literature.” a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. c. Demonstrate understanding of by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms). Explicit Simile Metaphor Idioms Adages Proverbs Poetry, Focus on Mysteries. See A. and the Library Lady, The Stranger. 6. Acquire and use accurately a of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression. 6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain- specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation). Prior Explicit 6. Story vocabulary. Oral literature. Vocab. words in all other subjects.
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