Evidence of Student Vocabulary Knowledge Skills Instructional Achievement Level Descriptors Attainment/Assessment Students: determine the Students know: Students understand/ are able to: Level IV Students will: meaning EERI.9-10.4. N/A determine the meaning of words context must be considered determine meaning of unfamiliar words and words and phrases phrases based on how they are used in a text and phrases based on how they when determining the Level III Students will: are used in a text meaning of a word or phrase EERI.9-10.4. Determine meanings of words and phrases in text identify and explain figurative language with informational text including figurative language. understand figurative and words and phrases can be textual support Ex. Make idiom books and write the real meaning (e.g., You're figurative meaning connotative meanings used in multiple ways driving me up a wall = you are making me crazy.). identify and explain connotative language including figuratively or Ex. Given more than one meaning of key vocabulary words, select connotative meaning analyze the overall impact of with textual support connotatively the one that best matches the reading passage. word choices on meaning and analyze analyze an author's use of word choice to tone an author's use of words Level II Students will: create meaning impacts the meaning and tone Determine meanings of words and phrases in EERI.9-10.4. overall impact notice how language of a court of a text informational text. determine tone based upon the author's word document can differ from that of Ex. Identify meaning of key words using context clues. word choice choice a newspaper difference in language Ex. Use a dictionary to look up the meaning of key words. between court opinions and meaning decipher the impact of language in court newspaper opinions Level I Students will: documents as opposed to newspaper EERI.9-10.4. Recognize words and phrases used in a text. tone difference in linguistic impact Ex. Name or point out words and phrases in an article Students understand that an author's word of court-related words as Ex. Given a key word for an article, point to it in the article. differ choice shapes the meaning and tone of a text. opposed to newspaper-related words language of a court opinion language of a newspaper
Evidence of Student Attainment/Assessment Vocabulary Knowledge Skills Instructional Achievement Level Descriptors Students: determine the meaning of words and phrases based on how they are used in a text understand figurative and connotative meanings analyze the overall impact of word choices on meaning and tone notice how language of a court document can differ from that of a newspaper determine the meaning words and phrases text figurative meaning connotative meaning analyze overall impact word choice meaning tone differ language of a court opinion language of a newspaper Students know: context must be considered when determining the meaning of a word or phrase words and phrases can be used in multiple ways including figuratively or connotatively an author's use of words impacts the meaning and tone of a text difference in language between court opinions and newspaper opinions difference in linguistic impact of court-related words as opposed to newspaper-related words Students understand/ are able to: determine meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases based on how they are used in a text identify and explain figurative language with textual support identify and explain connotative language with textual support analyze an author's use of word choice to create meaning determine tone based upon the author's word choice decipher the impact of language in court documents as opposed to newspaper Students understand that an author's word choice shapes the meaning and tone of a text. Level IV Students will: EERI.9-10.4. N/A Level III Students will: EERI.9-10.4. Determine meanings of words and phrases in informational text including figurative language. Ex. Make idiom books and write the real meaning (e.g., You're driving me up a wall = you are making me crazy.). Ex. Given more than one meaning of key vocabulary words, select the one that best matches the reading passage. Level II Students will: EERI.9-10.4. Determine meanings of words and phrases in informational text. Ex. Identify meaning of key words using context clues. Ex. Use a dictionary to look up the meaning of key words. Level I Students will: EERI.9-10.4. Recognize words and phrases used in a text. Ex. Name or point out words and phrases in an article Ex. Given a key word for an article, point to it in the article.
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