Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts 10. Interpret words and phrases, including figurative language, as they are used in a text.
a. Explain how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
b. Explain how figurative language contributes to the meaning of text, including simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole, and idioms.
c. Use the relationships between synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to increase understanding of word meanings.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
10.
Interpret
Figurative language
10a.
10b.
Figurative language
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
10c.
Synonym
Antonym
Homograph Knowledge:
10. Students know:
Strategies to identify word meaning in context.
Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.
10a.
Words have nuanced shades of meaning.
Authors choose to use specific words to convey intended meaning and create tone in the text.
10b.
Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.
Examples of figurative language include similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, hyperbole, and idioms.
10c.
Words with opposite meanings are antonyms, and words with similar meanings are synonyms.
Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but not necessarily pronounced the same and have different meanings and origins. Skills:
10. Students are able to:
Explain the meaning of words and phrases that are specific to the text.
10a.
Explain how the specific word choices of an author create meaning and indicate tone in the text.
10b.
Identify examples of similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, hyperbole, and idioms in text.
Explain how figurative language contributes to the meaning of the text.
10c.
Use synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to interpret word meaning. Understanding:
10. Students understand that:
Words and phrases, including figurative language, can have different meanings in different texts.
10a.
Words can determine the tone of the text and contribute to text meaning.
10b.
Figurative language carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases, and authors choose to include figurative language in text to enhance the text's meaning.
10c.
The relationships between words can be used to increase vocabulary knowledge.
English Language Arts 42. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes, and speaking clearly with adequate volume, appropriate pacing, and clear pronunciation.
a. Articulate ideas, claims, and perspectives in a logical sequence, presenting information, findings, and credible evidence from multiple sources and modalities to enhance listeners' understanding.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
42.
Report
Topic
Text
Recount
Appropriate facts
Relevant details
Descriptive details
Main ideas
Themes
Volume
Pacing
Pronunciation
42a.
Articulate
Ideas
Claims
Perspectives
Logical sequence
Information
Findings
Credible evidence
Sources
Modalities Knowledge:
42. Students know:
One way to share information is through oral presentations.
Oral presentations should be organized, have a main idea or theme, and include relevant, descriptive details and facts that support the key point.
Speakers should orally present in a volume loud enough for the audience to hear, at an understable pace, and with correct speech pronunciation.
42a.
A speaker can enhance the audience's understanding by explaining ideas, claims, and perspectives in a logical sequence, and by providing additional information in the form of credible evidence from multiple sources. Skills:
42. Students are able to:
Orally report in response to a topic or text, to tell a story, or to describe a personal experience.
Create an oral report that is organized, and includes relevant, descriptive facts and details that support the main idea or theme.
Speak at an adequate volume and appropriate pace and use proper pronunciation when presenting an oral report.
42a.
Orally articulate ideas, claims, and perspectives in a logical sequence.
Gather information, findings, and credible evidence from multiple sources and modalities.
Orally present information, findings, and credible evidence. Understanding:
42. Students understand that:
An effective oral presentation requires an organized structure and uses relevant facts and details to support the key idea.
An effective speaker presents with a voice that can be heard by the audience, a speaking pace that can be understood by the audience, and proper pronunciation of words.
42a.
Information, findings, and credible evidence should be gathered from multiple sources in varied modalities to enhance the audience's understanding of the oral presentation.
To clearly articulate their ideas, claims, and perspectives, they must organize their thoughts in a logical sequence.
English Language Arts 9. Express ideas clearly and effectively to diverse partners or groups.
a. Pose and respond to explicit questions in ways that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
b. Verbally summarize information read aloud or presented in diverse media and formats.
c. Report orally on a topic or text, sequencing ideas logically and supporting main ideas with appropriate facts and relevant details.
d. Speak clearly at an understandable rate.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
9.
Express
Clearly
Effectively
Diverse
9a.
Pose
Respond
Explicit questions
Contribute
Elaborate
Remarks
9b.
Summarize
Diverse media
Diverse formats
9c.
Report
Orally
Sequencing
Logically
Main ideas
Appropriate facts
Relevant details
9d.
Knowledge:
9. Students know:
Oral language and literacy skills.
Collaboration skills.
9a.
Effective communication with others requires asking questions, responding to questions, and elaborating on others' statements.
9b.
A summary is a short statement explaining the main point or most important details of presented information.
9c. Student know:
An effective oral presentation includes a logical sequence of main ideas that are supported by appropriate and relevant facts and details.
9d.
An effective speaker pronounces words clearly and speaks at a speed that is understandable by the audience. Skills:
9. Students are able to:
Clearly and effectively share ideas with others through speaking.
9a.
Pose questions that contribute to discussions.
Respond to explicit questions in ways that contribute to discussions.
Expand on others' comments by adding additional relevant information.
9b.
Present a summary of information read aloud or presented in diverse formats through speaking.
9c.
Orally report on a topic or text.
Sequence ideas logically in an oral report.
Support main ideas with appropriate facts and relevant details in an oral report.
9d.
Speak clearly at an understandable rate when orally presenting information. Understanding:
9. Students understand that:
They can communicate with a variety of people if they express themselves clearly.
9a.
Discussions should include relevant questions, answers to questions, comments, and remarks.
9b.
Summarizing information demonstrates understanding and can help communicate ideas with others.
9c.
To be an effective speaker, they must logically sequence presented ideas and include appropriate facts and relevant details to support their main points.
9d.
To be understood by the audience, a speaker must clearly pronounce words and speak at an understandable pace.
English Language Arts 12. Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.
a. Locate similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms and interpret their meanings in context.
b. Explain the meanings of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
c. Use the relationships between synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to increase understanding of word meanings.
d. Explain how an author's vocabulary and style influence the tone and mood of a text and support his/her purpose for writing.
e. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meanings of words.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
12.
Domain-specific vocabulary
Academic vocabulary
Figurative language
12a.
Similes
Metaphors
Personification
Hyperbole
Imagery
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Idioms
12b.
Common idioms
Common adages
Common proverbs
12c.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Homographs
12d.
Author's vocabulary
Author's style
Tone
Mood
Purpose
12e.
Common Latin roots
Common Greek roots
Common Latin affixes
Common Greek affixes Knowledge:
12. Student know:
Academic vocabulary is language that is more formal than spoken language.
Domain-specific vocabulary refers to words that are used specifically in school subject areas, like math, science, and social studies.
Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.
Strategies to determine the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns in text.
12a.
Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.
Examples of figurative language include similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms.
12b.
Idioms, adages, and proverbs are all figures of speech, in which the words and phrases carry meaning beyond their literal definitions.
An idiom is a common saying with a meaning different from that of its individual words.
Adages and proverbs are well-known sayings that have been used for a long time.
Proverbs usually give practical advice about ways to behave and live.
12c.
Words with opposite meanings are antonyms, and words with similar meanings are synonyms.
Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but not necessarily pronounced the same and have different meanings and origins.
12d.
Authors choose particular vocabulary and write in a specific style depending on the purpose of the writing and the tone and mood they intend to create.
Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, and mood is the overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text.
12e.
Many English words and English morphemes originated from ancient Latin and Greek languages.
Understanding Latin and Greek roots and affixes can provide clues to meanings of unknown words. Skills:
12. Students are able to:
Interpret the meaning of domain-specific vocabulary, academic vocabulary, and figurative language as they are used in texts.
12a.
Identify examples of similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms in text.
Interpret the meaning of the figurative language in context.
12b.
Identify examples of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Explain the meanings of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
12c.
Use synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to interpret word meaning.
12d.
Identify the tone and mood of a text.
Explain how an author's vocabulary and writing style influence the tone and mood of the text.
Identify an author's purpose for writing a text.
Explain how an author's vocabulary and writing style support their purpose for writing the text.
12e.
Identify and use Latin and Greek affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word. Understanding:
12. Students understand that:
There are multiple strategies they can use to interpret the meaning of academic and domain-specific vocabulary, including using context clues in the text, their background knowledge, the morphological structure of the word, and outside resources.
Words and phrases, including figurative language, can have different meanings in different texts.
12a.
Figurative language carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases, and authors choose to include figurative language in text to enhance the text's meaning.
12b.
Idioms, adages, and proverbs are figures of speech that carry meaning beyond the literal definitions of the words.
To fully comprehend text that contains figures of speech, they must learn the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
12c.
The relationships between words can be used to increase vocabulary knowledge.
12d.
Authors select specific words and write in a particular style to set a tone and mood for the text, and indicate their purpose for writing the text.
12e.
The meaning of an unknown word can be learned by knowing the morphology and orthography of the word, including its origin.
English Language Arts 18. Identify a speaker's correct usage of language, including subject-verb agreement and pronouns.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
18.
Subject-verb agreement
Pronouns Knowledge:
18. Students know:
Speakers should use correct language, including appropriate subject-verb agreement and pronouns. Skills:
18. Students are able to:
Identify the correct usage of spoken language, including subject-verb agreement and pronouns. Understanding:
18. Students understand that:
Speakers can provide examples of the correct usage of language.
English Language Arts 26. Utilize research findings to communicate relevant details, opinions, and ideas about a topic or text in oral presentations.
a. Answer questions in discussions about their research findings.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
26.
Relevant details
Opinions
Oral presentation
26a.
Knowledge:
26. Students know:
Research strategies.
Methods to create an oral presentation on a topic or text that includes relevant details, opinions, and ideas.
Oral presentation skills.
26a.
Strategies to answer questions in a discussion. Skills:
26. Students are able to:
Find research information on a topic or text.
Communicate relevant details, opinions, and ideas about a topic or a text in an oral presentation.
26a.
Answer questions about their research findings. Understanding:
26. Students understand that:
When orally presenting research findings, they should include relevant details, opinions, and ideas.
26a.
After presenting research, they should be prepared to answer questions from the audience.
