Academic standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.4
- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10
- By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text complexity band...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.6
- Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide...
- CLE 3001.8.1
- Demonstrate knowledge of significant works of world literature.
- CLE 3001.8.2
- Understand the characteristics of various literary genres (e.g., poetry, novel, biography, short story, essay, drama).
- CLE 3002.8.1
- Demonstrate knowledge of significant works of world literature.
- CLE 3002.8.2
- Understand the characteristics of various literary genres (e.g., poetry, novel, biography, short story, essay, drama).
- GLE 0601.1.2
- Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, and usage of words and phrases.
- GLE 0601.8.5
- Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
- GLE 0801.8.1
- Read and comprehend a variety of works from various forms of literature.
- GLE 0801.8.2
- Understand the characteristics of various literary genres (e.g., poetry, novel, biography, short story, essay, drama).
- SPI 0601.1.15
- Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the
meaning of multi-meaning words.
- SPI 0601.1.16
- Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the
meaning of unfamiliar words.
- SPI 0601.1.17
- Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in
determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.
- SPI 0601.1.20
- Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns
as aids in determining meaning within context.
- SPI 0601.5.5
- Specify a logical word choice to complete an analogy using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, and functions.
- SPI 0601.8.7
- Analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification,) within context.
- TSS.ELA.6.L.VAU.4
- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on 6th grade-level text by choosing flexibly from a range of...
- TSS.ELA.6.L.VAU.5
- When reading, listening, writing, and speaking, explain the function of figurative language, word relationships, and connotation/denotation and use them ...
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