Grade 8
Language Arts
Reading
Standard 1

WORD ANALYSIS, FLUENCY, AND SYSTEMATIC
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT.


 
Resources
Lesson Plans
Assessments
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Use Words to Own in any story from Elements of Literature Second Course.
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1.3
Vocabulary Workshop Second Course.
1.2
Have students work in groups to complete the Vocabulary Study Log using selected high utility vocabulary from the reading selection. Students should write their own sentence, create a picture, and demonstrate its use in order to ensure retention of the meaning.

Example of vocabulary Study Log:

Word: _______________

Origin:_______________

Dictionary Definition: _____

Use in Context:__________

Text:__________________

Page: _________________

Sentence:______________

Definition as Used in Text:__

Student Sentence: ________

Picture:_________________

Students can work with a partner to practice giving the definition of the word and to explain how the word origin meaning contributes to the meaning of the vocabulary word used in context. 

1.3
Students identify meanings according to context.
1.2
One assessment involves checking the students' retention of the vocabulary meaning and the students' ability to explain how the word origin contributes to the meaning of the vocabulary word as used in the text. An assessment over time requires students to make generalizations about the studied vocabulary words, in terms of root words, prefixes, and suffixes, and the relationship of word origin meanings to present day usage of the words. 
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1.3
Check definition guess with dictionary.