Subject Area - CC.1:
English Language Arts
- Standard Area - CC.1.2: Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
- Grade Level - CC.1.2.7: GRADE 7
Standard - CC.1.2.7.K
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
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Anchor Descriptor - E07.B-V.4.1
Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E07.B-V.4.1.1
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel). c. Determine the meaning of technical words and phrases used in a text.
