ELA 6th Grade Language

Description

• Use knowledge of word relationships, including analogies (e.g., item/category, cause/effect, part/whole) to clarify the meanings of words in a text

• Use the correct homophones (e.g., feat/feet), homographs (e.g., estimate, conflict), and multiple-meaning words (e.g., chief) in writing and speaking and determine their correct meanings in grade-appropriate texts

Use the correct homophones (e.g., feat/feet), homographs (e.g., estimate, conflict), and multiple-meaning words (e.g., chief) in writing and speaking and determine their correct meanings in grade-appropriate texts

• Use grade-appropriate general academic and content-area vocabulary correctly in context, expanding vocabulary to include words and phrases of particular importance to comprehension or expression (e.g., constitution, contract, establishment, employment, element, republic, conservation, legislature, compound, volcanic, expand)

• Determine the connotative meaning of particular words and phrases based on context in a literary text and distinguish between the connotations of words with similar meanings (e.g., smile vs. smirk)

• Determine the connotative meaning of particular words and phrases based on context in an informational text and distinguish between the connotations of words with similar meanings (e.g., alert vs. watchful)