ELA 7th Grade Language

Description

• Use grade-appropriate general academic and content-area vocabulary correctly in context, expanding vocabulary to include words or phrases of particular importance to comprehension or expression (e.g., climax, cultural, culture, ecology, lofty, grossly, foil)

• Determine synonyms for grade- appropriate words (e.g., use prior knowledge or a thesaurus) and explain the subtle differences in meaning between synonyms

• Analyze the connotative differences between words and phrases with similar denotative meanings (e.g., sulk/brood; ally/comrade/best friend)

• Explain the meanings of figures of speech in grade-appropriate prose and poetry including those that involve allusions (e.g., launch a thousand ships, wash one's hands of something, flew too close to the sun)