Alliteration All Around

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.R3
Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

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Vocabulary

Background knowledge
Vocabulary
Discussion

Knowledge

Students know:

Relating experiences through discussions, reading, and writing will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary.

Skills

Students are able to:

Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing.
Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.27
Read prose, poetry, and dramas, identifying the literary devices used by the author to convey meaning.

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Vocabulary

Prose
Poetry
Dramas
Identifying
Literary devices
Author
Convey meaning

Knowledge

Students know:

Literary text often includes literary devices, such as personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, symbolism, metaphor, and simile.
An author uses literary devices to convey meaning within the text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the literary devices when reading prose, poetry, and dramas.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Literary devices are a special type of language that an author uses to convey meaning in literary text.
Literary devices are language that carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.41
Use words and phrases in writing for effect and elaboration.

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Vocabulary

Phrases
Effect
Elaboration

Knowledge

Students know:

Using particular words and phrases in writing, like unique verbs and adjectives, can create an effect for readers.
Particular words and phrase can be used to elaborate, or provide more details, about a topic.

Skills

Students are able to:

Use words and phrases in writing for effect and elaboration.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Writers carefully choose words to use in writing to elaborate on details and create an effect for readers.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.10
Interpret words and phrases, including figurative language, as they are used in a text.

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Vocabulary

Interpret
Figurative language

Knowledge

Students know:

Strategies to identify word meaning in context.
Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.

Skills

Students are able to:

Explain the meaning of words and phrases that are specific to the text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Words and phrases, including figurative language, can have different meanings in different texts.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.12
Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.

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Vocabulary

Domain-specific vocabulary
Academic vocabulary
Figurative language

Knowledge

Student know:

Academic vocabulary is language that is more formal than spoken language.
Domain-specific vocabulary refers to words that are used specifically in school subject areas, like math, science, and social studies.
Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.
Strategies to determine the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns in text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Interpret the meaning of domain-specific vocabulary, academic vocabulary, and figurative language as they are used in texts.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There are multiple strategies they can use to interpret the meaning of academic and domain-specific vocabulary, including using context clues in the text, their background knowledge, the morphological structure of the word, and outside resources.
Words and phrases, including figurative language, can have different meanings in different texts.

Learning Resource Type

Alliteration All Around

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

ELA21.3.R3 Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.3.27 Read prose, poetry, and dramas, identifying the literary devices used by the author to convey meaning.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.3.41 Use words and phrases in writing for effect and elaboration.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.4.10 Interpret words and phrases, including figurative language, as they are used in a text.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.5.12 Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

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ELA21.3.R3
Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

ELA21.3.27
Read prose, poetry, and dramas, identifying the literary devices used by the author to convey meaning.

ELA21.3.41
Use words and phrases in writing for effect and elaboration.

ELA21.4.10
Interpret words and phrases, including figurative language, as they are used in a text.

ELA21.5.12
Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.