ELA21.1.12c

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.12c

Describe word relationships and nuances in word meanings, including relating them to their opposites and distinguishing shades of meaning in similar or related words.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

Skills

  • Describe word relationships and slight variations in meaning, such as look, peek, glance, stare, glare; big, large, gigantic, monstrous.
  • Describe word relationships by relating words of opposite meanings (antonyms) and similar meanings (synonyms).
  • Distinguish shades of meaning in related words, like acting out tiptoe, creep, and march to distinguish nuances in words related to walk.

Understanding

  • Writers and speakers should carefully select words to convey specific meanings, ideas, and relationships.

Vocabulary

  • Word relationships
  • Nuances in word meanings
  • Opposites
  • Shades of meaning
  • Similar or related words

COS Examples

Examples: look, peek, glance, stare, glare; big, large, gigantic, monstrous

Act out tiptoe, creep, and march to distinguish shades of meaning in words related to walk.

Discuss synonyms and antonyms.

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