ELA21.3.14f

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

ELA21.3.14f
Identify relationships and nuances in word meanings to determine real-life connections between words and their use.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Writers and speakers use a variety of words to distinguish between specific intended meanings.
Real life means situations that they have experienced or will experience, and they can make real-life connections about how vocabulary words can be used.

Skills

Discuss relationships of words and give reasons for choosing to use a particular word in writing or speaking; for example, words related to home include house, residence, and habitat.
Distinguish shades of meaning in related words, and give reasons for choosing to use a particular word in writing or speaking; for example, words related to bad with different nuances include terrible, awful, horrible.

Understanding

Writers and speakers carefully select words to convey specific meanings, ideas, and relationships.
Making real-life connections to new vocabulary words helps them move the new words to their long-term memory, becoming part of their "ready to use" vocabulary.

Vocabulary

Word relationships
Nuances in word meanings
Identify
Real-life connections

COS Examples

Examples: Discuss relationships in words related to home (house, residence, habitat) and give reasons for choosing a particular word in speaking or writing.

Distinguish shades of meaning in words related to bad (terrible, awful, horrible) and give reasons for choosing a particular word in speaking or writing.

Distinguish shades of meaning in words related to talk (yell, scream, bellow) and give reasons for choosing a particular word in speaking or writing.