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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

Using a mentor text, instruct students to identify 5–10 unfamiliar words and define these words using the context of the text. Then task students with incorporating the newly learned words in a quick write on a similar topic.
 

Further Explanation

For this assessment, students learn new terms to not only increase their vocabulary but also to change the way they understand the world around them. By using newly acquired vocabulary, students expand their knowledge about language.

Students learn new terms not only to increase their vocabulary but also to change the way they understand the world around them. Words are linked to certain domains and concepts. By using newly acquired vocabulary, students expand their knowledge about objects, events, and processes. Terms like air pressure, chemical reaction, and commensalism provide a new perspective in the study of science. The use of specific vocabulary allows students to make more detailed analysis.