SOL 6.4B-Word Parts, Synonyms, Antonyms

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SOL 6.4b-word parts, synonyms, antonyms

·  use common Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., aud – hearing, listening, or sound audience, auditory, audible.

·  identify Latin and Greek roots of common English words as clues to the meaning.

·  recognize common antonyms and synonyms

SOL 6.4c-context clues

·  use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning.

SOL 6.4d-figurative language

·  identify figurative language in text, including:

°  simile – figures of speech that use the words like or as to make

comparisons;

°  hyperbole – intentionally exaggerated figures of speech; and

°  metaphor – a comparison equating two or more unlike things

without using “like” or “as.”

SOL 6.4e

·  consult word reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses, both print and online) to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its meaning.

SOL 6.5-fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry

·  understand that fiction includes a variety of genres, including short story, novel, and drama.

·  understand that narrative nonfiction includes biography, autobiography, and personal essay.

·  understand that poetry can be rhymed, unrhymed, and/or patterned.

SOL 6.5c-word choice and imagery

·  notice an author’s craft, including use of :

°  language patterns;

°  sentence variety;

°  vocabulary;

°  imagery; and

°  figurative language.

·  recognize an author’s tone including serious, humorous, objective, and personal.

SOL 6.5d-cause and effect

·  use graphic organizers to record plot elements that illustrate cause and effect relationships and plot development.

·  identify how transitional words signal an author’s organization such as words indicating time, cause and effect, or indicating more information.

SOL 6.5f-inferences and conclusions

·  use graphic organizers to record changes in characters as a result of incidents in the plot.

·  use graphic organizers to record clues in the text and inferences or conclusions made by the reader as a result of those clues.

SOL 6.5g-character and plot development

·  understand plot as:

°  the development of the central conflict and resolution;

°  the sequence of events in the story; and

°  the writer’s map for what happens, how it happens, to whom it

happens, and when it happens.

·  understand that character traits are revealed by:

°  what a character says;

°  what a character thinks;

°  what a character does; and

°  how other characters respond to the character.

SOL 6.5h-main idea

·  determine a central idea or theme of a fictional text and how it is developed through specific details.

SOL 6.5i-supporting details/summarizing

·  use strategies for summarizing, such as graphic organizers. 5W’s or SWBS

·  use graphic organizers to record changes in characters as a result of incidents in the plot.

SOL 6.5j-figurative language

·  notice an author’s craft, including use of :

°  language patterns;

°  sentence variety;

°  vocabulary;

°  imagery; and

°  figurative language.

·  recognize an author’s use of:

°  simile – figures of speech that use the words like or as to make comparisons;

°  hyperbole – intentionally exaggerated figures of speech; and

°  metaphor – a figure of speech that makes a comparison equating two or more unlike things without using “like” or “as.”

SOL 6.6-non-fiction

·  read and comprehend a variety of nonfiction texts.

SOL 6.6a-text features

·  pose questions prior to and during the reading process based on text structures, such as:

°  boldface and/or italics type;

°  type set in color;

°  vocabulary;

°  graphics or photographs; and

°  headings and subheadings.

SOL 6.6c-questions to be answered

·  identify questions to be answered in the text

SOL 6.6d-predictions

·  predict and then read to validate or revise the prediction(s).

SOL 6.6e-inferences and conclusions

·  give evidence from the text to support conclusions.

·  comprehend and record details and/or facts in order to arrive at a conclusion, inference, or generalization.

SOL 6.6f-fact/opinion

·  recognize that a fact is something that can be proven, while an opinion is a personal feeling.

SOL 6.6g-main idea

·  determine a central idea of a text and recognize how details support that idea.

SOL 6.6h-supporting detail/summary

·  use strategies and rules for summarizing, such as the following:

°  delete trivia and redundancy;

°  substitute a general term for a list; and

°  find or create a main idea statement.

SOL 6.6j-organizational patterns/signal words

·  identify common patterns of organizing text including:

°  chronological or sequential;

°  comparison/contrast;

°  cause and effect;

°  problem-solution; and

°  generalization or principle.

SOL 6.6k-cause and effect

·  identify common patterns of organizing text including:

°  cause and effect

SOL 6.8b-subject- verb agreement

·  use singular verbs with singular subjects and plural verbs with plural subjects (e.g., The driver of the bus aware of children drives very carefully. The students in the class discuss many topics).

SOL 6.8c-pronoun-antecedent agreement

·  use first person pronouns appropriately in compound subjects and objects (e.g., John and I went to the store. Mother gave presents to Jim and me.).

SOL 6.8d-verb tense

maintain a consistent verb tense within sentences and throughout and across paragraphs.

SOL 6.8e-double negatives

·  eliminate double negatives.

SOL 6.8f-quotation marks

·  punctuate and format dialogue.

·  correctly use quotation marks in dialogue.

SOL 6.8g-adjectives/adverbs

·  choose adjectives and adverbs appropriately (e.g., He is a good student. He does really well in all his studies).

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SOL 6.4b-word parts, synonyms, antonyms

·  use common Greek or Latin ______and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., aud – hearing, listening, or sound audience, auditory, audible.

·  identify Latin and Greek ______of common English words as clues to the meaning.

·  recognize common antonyms and ______

SOL 6.4c-context clues

·  use ______(e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning.

SOL 6.4d-figurative language

·  identify ______language in text, including:

°  ______– figures of speech that use the words like or as to make

comparisons;

°  ______– intentionally exaggerated figures of speech; and

°  ______– a comparison equating two or more unlike things

without using “like” or “as.”

SOL 6.4e

·  consult word ______materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses, both print and online) to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its ______.

SOL 6.5-fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry

·  understand that fiction includes a variety of genres, including short story, novel, and drama.

·  understand that narrative nonfiction includes biography, autobiography, and personal essay.

·  understand that poetry can be rhymed, unrhymed, and/or patterned.

SOL 6.5c-word choice and imagery

·  notice an author’s craft, including use of :

°  language patterns;

°  sentence variety;

°  vocabulary;

°  imagery; and

°  figurative ______.

·  recognize an author’s ______including serious, humorous, objective, and personal.

SOL 6.5d-cause and effect

·  use graphic organizers to record plot elements that illustrate ______and effect relationships and plot development.

·  identify how transitional words ______an author’s organization such as words indicating time, cause and effect, or indicating more information.

SOL 6.5f-inferences and conclusions

·  use graphic organizers to record changes in characters as a result of incidents in the plot.

·  use graphic organizers to record clues in the text and ______or conclusions made by the reader as a result of those clues.

SOL 6.5g-character and plot development

·  understand plot as:

°  the development of the central ______and resolution;

°  the ______of events in the story; and

°  the writer’s map for what happens, how it happens, to whom it

happens, and when it happens.

·  understand that character ______are revealed by:

°  what a character says;

°  what a character thinks;

°  what a character does; and

°  how other characters respond to the character.

SOL 6.5h-main idea

·  determine a central ______or theme of a fictional text and how it is developed through specific details.

SOL 6.5i-supporting details/summarizing

·  use strategies for ______, such as graphic organizers.

·  use graphic organizers to record changes in characters as a result of incidents in the plot.

SOL 6.5j-figurative language

·  notice an author’s craft, including use of :

°  language patterns;

°  sentence variety;

°  vocabulary;

°  imagery; and

°  figurative language.

·  recognize an author’s use of:

°  simile – figures of speech that use the words like or as to make ______;

°  hyperbole – intentionally ______figures of speech; and

°  metaphor – a figure of speech that makes a comparison equating two or more unlike things ______using “like” or “as.”

SOL 6.6-non-fiction

·  read and comprehend a variety of nonfiction texts.

SOL 6.6a-text features

·  pose questions prior to and during the reading process based on text structures, such as:

°  ______and/or italics type;

°  type set in color;

°  vocabulary;

°  graphics or photographs; and

°  headings and ______.

SOL 6.6c-questions to be answered

·  identify ______to be answered in the text

SOL 6.6d-predictions

·  ______and then read to validate or revise the prediction(s).

SOL 6.6e-inferences and conclusions

·  give evidence from the text to support ______.

·  comprehend and record details and/or ______in order to arrive at a conclusion, inference, or generalization.

SOL 6.6f-fact/opinion

·  recognize that a fact is something that can be ______, while an opinion is a personal feeling.

SOL 6.6g-main idea

·  determine a ______idea of a text and recognize how details support that idea.

SOL 6.6h-supporting detail/summary

·  use strategies and rules for summarizing, such as the following:

°  ______trivia and redundancy;

°  substitute a general term for a list; and

°  find or create a ______idea statement.

SOL 6.6j-organizational patterns/signal words

·  identify common ______of organizing text including:

°  chronological or sequential;

°  comparison/contrast;

°  cause and ______;

°  problem-solution; and

°  ______or principle.

SOL 6.6k-cause and effect

·  identify common patterns of organizing text including:

°  ______and effect

SOL 6.8b-subject- verb agreement

·  use singular verbs with singular ______and plural verbs with plural subjects (e.g., The driver of the bus aware of children drives very carefully. The students in the class discuss many topics).

SOL 6.8c-pronoun-antecedent agreement

·  use first person ______appropriately in compound subjects and objects (e.g., John and I went to the store. Mother gave presents to Jim and me.).

SOL 6.6d-verb tense

·  maintain a consistent ______tense within sentences and throughout and across paragraphs.

SOL 6.8e-double negatives

·  eliminate ______negatives.

SOL 6.8f-quotation marks

·  punctuate and format ______.

·  correctly use ______marks in dialogue.

SOL 6.8g-adjectives/adverbs

·  choose adjectives and ______appropriately (e.g., He is a good student. He does really well in all his studies).