Georgia 10.L.V.1.a
The Standard
Acquire a range of general, academic, disciplinary, technical, and professional vocabulary through grade-level print, digital, and/or multimodal texts or content. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Vocabulary
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students learn words from grade-level print, digital, and multimedia texts. They determine meanings, distinguish everyday words from academic and specialized terms, and use the words accurately in context.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students infer and confirm meanings using context, word parts, glossaries, or reliable digital sources. They use new academic and specialized terms accurately when speaking and writing about grade-level texts.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may rely only on dictionary definitions and ignore how context changes meaning. They may confuse academic words with subject-specific terms or use technical vocabulary in the wrong setting.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short grade-level passage with three highlighted terms. Ask them to define each term from context, label its type, and use it accurately in a new sentence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups printed text excerpts to sort highlighted words into general, academic, disciplinary, technical, and professional vocabulary.
Ask students to explain which vocabulary from a class text would confuse a younger reader and write clear, context-based definitions.
Play vocabulary charades with subject-specific terms, requiring each team to name the term, define it, and use it in context.
Have students examine a job posting and identify professional or technical terms they would need to understand before applying.
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