Georgia 10.P.EICC.3.g

ELA10th GradeComprehension Strategies

The Standard

Determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and concepts by applying knowledge of context and of academic vocabulary and word parts. (I)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students work out unfamiliar words and ideas while reading. They use nearby clues, familiar academic terms, roots, prefixes, and suffixes to build and check meanings.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students give a meaning that fits the sentence and explain how they reached it. They cite specific context clues or word parts and can restate an unfamiliar concept accurately.
Common Misconceptions: Students may choose the first dictionary definition instead of the meaning that fits the passage. They may rely on one word part, ignore nearby clues, or mistake an example for the full concept.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: “The committee reached a provisional agreement, one that could change after further review.” Define provisional and identify the clue or word part supporting your answer.

Lesson moves

Give groups prefix, root, and suffix cards to build academic words, predict meanings, and test them in sentence strips.
Ask students to define a bold word from a paragraph, then write which two clues best support their definition.
Play a clue-matching game where teams pair unfamiliar words with context sentences, word parts, and accurate meanings.
Have students annotate a school policy or news article, defining three unfamiliar terms and explaining each concept in plain language.

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