Kentucky Reading and Writing L.7.4.b

ELA7th GradeLanguage

The Standard

L.7.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

Use Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students break unfamiliar words into Greek or Latin parts, such as tele and scope in telescope. They use those parts and the sentence around the word to work out its meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student spots port and -able in portable, then explains that it means able to be carried. They check that meaning against the sentence.
Common Misconceptions: Students may say portable means only “carry,” missing what the ending adds. They may assume in- always means “not,” though it means “into” in inject.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: “The announcer’s words were inaudible over the crowd.” What does inaudible mean? Explain how in-, aud, and -ible help you know.

Lesson moves

Give pairs tele, graph, bio, and logy cards; have them build telegraph and biology, then sketch what each word means.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining why a telescope fits its name, using tele and scope.
Play root match: teams pair aud, spect, and port with audible, spectator, and portable, then define each word.
Show a thermometer reading from the school weather report; have students use thermo and meter to explain the tool’s name.

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