South Dakota ELA 11-12.L.6

11-12.L.6 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 11-12.L.6.a

  Demonstrate independence in gathering a broad, deep, and precise vocabulary.

• 11-12.L.6.b

  Understand the importance of vocabulary knowledge in comprehension or expression.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students notice unfamiliar academic and subject-area words in what they read and hear. They check meanings and usage, then choose words that say exactly what they mean in writing and speech.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student explains why mitigate means something different from eliminate in a safety article and uses both correctly. They collect new words on their own, with source sentences, checked meanings, and original examples.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat close words such as mitigate and eliminate as interchangeable. They may copy a dictionary's first definition without checking the sentence, or use a word just because it sounds formal.

04

How to Assess It

Give students this sentence: “The new rule may mitigate the risk, but it cannot eliminate it.” Ask them to explain the difference between the verbs and write one sentence using each.

1. 01

   Give pairs printed science articles and sticky notes; have them mark three unfamiliar words and write context clues beside each.

2. 02

   Ask, “How does replacing mitigate with eliminate change this safety notice?” Have students write two sentences, then compare answers with a partner.

3. 03

   Put infer, imply, mitigate, and eliminate on cards; teams match them to draw a conclusion, suggest, reduce, and remove.

4. 04

   Give students a sample workplace safety email and a short glossary; have them replace vague words with precise terms.

• 9-10.L.6

  The Grades 9–10 version of this standard.

• 7.L.6

  Acquire and use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.

• 8.L.6

  Acquire and use grade-appropriate academic and domain-specific vocabulary; gather and apply knowledge of words and phrases to reading, writing, speaking, and li...

• 6.L.6

  Acquire and use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.