South Dakota ELA 9-10.L.4.b

ELAGrades 9–10Language

The Standard

9-10.L.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Use morphology to indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy).

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use a word’s root and ending to figure out its meaning and part of speech. They choose the form that fits a sentence.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given predict, prediction, and predictive, a student picks the form that fits a sentence and names it as a verb, noun, or adjective. They explain how the ending changes the word’s meaning and use.
Common Misconceptions: Students may put a noun where a verb is needed, as in “I prediction rain.” They may treat prediction and predictive as interchangeable because both relate to predicting.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Fill in “The weather report made a ___ about tomorrow’s rain” using predict, prediction, or predictive. Name the part of speech and explain your choice.

Lesson moves

Give students cards labeled predict, prediction, and predictive; have them sort the cards by part of speech and write a sentence for each.
Write two sentences using persuade and persuasion, then explain to a partner why each form fits its sentence.
Play a word-family relay: teams fill “I ___ rain,” “My ___ was right,” and “a ___ chart” with predict, prediction, and predictive.
Display tomorrow’s weather forecast; students write a prediction about rain, then rewrite it using the verb predict.

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