South Dakota ELA 9-10.L.6.a
The Standard
- 9-10.L.6
- Acquire and accurately use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level.
Demonstrate independence in gathering a broad and precise vocabulary.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students collect useful words from novels, articles, and other classes without waiting for a list. They check each word’s meaning and use it when it says exactly what they mean.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student keeps a word list with meanings, example sentences, and sources. In writing, they choose “skeptical” when a character doubts a claim, rather than calling the character “angry.”
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy unfamiliar words without checking what they mean. They may trust a guess from context without confirming it, or treat “frugal” and “stingy” as interchangeable.
How to Assess It
- Ask students: “Choose one unfamiliar word from today’s reading. Infer its meaning, check a dictionary, then use it in a sentence that shows its meaning.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set out a sports article and a science article; students collect useful words from each, check meanings, and sort word cards by topic.
Write “The speech was nice” on the board; ask students to replace “nice” with a precise word and explain their choice.
Give teams word cards from this week’s reading and definition cards; after matching them, each student writes a new sentence with one word.
Bring in two local job postings; students look up unfamiliar terms and use words from each posting to explain what the jobs involve.
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