Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.6.4: Determine how word choice changes the meaning of a text.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.6.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. (See grade 6 Language standards 4-6 for additional expectations.) CA

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can identify familiar objects by using descriptive words, either by identifying the object or the descriptive word when asked.

Distal Precursor

The student can identify differences in meaning when provided with opposite-meaning words.

Proximal Precursor

The student can determine multiple meanings of a word relative to different contexts in which that word is used.

Target

The student can identify how a text changes when given the same excerpt from the text but with a single word changed.

Successor

The student can recognize that word choices can be used to persuade or inform the reader. After reading or hearing an informational text, the student can determine how word choice is used to persuade or inform the reader.