Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.
A knowledge and skills statement is a broad statement of what students must know and be able to do. It generally begins with a learning strand and ends with the phrase “The student is expected to:” Knowledge and skills statements always include related student expectations.
Glossary Support for ELA.8.2
Students are expected to determine how newly acquired vocabulary can help them communicate an idea with precision. Students need to understand that words are not automatically more or less effective based on how complex or common they are, but instead that words should be chosen because they express a specific idea or emotion necessary for the recipient of the message to comprehend meaning. Students need various language acquisition skills, such as using reference materials or context clues, to ensure they have a robust vocabulary that allows them to precisely convey an idea.
