Favorite Vocabulary Standards 8L6 Acquire and use accurately gradeappropriate general academic and domainspecific words and phrases gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression ID: 714063
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Dictionaries
Personality, Emoji, Sport/Team &
Favorite
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Vocabulary Standards
8.L.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
8.L.4 . Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
8.L.4.a Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
8.L.4.b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
8.L.4.c Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
8.L.4.d Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
8.L.2.c Spell correctly.Slide3
Throughout the year you will complete FOUR dictionaries.
The due dates are as follows:
Personality – October 1
st
Emoji – December 11
th
Sport/Team – March 4
th
Favorites – May 6
th
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Personality
Create a dictionary with words that describe your personality. You must use a different word for each letter of your first and last name.
Your dictionary should include:
1. The definition of the word.
2. The connection to your personality.
3. A picture that represents that word. Slide5
Emoji
For
each letter of the alphabet:
1. Draw an emoji that starts with that letter.
2. Explain the meaning of the emoji.
3. Write a text message – in a complete sentence – using the emoji.Slide6
Sports/Sports Team
Create a dictionary using the name of your favorite sport or sports team. For each letter, come up with one word that describes your favorite or is a term from that sport
Include:
1. The definition of the word.
2. A sentence using the word.
3. A picture or image that represents that word. Slide7
Favorite Song/Book/TV Program/Movie
Create a dictionary using the name of your favorite song/book/TV program/movie. For each letter, come up with one word that describes your favorite song/book/TV program/movie.
Include:
1. The definition of the word.
2. The connection to your favorite song/book/TV program/movie.
3. A picture that represents that word.