Common Core: Language
7.L.3a
Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
October 1, 20187.L.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
October 1, 20187.L.4a
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.
October 1, 20187.L.4b
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
October 1, 20186.L.5b
Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.
October 1, 20186.L.5c
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
October 1, 20186.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.
October 1, 20186.L.2a
Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
October 1, 20186.L.3
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
October 1, 2018