Reading and Vocabulary
Virginia SOL 8.RV.1
Develop vocabulary and analyze words using various strategies.
What students need to be able to do
- Developing and accurately using general and academic language
- Developing and accurately using content-specific vocabulary
- Using context to determine meaning of words or phrases
- Applying knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
- Determining meaning of unfamiliar words
- Using relationships between words including synonyms, antonyms, and analogies to better understand each word
- Analyzing construction and meaning of author's use of symbols
- Analyzing construction and meaning of author's use of analogy
- Analyzing construction and meaning of author's use of figurative language
- Understanding similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, and idioms
- Discriminating between meanings of connotative words and their denotative meanings
- Using general and specialized word-reference materials
- Determining pronunciation, etymology, derivations, and parts of speech
- Using newly learned words and phrases in multiple contexts