Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Consulting Reference Materials: ● "Use a dictionary to fnd the pronunciation of the word [word]. What is its part of speech?" ● "Look up the word [word] in a reference material. What is its precise meaning in this context?"

Sample Formative Assessments

Vocabulary in Context Quiz: ● Activity: Students take a quiz where they read sentences or short passages and determine the meaning of underlined words using context clues. They also have sections where they analyze the meaning of words based on given Greek or Latin roots and affxes, and use reference materials to fnd word defnitions.

● Objective: To assess students' ability to use context clues, affxes, roots, and reference materials to determine word meanings.

Reference Materials Research Task: ● Activity: Students select unknown words from a text and use reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, online resources) to fnd their pronunciations, meanings, and parts of speech. They create a table to record their fndings and present one example to the class.

● Objective: To assess students' ability to consult reference materials to determine word meanings, pronunciations, and parts of speech

Last Updated May 30th, 2024 Middle School ELA, Page 99