General Information
Subject Area: X-Reading/Language Arts (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 8
Strand: Reading Process
Standard: Vocabulary Development - The student uses multiple strategies to develop grade appropriate vocabulary.
Date Adopted or Revised: 01/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
- incorrect meanings of words, based on structural analysis, that do not fit the context;
- incorrect meanings of foreign words/phrases that do not fit the context;
- words with construct similar to the correct response (e.g., same prefix); and
- plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.
Also assesses LA.8.1.6.11 The student will identify the meaning of words
and phrases derived from Anglo-Saxon, Greek, and Latin mythology.
Clarification :
The student will analyze affixes, or root words, or words/phrases derived from other languages, including Greek and Latin, to determine meaning in a text. Appropriate word strategies, simple analysis, and/or inference may be required.
The student will analyze affixes, or root words, or words/phrases derived from other languages, including Greek and Latin, to determine meaning in a text. Appropriate word strategies, simple analysis, and/or inference may be required.
Content Limits :
Grade-level appropriate texts should contain vocabulary for assessing the analysis of word structure and for assessing words and phrases derived from other languages, including Greek and Latin.
Grade-level appropriate texts should contain vocabulary for assessing the analysis of word structure and for assessing words and phrases derived from other languages, including Greek and Latin.
Assessed words should be no more than two grade levels above the tested grade.
If a stem directs the student back to the text to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, or when assessing foreign words and phrases, the text should contain clear and sufficient context for determining the meaning of the assessed word or phrase.
Content Focus :
Analyze Word Structure (e.g., affixes, root words)
Analyze Words/Phrases Derived from Latin, Greek, or Other Languages
Analyze Word Structure (e.g., affixes, root words)
Analyze Words/Phrases Derived from Latin, Greek, or Other Languages
Text Attributes :
Texts should be literary or informational.
Texts should be literary or informational.
Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts.
Texts must contain appropriate words to assess affixes, root words, and foreign words and phrases.
Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to
Distractors may include, but are not limited to
Please refer to page 25 in the Grade 6 Specifications to see a sample item for Benchmark LA.8.1.6.7.