Access Point #: LAFS.6.L.3.AP.4aArchived Access Point

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Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph or text; a word’s position in a sentence) to determine the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words.
Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Recall the meaning of frequently used nouns.
  • Identify multiple meaning words up to two grade levels below the student’s grade level.
  • Identify the context in which the unknown word is being used by looking at the text before and after it.
  • List the possible meanings of an unknown word by using the context (words surrounding the unknown word).
  • Use a dictionary to verify the meaning guessed by using the surrounding words.
General Information
Number: LAFS.6.L.3.AP.4a
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Related Standards

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Related Courses

This access point is part of these courses.
1000000: M/J Intensive Language Arts (MC)
1000010: M/J Intensive Reading 1
1000020: M/J Intensive Reading and Career Planning
1001010: M/J Language Arts 1
1001020: M/J Language Arts 1 Advanced
1002000: M/J Language Arts 1 Through ESOL
1002180: M/J English Language Development (MC)
1006000: M/J Journalism 1
1007000: M/J Speech and Debate 1
1008010: M/J Reading 1
1008020: M/J Reading 1, Advanced
1009030: M/J Writing 1
7810011: Access M/J Language Arts 1 
1002181: M/J Developmental Language Arts Through ESOL (Reading)
1007025: M/J Speech and Debate

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