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The student will determine the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings in context;
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
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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
item(s)
- Clarification :
The student will analyze words that have multiple meanings and determine the correct meaning of the word as used in the text. - Content Limits :
Grade-level appropriate texts should be used to assess words with multiple meanings.Words with multiple meanings should be assessed using words on grade level or not more than two grades above or below grade level.
Excerpted text must contain clear and sufficient context for determining the meaning of the assessed word.
- Content Focus :
Multiple Meanings - Text Attributes :
Texts should be literary or informational.
Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts.
Texts must contain words with multiple meanings and must provide clear and sufficient context for the student to determine the correct meaning. - Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to
- correct meanings of the assessed word but inappropriate to the text;
- meanings drawn from the text but unrelated to the meaning of the assessed word or test question;
- words constructed similarly to the correct response (e.g., same affix, tense); and
- plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.
Sample Test Items (1)
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: The sample item below is based on “The Last Frontier of Texas” on page H–20.
Read this sentence from the brochure.
Entrance fees are charged to enter the Park (open year-round), and can be paid at the Maverick and Persimmon Gap entrance stations.
In which sentence does charged have the same meaning as used in the sentence above?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
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