Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.1F Grade 8 CPI 5

 

Standard: 3.1 Reading

 

Strand: F - Vocabulary & Concept Development

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 5 - The student will explain relationships between and among words including connotation/denotation, antonyms/synonyms, and words with multiple meanings.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities

 

·       During a unit on colonial literature, students read Elizabeth Speare’s The Witch of Blackbird Pond. They study the figurative language used to describe the Caribbean culture in which the heroine is raised and the Puritan culture that she lives in later.

 

·       Students listen to and then study the lyrics of a popular song, such as “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.” They analyze the lyrics for figurative language, symbolism, and allusion.

 

·       Students review motor vehicle print ads for use of figurative language, symbolism, allusion, and connotations. They highlight examples of each with different colored pens and prepare to share their findings with the class.