L.9.4
Grade Level/Course: 9
Unit:
“UNWRAPPED” Priority Standards
1. Circle the SKILLS that students need to be able to do.
2. Underline the CONCEPTS that students need to know.
3. Assign Bloom’s level and DOK (if applicable).
Priority Standard: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-
meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a
word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
b. Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different
meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis, analytical;
advocate, advocacy) and continue to apply knowledge of Greek and
Latin roots and affixes.
c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., college- level
dictionaries, rhyming dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, glossaries,
thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word
or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its
etymology.
d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase
(e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
“Unwrapped” Skills
(students need to be able to do)
“Unwrapped” Concepts
(students need to know)
Bloom’s
Taxonomy Levels
and DOK
Determine or clarify
-choosing
Use
Identify and correctly use
Meaning of unknown or multiplemeaning words and phrases
-flexibly from a range of stratgegies
Context
-overall meaning of a sentence,
paragraph, or text
-word's position or function in a
sentence
as a clue to meaning of a word or
phrase
3, 2
3
3
Patterns of word changes that indicate
different meanings or parts of speech 1-3
-analyze, analysis, analytical
-advocate, advocacy
knowledge of Greek and Latin roots
and affixes
-Continue to apply
Consult
-find
-determine/clarify
Verify
3
General and specialized reference
materials
-college-level dictionaries
-rhyming dictionaries
-bilingual dictionaries
-glossaries
-thesauri
Both print and digital
-pronunciation of a word
-precise meaning, part of speech or
etymology
3
1
3, 2
preliminary determination of the
meaning of a word or a phrase
-checking inferred meaning or context 2
in a dictionary
1, 2
Big Ideas:
Effective readers and writers use knowledge of the structure and context of language to
acquire, clarify, and appropriately use vocabulary.
Suggested Big Ideas from “Unwrapped” Priority Standards:
Refer again to the “unwrapped” concepts and skills on the graphic organizer. Write
topical Big Ideas that students should discover on their own by the conclusion of
instruction. Then write Essential Questions matched to the Big Ideas to focus instruction
and assessment.
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3.
Essential Questions:
When a word doesn’t make sense, what can I do?
How do I use what I know to figure out what I don’t know?
Suggested Essential Questions Matched to Big Ideas
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