La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXIX-307

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXXIX-307 - Benchmark 3-Vocabulary

A. Adult learners apply spoken, oral and written vocabulary skills in order to comprehend and communicate in a variety of contexts.

1. Vocabulary is a skill that is developed through a continuous process at all educational functioning levels.

a. Use context clues to derive meanings of words from spoken, oral, written print and non-print text.

b. Apply the meaning of root words, suffixes and prefixes to derive meaning from new and unfamiliar vocabulary words from a variety of print and non-print texts.

c. Recognize the meaning of word origins (i.e., Greek, Anglo-Saxon, Latin) to understand content area vocabulary words.

d. Recognize basic word patterns, antonyms, and synonyms.

e. Identify and use idioms and the literal and figurative meanings of words in spoken, oral and written language.

f. Identify multiple meanings of words, denotative and connotative meanings of words, and multiple meanings of related words.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXIX-307

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:2038 (November 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10).