Essential Academic Vocabulary

break something down methodically into its parts

• analyze
• argue
• describe
• integrate

change in form,function, or nature to reveal or emphasize

• argue
• support
• organize
• transform

offer evidence or data in order to illustrate your point

• organize
• transform
• support
• summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.SL.5.4

CCSS.W.5.1B

CCSS.W.5.2B

CCSS.W.5.9A

draw from a text or data set some meaning or significance

• explain
• imagine
• interpret
• integrate

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.W.5.9A

provide reasons or evidence to support or oppose

• evaluate
• argue
• imagine
• interpret

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.SL.5.4

CCSS.W.5.1B

CCSS.W.5.1C

identify similarities or differences between items

• analyze
• compare/contrast
• integrate
• evaluate

report what one observes or does

• argue
• interpret
• explain
• describe

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2B

consider all possible options, perspectives, results

• describe
• explain
• integrate
• determine

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

retell the essential details of what happened

• summarize
• explain
• analyze
• describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

make whole by combining the different parts into one

• integrate
• evaluate
• interpret
• develop

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.5.9