Academic Vocabulary for 6th-8th grades

This means to list the steps or sequence of events in a passage.

• compare

• contrast

• trace

• predict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When you tell what you think will happen next you are___

• formulating

• predicting

• contrasting

• analyzing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Analyze means to do what?

• list the steps

• read between the lines

• give a short version

• break it apart

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When you judge the value of an argument you are ____ it.

• supporting

• summarizing

• tracing

• evaluating

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When you state how two or more things are alike you are _____ them.

• comparing

• contrasting

• explaining

• predicting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To support something means to ___.

• break it apart

• read between the lines

• back up with details

• tell all the ways it is different

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When you give the shortened version of an article you are ___.

• formulating

• summarizing

• explaining

• describing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To infer means to do what?

• list the steps

• contrast two things

• read between the lines and draw a conclusion

• tell what will happen next

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When you tell how two or more things are different you are ___ them.

• summarizing

• analyzing

• explaining

• contrasting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To explain something means to ____.

• tell how and why

• give a short version

• create something

• list the steps

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C