6th Grade Academic Vocabulary

to explain the most important part of the text or story

• contradict

• differentiate

• summarize

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to examine carefully; separate into parts

• contradict

• infer

• paraphrase

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

occurring BEFORE something else

• conclude

• previous

• narrate

• passage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

another way of saying “text” or “piece of writing”

• passage

• text

• essay

• all of the above

to describe something

• characterize

• imply

• paraphrase

• summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to use YOUR OWN words but keep the same meaning as the original text or speaker

• differentiate

• summarize

• paraphrase

• contradict

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

arranged in time order

• chronological

• narrator

• previous

• passage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a person who tells a story

• character

• evaluator

• passage

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to bring to an end or decide

• differentiate

• infer

• conclude

• elaborate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to stand against or take the opposite opinion

• imply

• contradict

• analyze

• characterize

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D