3rd OSDE ELA Academic Vocabulary

biography

• A shortened form of a word or phrase

• A written account of another person's life

• Tells you what is in each chapter

• Describes a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

context clues

• Set in modern times with events that could occur in the real world.

• Hints that an author gives to help define difficult or unusual word

• A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject

• expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

exclamatory

• expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point

• expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point

• An alphabetical list of important words and their definitions at the end of a book

• A novel, story, or play set during a real historical era

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

declarative

• A word that joins two phrases or sentences

• Tells you what is in each chapter

• A statement that can be proved

• Makes a statement and ends with a period

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

adverb

• Describes a verb

• A shortened form of a word or phrase

• Tells you what is in each chapter

• In the time order in which events happened

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

conjunction

• Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word

• A novel, story, or play set during a real historical era

• A word that joins two phrases or sentences

• A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

abbreviation

• Describes a verb

• A shortened form of a word or phrase

• A written account of another person's life

• Find out what students know and don't know

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

fact

• An alphabetical list of important words and their definitions at the end of a book

• expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point

• Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word

• A statement that can be proved

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

glossary

• An alphabetical list of important words and their definitions at the end of a book

• A statement that can be proved

• expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point

• A novel, story, or play set during a real historical era

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

chapter headings

• Tells you what is in each chapter

• A written account of another person's life

• Find out what students know and don't know

• Set in modern times with events that could occur in the real world

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5