Academic Vocabulary + Strategies

contribute

• help to cause or bring about
• make a mental guess
• become an expert at something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

emphasize

• not identical in structure

• feel sorrow or pity or an individual

• To bring attention to something

significant

• very important
• to make known
• to write a name on a document

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

generalization 

• A conclusion drawn that is used to make a broad statement about a topic 
• An initial focus on a particular subject
• A picture formed from viewing multiple topics

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

convey

• communicate

• cause conflict

• determine the ending

elaborate

• to cause to form a conclusion
• to make implied suggesstions
• to explain in greater detail

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

illustrate

• to see an elaborate picture 

• to explain or show using examples, photos, charts, or graphs

• to increase in volume

textual evidence

• proof taken directly from the text
• communication between paragraphs
• weapons found at crime scene
• annotations found on complete sentences

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

infer

• to offer help when needed

• to illustrate within text

• to make a conclusion using text evidence

• to show evidence in your answer

When I'm working on a constructed response (short or extended), my strategy is to

• 1. Type it

  2. Map it

• 1. Analyze the question

  2. Map it

  3. Type it

• 1. Use one piece of evidence

  2. Map it

• 1. Analyze the question

  2. Write it