Understanding Academic Vocabulary in Language Arts

What is the main focus of academic vocabulary in this lesson?

• Scientific terminology

• Everyday conversation

• Inference and text evidence

• Mathematical terms

What is the first step in the student activity?

• Read a chapter

• Make a list of known words

• Write a paragraph

• Draw a diagram

What does the term 'infer' mean?

• To state something clearly

• To draw conclusions from clues

• To write a story

• To summarize a text

Which of the following is NOT a synonym for 'infer'?

• Deduce

• State

• Assume

• Conclude

What does 'analyze' involve?

• Reading quickly

• Examining text in detail

• Writing a summary

• Ignoring the text

Which activity is part of analyzing a text?

• Highlighting key quotes

• Writing a poem

• Ignoring details

• Reading silently

What does 'explicit' mean in the context of text?

• Ambiguous information

• Implied meaning

• Hidden clues

• Stated clearly and directly

What is 'text evidence' used for?

• To create new stories

• To summarize the text

• To support ideas and arguments

• To confuse the reader

Which of the following is an example of 'support' in text analysis?

• Making assumptions

• Providing evidence from the text

• Writing a fictional story

• Ignoring the text

What is the relationship between 'text evidence' and 'support'?

• They are unrelated

• Text evidence is used to provide support

• Support is used to contradict text evidence

• They are synonyms