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12 Powerful Words

12 Powerful Words . Increase Test Scores and Help Close the Achievement Gap . What do we mean by powerful words?.

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12 Powerful Words

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  1. 12 Powerful Words Increase Test Scores and Help Close the Achievement Gap

  2. What do we mean by powerful words? • These are the words that stump students when they take standardized tests. Students may feel intimidated or confused by these words causing them to answer a question incorrectly when they know the answer.

  3. 12 Powerful Words Help all students: • To better understand what each question means • To become familiar with words that require higher order thinking skills • To relieve test anxiety • To achieve better on tests

  4. Trace • Trace: To follow the course or trail of

  5. Trace Example: Using the paragraph, trace the steps of cell mitosis. • List in 1, 2, 3 order • List in steps • Sequence

  6. Analyze • Analyze: To examine carefully by separating into parts.

  7. Analyze • Example: Analyze the author’s use personification in this folk tale. • Break apart • Think through • Break into pieces

  8. Infer • Infer: To conclude from evidence or premises

  9. Infer • Example: Make an inference. Why Max get so upset when the principal mentioned his father. • Read between the lines • What do you think?

  10. Evaluate • Evaluate:To examine and judge carefully.

  11. Evaluate • Example: Evaluate the validity of this argument. • Judge its worth

  12. Formulate • Formulate: To devise or invent

  13. Formulate • Example: Formulate an opinion about this issue and express it in a short paragraph. • Come up with • Plan

  14. Describe • Describe: To explain, narrate, or tell

  15. Describe • Example: Which of the following best describes the author’s mood? • Tell in your own words • Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

  16. Support • Support: To give evidence for.

  17. Support • Example: Which of the following sentences best supports the main idea. • Back up with details • Tell why • How do you know?

  18. Explain • Explain: To offer reasons for one’s actions, beliefs, or remarks.

  19. Explain • Example: Based on this paragraph, explain how viruses spread from one person to another. • Tell how • Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

  20. Summarize • Summarize: To present the substance in a condensed or shorter form.

  21. Summarize • Example: Summarize the main events of the novel. • Give me the short version

  22. Compare • Compare: To consider or describe as similar, or equal; liken.

  23. Compare • Example: Compare the government of Great Britain to the government of the United States. • How are they the same • Alike

  24. Contrast • Contrast: To set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences

  25. Contrast • Example: Contrast the structure of Japanese schools to American schools. • How are they different?

  26. Predict • Predict: To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.

  27. Predict • Example: In a short paragraph, predict how the story will end. • What will happen next • What will happen in the future?

  28. Resources • 12 Powerful Words Poems & Rap • 12 Powerful Words (and quiz) • 12 Powerful Words Flashcards • 12 Powerful Words That Increase Test Scores • Twelve Test Words that Trip Up Students • 12 Powerful Words Quiz • 12 Powerful Words Flashcards • 12 Powerful Words Printable Flashcards • Online Resources • Larry Bell’s Directions • Larry Bell Presentation • 12 Powerful Words Bookmarks • Unraavel A Math Problem • Unraavel Reading • Unraaveling A Paragraph • 12 Powerful Words Posters

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