Category - Media
Topic - Vocabulary
Issue - 12 powerful words which improve understanding and communication
In each of our classes this year, our teachers have focused on a list of 12 words which help us read and understand concepts better. These words are powerful because their meanings can be applied across the curriculum.
Here are the 12 Powerful Words and their meanings -
1.Trace - list in steps
2. Analyze - break apart
3. Infer - read between the lines
4. Evaluate - judge
5. Formulate - create
6. Describe - tell all about
7. Support - back up with details
8. Explain - tell how
9. Summarize - the short version
10. Compare - all the ways they are alike
11. Contrast - all the ways they are different
12. Predict - what will happen next
Because these words are reinforced in every class, I not only have learned their meanings (without having to look them up), but I am also better able to apply my understanding of the words to different topics I read and hear about in different subject areas. That makes these 12 words powerful tools.
I think it also means that now, with an improved and more focused vocabulary, I am a more powerful communicator, too! I like that.
reinforce - to strengthen or increase by additional assistance, material, or support
apply - to put to use, to make a connection
Find Out More - www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/vocab.htm
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Submitted by - Hannah Wilkerson
Site Managers - Kelsey Tedder and Nana Yeboah
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