1. Cross-Curricular Vocabulary

2. So you will know what a question is actually asking you to do…

3. ANALYZE To break something down into its component parts and then show how the parts are related to each other. - Example: Analyze the map below. - Example: Analyze how the human body works.

4. BIAS To influence in a particular direction. - Example: Can you recognize any bias in this portrait of Pocahontas? - Example: Explain how the author used bias in this piece of writing.

5. CATEGORIZE To organize into groups based on similarities. - Example: Categorize the following compounds based on their properties.

6. CAUSE The producer of an effect, result or consequence. - Example: List the causes of the American Revolution. - Example: Discuss the cause and effect relationship shown in the story.

7. CITE To quote or refer to as proof or example. - Example: Describe the conflict that arises between the brothers. Cite two examples from the story to support your answer.

8. CLASSIFY To arrange or organize based on similarities. - Example: Classify the following as either a mixture or a compound.

9. CONCLUDE To reach a decision or form an opinion about. - Example: Conclude-was your hypothesis supported by the evidence? - Example: Based on the evidence collected, what can you conclude about opposing forces?

10. COMPARE Shows how to or more things are both similar AND different. -Example: Compare The Outsiders novel to the movie version. - Example: Compare the forms of government found in the United States and in China.

11. DESCRIBE Write about the most important parts of the topic. Be specific about characteristics, properties and qualities of the topic. - Example: Describe the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird. - Example: Describe what it was like to live during the Colonial Times.

12. DETERMINE To find out or come to a decision about based on calculation, investigation, or reasoning. - Example: Using the data in the table, determine if Bubba’s conclusion is correct.

13. EFFECT Something that is produced by a cause. The power to produce an outcome (influence). Example: What was the effect of Paul Revere’s ride?

14. ESTIMATE To calculate an approximate value or amount. - Example: If Milly is going to purchase a DVD for $25.79, a pair of socks for $4.23 and a picture frame for $13.88, estimate how much money she will give the cashier.

15. EVALUATE Tells you to present both the positive and negative aspects of something. - Example: Evaluate the impact of the discovery of fingerprinting. To find the numerical value of - Example: Evaluate the following expression.

16. EVIDENCE A thing or things that help form or support a judgment or conclusion. - Example: What evidence did Sydney find to support her conclusion. - Example: Support your conclusion/thesis with evidence.

17. EXPLAIN Write about a topic so it is easily understood. Give the “how” and the “why” of events or situations. - Example: Explain the main conflict in the passage and how it was resolved. - Example: Explain the steps you took to solve the equation.

18. GENERATE To produce or create. - Example: Generate a scatter plot of the 2 sets of data.

19. IDENTIFY Pick out or find the most important ideas about a topic. - Example: Identify who the Pilgrims were and why they came to America. - Example: Identify the protagonist and antagonist of the story.

20. INDICATE To state or express briefly. - Example: Indicate whether or not you agree with the terms set forth in the Treaty of Paris.

21. INFER To come to a conclusion based on evidence or clues. - Example: Read the dialogue between these two characters. What can you infer about their relationship? - Example: Dory walks into the house wet and carrying an umbrella. What can you infer the weather is like outside?

22. INTERPRET Translate, solve, or comment on a subject and give your judgment or reaction to the problem. - Example: Interpret the message conveyed in this painting by John White. - Example: Interpret the data contained in the graph.

23. OPINION A personal view or attitude. - Example: Provide your opinion on wearing school uniforms at the middle school.

24. PREDICT To tell what will happen based on experience and/or evidence. - Example: Based on what you know about the monkey’s paw, predict what will happen when Mr. White wishes Herbert alive again.

25. PROJECT To calculate, estimate or predict based on present data or trends. – Example: Project the next number in the following pattern.

26. RELATIONSHIP Emphasize connections and associations in a descriptive form. - Example: What was the relationship among the British colonies? - Example: Identify the relationship between the number of coils and the strength of the electromagnet.

27. SIMPLIFY To reduce or make easier to understand. - Example: Simplify the variable expression.

28. SUMMARIZE Provide a shortened version of the main points. Do not include details. - Example: Summarize the plot of The Tell- Tale Heart. - Example: In your own words, summarize the powers of the Supreme Court.

29. SUPPORT To argue in favor of something. To provide additional evidence or information. - Example: Support or refute the following idea.

30. THESIS A statement or proposition that is maintained by factual argument - Example: Develop a thesis statement on whether or not Andrew Jackson was a good president. Support your statement with evidence.

31. TRACE Present the order in which something happened. - Example: Trace the events that preceded the Boston Tea Party.

32. TREND The general direction in which something moves. – Example: Draw in the trend line in this scatter plot.

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