Academic Vocabulary Unit 1

annotating

• restate the meaning of something in different words

• comment on, add notes/footnotes to

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

explicit meaning

• an idea that is clearly stated

• an idea that must be inferred through an analysis of details

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

implicit meaning

• an idea that must be inferred through an analysis of details

• an idea that is clearly stated

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

summarize

• the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to foresee events

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

prediction

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea

• the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to foresee events

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

paraphrase

• the study skill of outlining or summarizing ideas

• restate the meaning of something in different words

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

key ideas

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• a logical guess made by connecting information

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

inference

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• a logical guess made by connecting information

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

note taking

• the study skill of outlining or summarizing ideas

• restate the meaning of something in different words

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

metacognition

• thinking about thinking

• reading silently for a long period of time

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D