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12 Powerful Words Increase T est Scores and Help Close the Achievement Gap

Objectives  T eachers will familiarize themselves with the 12 Powerful words.  T eachers will create assessment questions using the 12 powerful words.

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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.

12 12 Po Power erful ful Wor ords ds Help all students:  T o better understand what each question means  T o become familiar with words that require higher order thinking skills  T o relieve test anxiety  T o achieve better on tests

What can you do as a teacher?  Model these words in the classroom through questioning techniques.  Ask students to use the words in their written responses.  Include these words in classroom assignments to make students more familiar with them.  Have students make up their own questions utilizing these words.  Imbed direct instruction of these words on a regular basis.

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

Analyze  Break apart  Think through  Break into pieces  Look deep into it  Example: Which of the following analyzes how the author used personification?

Infer  Read between the lines  Take what you know plus context clues  What do you think?  Example: After reading the speech, make an inference about why it was titled “ Ain ’ t I A Woman ” ?

Evaluate  Judge its worth  What’s good what’s bad  Example: Evaluate the value of x in this equation.

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

Describe  T ell in your own words  Who, What, When, Where, Why, How  Example: Which of the following best describes the author’ s mood?

Support  Back up with details  T ell why  How do you know?  Give evidence  Example: Which of the following sentences best supports the main idea.

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

Summarize  Give me the short version  Retell the key points  Example: Which of the following best summarizes the story?

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

Contrast  How are they different?  Example: Contrast the government of the United States and Cuba.

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

Resources  12 Powerful Words (and quiz)  12 Powerful Words Flashcards  12 Powerful Words Flashcards  12 Powerful Words Printable Flashcards  Larry Bell Presentation  12 Powerful Words Posters  lms.lps.libguides.com/content.php?pid=278906&sid=2654014