Academic Vocabulary

6th/7th Grade – Unit 1 – Week 3

Academic Vocabulary in the week

• Complete word study in class on Monday – if you can’t finish in class, complete at home.

• Vocabulary Frayer Models (squares) are due on Wednesday – you must have all components to get credit for having done your work.

• Vocabulary Quiz is on Friday – you will have 5 minutes to study at the beginning of the period, but I suggest you study through out the week.

Completing Academic Vocab Squares

• 2 definitions – one given, the other simplified in your own words

• Description/characteristics – information about that term that helps you understand what it is (part of speech, syllabication, word families)

• Examples – what is an example or synonym of this term?• Non Examples – what is an example of what it isn’t/antonym• Word families (description box) - write words that fall within

that word family (analyze, analyst, analysis)• Use the word in a sentence (in middle circle) – use the word

correctly in a sentence you create.

In Class Word Study

• You should work as a group/pair to get your word study done.

• You will have time to complete a specific part of the frayer model (square).

• Stay focused on the task because time limits are short• If your group/pair finishes the square you can move on.• Mrs. Ramos may go over information from that portion

of the frayer model, but not all the time – you may be called on to share your answer.

• What you don’t finish in class, you must finish at home.

Word 1Central Idea (n)Cen/tral I/de/a

Go to dictionary.com and search “main idea”.

No words in the word family

Use your own thinking – what is another term we use to mean central idea? What term is related to central idea, but does

not mean the same?

Write your own def• Use the word in a

sentence• Word family or other

characteristics/facts• Examples (synonyms)• Non Examples (antonyms)

Word 2

Supporting Detail (n)Sup/port/ing De/tail

Please go to grammar.yourdictionary.com

Type in the vocab term.

Use your own thinking to come up with other words that mean the same as details. What do details

support – this can be your antonym.

No words in the word family?

• Write your own def• Use the word in a

sentence• Word family or other

characteristics/facts• Examples (synonyms)• Non Examples

(antonyms)

Word 3

Citation (n)Ci/ta/tion

Look up term in the dictionary. Use entry 2!

What is an synonym? Antonym?

Word Family?

• Write your own def• Use the word in a

sentence• Word family or other

characteristics/facts• Examples (synonyms)• Non Examples

(antonyms)

Word 4 – 6thAnalyze (v)An/a/lyze

Look up dictionary. Use entry 2.

Find synonyms and antonyms in the thesaurus.

What are words in the word family?

• Write your own def• Use the word in a

sentence• Word family or other

characteristics/facts• Examples (synonyms)• Non Examples

(antonyms)

Word 4 – 7thDevelop (v)De/vel/op

Look up in the dictionary

Find synonyms and antonyms in the thesaurus.

What are words in the word family?

• Write your own def• Use the word in a

sentence• Word family or other

characteristics/facts• Examples (synonyms)• Non Examples

(antonyms)