Beginning Academic Vocabulary
Introduction to academic vocabulary for ELLs, especially the verbs used on standardized tests
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Topics of this game:
- tell about
- make a guess based on what you know
- give reasons, examples, or details
- draw pictures that show what the words say
- draw quickly
- say the name or tell what it is
- say what you think will happen
- put words on a picture
- break into parts so that you can understand it better
- find where something is
- show how to do something
- tell how two things or people are the same
- tell how two things or people are different
- choose or pick
- tell what a term or word means
- tell how or why
- tell again using just a few words
- tell what is good and bad about something
- tell where you read or heard something
- repeat a person's exact words (what s/he said)
- think about
- put similar (same) things together
- make something new and original
- tell what you think is the meaning of something the could mean many things
- answer or react
- put something in a group with others like it
- use words to make something, ex. an essay
- talk about a topic
- watch carefully; tell what you see when you watch carefully
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